Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex ecklonii Nees
1676883 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676883)
accepted
Species
Carex clavata var. campylostachya Nees · unaccepted
Carex extensa var. ecklonii (Nees) Kük. · unaccepted
Carex macrocystis Boeckeler · unaccepted
terrestrial
Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1835). Cyperaceae Capenses Secundum Novissimas Ecklonii Collectiones. In: von Schlechtendal, D.F.L. (ed.), Linnaea: Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 10. Missouri Botanical Garden. pp. 129-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/100011#page/134/mode/1up
page(s): 203 [details]
page(s): 203 [details]
Description Tufted perennial to 70 cm. Spikelets greenish brown. Perennial herb, tufted, 0.17-0.70 m high. Leaf blades 80-340 x 2.5-4.0...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Linnaea 10(2): 203. 1835 [Dec 1835] to Linnaea 10: 203 (1835),...
Description Tufted perennial to 70 cm. Spikelets greenish brown. Perennial herb, tufted, 0.17-0.70 m high. Leaf blades 80-340 x 2.5-4.0 mm, channelled or plicate, glabrous. Culm nodose, 3-angled, 1-2 mm in diam. Bracts 1 at each node, leaf-like. Spikes 4 or 5, largest 15-22 x 7-10 mm, apical spike male, lowermost 3 or 4 spikes female. Female bracts (glumes) shorter and narrower than perigynium, ovate, 4.2-5.0 x 1.8-2.2 mm, keel excurrent into 0.8-2.0 mm long scabrid awn. Perigynium suberect, stalked, 4.5-5.5 x 1.8-2.5 mm, 3-angled with rounded base, inflated, green, or stramineous, cartilaginous, glabrous, nervose; rostrum 0.71.2 mm long, apex shallowly bidentate. Flowering time Dec. Nutlet obovate, narrowly clawed, 2.5-3.2 x 1.5-2.0 mm, 3-angled, dark brown, surface minutely papillose. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Linnaea 10(2): 203. 1835 [Dec 1835] to Linnaea 10: 203 (1835),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Linnaea 10(2): 203. 1835 [Dec 1835] to Linnaea 10: 203 (1835), 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 ecklonii Nees. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676883 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1835). Cyperaceae Capenses Secundum Novissimas Ecklonii Collectiones. In: von Schlechtendal, D.F.L. (ed.), Linnaea: Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 10. Missouri Botanical Garden. pp. 129-207., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/100011#page/134/mode/1up
page(s): 203 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 203 [details]
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
Syntype HAL 0109841, geounit South Africa [details]
Unknown type MEL 2347317, geounit South Africa [details]
Unknown type PRE 0108418-0, geounit South Africa [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Tufted perennial to 70 cm. Spikelets greenish brown. Perennial herb, tufted, 0.17-0.70 m high. Leaf blades 80-340 x 2.5-4.0 mm, channelled or plicate, glabrous. Culm nodose, 3-angled, 1-2 mm in diam. Bracts 1 at each node, leaf-like. Spikes 4 or 5, largest 15-22 x 7-10 mm, apical spike male, lowermost 3 or 4 spikes female. Female bracts (glumes) shorter and narrower than perigynium, ovate, 4.2-5.0 x 1.8-2.2 mm, keel excurrent into 0.8-2.0 mm long scabrid awn. Perigynium suberect, stalked, 4.5-5.5 x 1.8-2.5 mm, 3-angled with rounded base, inflated, green, or stramineous, cartilaginous, glabrous, nervose; rostrum 0.71.2 mm long, apex shallowly bidentate. Flowering time Dec. Nutlet obovate, narrowly clawed, 2.5-3.2 x 1.5-2.0 mm, 3-angled, dark brown, surface minutely papillose. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Linnaea 10(2): 203. 1835 [Dec 1835] to Linnaea 10: 203 (1835), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex macrocystis Boeckeler)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex ecklonii)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex clavata var. campylostachya Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex macrocystis Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex extensa var. ecklonii (Nees) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex extensa var. ecklonii (Nees) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex clavata var. campylostachya Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex macrocystis Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex macrocystis Boeckeler)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex ecklonii)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex clavata var. campylostachya Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex macrocystis Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex extensa var. ecklonii (Nees) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex extensa var. ecklonii (Nees) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex clavata var. campylostachya Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex macrocystis Boeckeler)
