Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex delavayi Franch.
1676807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676807)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Franchet, A. (1895). Énumération et diagnoses de Carex nouveaux pour la flore de l'Asie orientale. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris.</em> 8(7): 27-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31967267#page/33/mode/1up
page(s): 29 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
Description Rhizome ligneous, long and obliquely ascending. Culms loosely tufted, 10-30 cm tall, acutely triquetrous, slightly stiff,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris sér. 8, vii. (1895) 29. to Bull....
Description Rhizome ligneous, long and obliquely ascending. Culms loosely tufted, 10-30 cm tall, acutely triquetrous, slightly stiff, densely papillose, scabrous on angles, dark brown and persistent sheathed at base. Leaves longer than culm, blades 3-5 mm wide, flat, scabrous on upper surface. Involucral bracts leaflike, linear, shorter than inflorescence, shortly sheathed. Spike single, terminal, or 2 or 3, lateral spikes borne at middle or lower part of culm, terminal spike broadly ovate or ovate-orbicular, 8-20 mm, 6-10 mm thick, lateral spikes rather small; peduncle filiform, rather long; male part of spike oblong-cylindric, densely several to many flowered; female part rather short, loosely 3-10-flowered. Female glumes stramineous laterally, green at middle, ovate or broadly ovate, ca. 4 mm, papery, 3-veined and thinly few veined, margins white hyaline, apex slightly recurved and long awned. Utricles brownish green, patent, slightly longer than glume, elliptic, ca. 5 mm, subleathery, glabrous, 2-veined laterally and thinly several veined, base attenuate, nearly estipitate, margins winged and ciliate, apex contracted into a short beak, orifice slightly patent 2-toothed. Nutlets yellowish brown at maturity, broadly ovate, trigonous, slightly concave on sides, ca. 3.5 mm, base shortly stipitate or nearly estipitate, apex beakless; style base slightly thickened, conic; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris sér. 8, vii. (1895) 29. to Bull....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris sér. 8, vii. (1895) 29. to Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris , sér. 8, 7: 29 (1895), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found i [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex delavayi Franch.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676807 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Franchet, A. (1895). Énumération et diagnoses de Carex nouveaux pour la flore de l'Asie orientale. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris.</em> 8(7): 27-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31967267#page/33/mode/1up
page(s): 29 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
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 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype P 00281349, geounit Yunnan [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome ligneous, long and obliquely ascending. Culms loosely tufted, 10-30 cm tall, acutely triquetrous, slightly stiff, densely papillose, scabrous on angles, dark brown and persistent sheathed at base. Leaves longer than culm, blades 3-5 mm wide, flat, scabrous on upper surface. Involucral bracts leaflike, linear, shorter than inflorescence, shortly sheathed. Spike single, terminal, or 2 or 3, lateral spikes borne at middle or lower part of culm, terminal spike broadly ovate or ovate-orbicular, 8-20 mm, 6-10 mm thick, lateral spikes rather small; peduncle filiform, rather long; male part of spike oblong-cylindric, densely several to many flowered; female part rather short, loosely 3-10-flowered. Female glumes stramineous laterally, green at middle, ovate or broadly ovate, ca. 4 mm, papery, 3-veined and thinly few veined, margins white hyaline, apex slightly recurved and long awned. Utricles brownish green, patent, slightly longer than glume, elliptic, ca. 5 mm, subleathery, glabrous, 2-veined laterally and thinly several veined, base attenuate, nearly estipitate, margins winged and ciliate, apex contracted into a short beak, orifice slightly patent 2-toothed. Nutlets yellowish brown at maturity, broadly ovate, trigonous, slightly concave on sides, ca. 3.5 mm, base shortly stipitate or nearly estipitate, apex beakless; style base slightly thickened, conic; stigmas 3. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris sér. 8, vii. (1895) 29. to Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris , sér. 8, 7: 29 (1895), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found i [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex delavayi E00386814 isotype 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex delavayi E00386814 isotype 1)
From editor or global species database
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