Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex cyprica Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
1676770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676770)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Molina, A.; Acedo, C.; Llamas, F. (2008). Taxonomy and new taxa of the Carex divulsa aggregate in Eurasia (section Phaestoglochin, Cyperaceae). <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 156(3): 385-409., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00760.x
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Holotype MA 495407
Holotype MA 495407 [details]
Etymology The new species is named from Cyprus, where this plant is endemic.
Etymology The new species is named from Cyprus, where this plant is endemic. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex cyprica Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676770 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Molina, A.; Acedo, C.; Llamas, F. (2008). Taxonomy and new taxa of the Carex divulsa aggregate in Eurasia (section Phaestoglochin, Cyperaceae). <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 156(3): 385-409., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00760.x
page(s): 398 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 398 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MA 495407 [details]
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Etymology The new species is named from Cyprus, where this plant is endemic. [details]Habitat Occurs in warm and humid places, near brooks, springs, or streams between 200 and 1200 m, and is indifferent to soil composition. [details]
Original description Caespitose perennial tufted plant with short rhizomes c. 4 mm in diameter. Culms 28– 75 cm × 1.0–1.5 mm at mid-height, obtusely trigonous, slightly scabrid above; sheaths pale to dark brown. Ligule 0.5–1.25 mm long, wider than long, rounded at apex. Leaf blades pale green about three-quarters to as long as culms, widest leaf blades 3–3.5 mm, plicate to flat. Inflorescence oblong, 40–75 × 8–9 mm, with 10–14 elliptic, sessile spikes, the first four branched. Lowest internode 6–12 mm long, the second one 6–8 mm, other spikes more crowded. Bracts glume-like, the proximal setaceous, shorter than inflorescence, 6–18 mm long. Female glume hyaline to yellow-golden, with a midrib green, 2.75–3.25 × 1.2–2.0 mm, elliptic, apex apiculate 0.2 mm long. Staminate glume 2.5–3.0 × 1.5–2.0 mm, similar to the female. Anthers 3, 1.5–2 mm long. Perigynium erect-patent to erect, pale greenish, body elliptic to ovate, nerveless to well-marked veins, 3.0–3.5 × 1.6–2.0 mm, rounded base, gradually to abrupt tapered into a beak. Beak 0.4–0.5(0.9) mm long, white distally, with serrulate winged margins reaching the summit, apex bifid, apical teeth 0.20–0.50 mm. Achene elliptic to ovate, shining, light greenish to brown, 1.8–2.25 × 1.5–1.75 mm. Stigmata 2, 1.5–2.5 mm long. [details]
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To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To Plants of the World Online
To Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC (Carex cyprica MA-01-00495407 holotype 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To Plants of the World Online
To Real Jardín Botánico-CSIC (Carex cyprica MA-01-00495407 holotype 1)
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