Cyperaceae - Carex scita Maxim.

Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex scita Maxim.

To LE Herbarium (Carex scita LE01012385 isolectotype 1)

AphiaID

1677068 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677068)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Carex sect. Phacocystis Dumort.

Original name

Carex scita Maxim.

Direct children (9)

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Variety Carex scita var. brevisquama (Koidz.) Ohwi
Variety Carex scita var. parvisquama T.Koyama
Variety Carex scita var. riishirensis (Franch.) Kük.
Variety Carex scita var. scabrinervia (Franch.) Kük.
Variety Carex scita var. scita Maxim.
Variety Carex scita var. tenuiseta (Franch.) Yonek.
Variety Carex scita var. koraginensis (Meinsh.) Kük. accepted as Carex scita var. riishirensis (Franch.) Kük.
Variety Carex scita var. korginensis (Meinsh.) Kük. accepted as Carex scita var. riishirensis (Franch.) Kük.
Variety Carex scita var. obtusisquama Ohwi (uncertain)

Environment

terrestrial

Original description

Maximowicz, C. J. (1886). Diagnoses plantarum novarum asiaticarum. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> 31(1): 12-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34669697#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 115 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution JAPAN: C. Honshu (the Japan Alpus, Mts. Yatsugatake and Mt. Kiso-ontake). Alpine grassland, 2000-3200 m. Endemic.

Distribution JAPAN: C. Honshu (the Japan Alpus, Mts. Yatsugatake and Mt. Kiso-ontake). Alpine grassland, 2000-3200 m. Endemic. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 31(1): 115. 1886 [15 Apr...

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 31(1): 115. 1886 [15 Apr 1886] (reprinted in): Mélanges Biol. Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 12(Livr. 3): 564. 1887 to Bull. Acad. Imp. S [details]

Taxonomic citation

Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex scita Maxim.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677068 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

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2023-09-06 07:28:28Z

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Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro

2024-12-10 11:47:54Z

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2025-03-11 11:19:03Z

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Márquez-Corro, José Ignacio

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Maximowicz, C. J. (1886). Diagnoses plantarum novarum asiaticarum. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> 31(1): 12-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34669697#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 115 [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

Isolectotype LE 01012385, geounit Japan [details]

From editor or global species database

Additional information
A. Perigynia less than 1.5 mm wide
B. Perigynia beakless, apex rounded and slightly concave…………….var. scita
B. Perigynia long or short beaked, apex not concave
C. Perigynia lanceolate, 5-7 mm long, long beaked………………… var. brevisquama
C. Perigynia oblong elliptic, 3.5-5 mm long, short beaked
D. Perigynia oblong elliptic, 3.5-4 mm long; Pistillate scales awned, as long as scale body…………var. parvisquama
D. Perigynia oblong elliptic, 4-5 mm long; Pistillate scales awned, shorter than scale body.……………var. riishirensis
A. Perigynia 2.5-3.5 mm wide………………......var. scabrinervia
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Distribution JAPAN: C. Honshu (the Japan Alpus, Mts. Yatsugatake and Mt. Kiso-ontake). Alpine grassland, 2000-3200 m. Endemic. [details]