Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex deciduisquama F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
1676799 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676799)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Li, P.-C. (1999). New taxa of Carex L. (Cyperaceae) from China. <em>Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica.</em> 37(2): 156-176., available online at https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/Y1999/V37/I2/156
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Holotype PE 00030363, geounit Yunnan
Holotype PE 00030363, geounit Yunnan [details]
Description Rhizome short. Culms tufted, up to 1 m high, ca. 3 mm thick, trigonous, smooth. Leaves basal and cauline, flat, 5-7 mm...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37(2): 160. 1999 [10 Mar 1999] to Acta Phytotax....
Description Rhizome short. Culms tufted, up to 1 m high, ca. 3 mm thick, trigonous, smooth. Leaves basal and cauline, flat, 5-7 mm wide, scabrid abaxially, glabrous adaxially; persistent sheaths dark brown, fibriform. Involucral bracts leafy, ± as long as or slightly shorter than inflorescence branches, long sheathed. Panicle compound, ca. 20 cm; inflorescence branches single, oblong, 4-7 × 2.5-3 cm; peduncles of inflorescence branches tenuous, trigonous, subsmooth, lowest one 12-14 cm; inflorescence axes trigonous, loosely hairy; bractlets glumelike, oblong, 2.5-3.5 mm, apex emarginate, with awns ca. 2 mm. Spikes numerous, bisexual, androgynous, arising from cladoprophylls, distant, slightly patent, cylindric, 1-2 cm, terminal one to 3 cm; male part of spike as long as female part, with over 10 flowers; female part with 2-10 slightly distant flowers; male glumes not deciduous at maturity, pale brown, oblong, 3.5-4.5 mm, with 1 midvein, apex emarginate with mucro; female glumes deciduous at maturity, pale brown, oblong, 3-4 mm, papery, 3-veined at middle, apex emarginate, with awns up to 2 mm. Utricles pale yellowish brown, narrowly elliptic, trigonous, slightly inflated, ca. 5 mm, papery, many veined, sessile, apex attenuate into long beak, orifice obliquely truncate. Nutlets brown at maturity, narrowly elliptic, trigonous, ca. 2.5 mm, sessile, apex mucronate; style base thickened and conic; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37(2): 160. 1999 [10 Mar 1999] to Acta Phytotax....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37(2): 160. 1999 [10 Mar 1999] to Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37: 160 (1999), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex deciduisquama F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676799 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Li, P.-C. (1999). New taxa of Carex L. (Cyperaceae) from China. <em>Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica.</em> 37(2): 156-176., available online at https://www.jse.ac.cn/EN/Y1999/V37/I2/156
page(s): 160 [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): 160 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Other
additional source
Li, B. Z.; Zhang, S. R. (2024). An updated species checklist and taxonomic synopsis of Cyperaceae in China. <em>Biodiversity Science.</em> 32(7): 24106., available online at https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2024106 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype PE 00030363, geounit Yunnan [details]
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Description Rhizome short. Culms tufted, up to 1 m high, ca. 3 mm thick, trigonous, smooth. Leaves basal and cauline, flat, 5-7 mm wide, scabrid abaxially, glabrous adaxially; persistent sheaths dark brown, fibriform. Involucral bracts leafy, ± as long as or slightly shorter than inflorescence branches, long sheathed. Panicle compound, ca. 20 cm; inflorescence branches single, oblong, 4-7 × 2.5-3 cm; peduncles of inflorescence branches tenuous, trigonous, subsmooth, lowest one 12-14 cm; inflorescence axes trigonous, loosely hairy; bractlets glumelike, oblong, 2.5-3.5 mm, apex emarginate, with awns ca. 2 mm. Spikes numerous, bisexual, androgynous, arising from cladoprophylls, distant, slightly patent, cylindric, 1-2 cm, terminal one to 3 cm; male part of spike as long as female part, with over 10 flowers; female part with 2-10 slightly distant flowers; male glumes not deciduous at maturity, pale brown, oblong, 3.5-4.5 mm, with 1 midvein, apex emarginate with mucro; female glumes deciduous at maturity, pale brown, oblong, 3-4 mm, papery, 3-veined at middle, apex emarginate, with awns up to 2 mm. Utricles pale yellowish brown, narrowly elliptic, trigonous, slightly inflated, ca. 5 mm, papery, many veined, sessile, apex attenuate into long beak, orifice obliquely truncate. Nutlets brown at maturity, narrowly elliptic, trigonous, ca. 2.5 mm, sessile, apex mucronate; style base thickened and conic; stigmas 3. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37(2): 160. 1999 [10 Mar 1999] to Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37: 160 (1999), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
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