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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex simensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.

To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex simensis E00386862 isotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex simensis E00386862 isotype 1)

1677124  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677124)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cariceae (Tribe)
  12. Carex (Genus)
  13. Carex subg. Carex (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. Spirostachyae (Section)
  15. Carex simensis (Species)
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Richard, A. (1850). <em>Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae seu Enumeratio Plantarum hucusque in plerisque Abyssiniae.</em> 2: 513.
page(s): 514 [details] OpenAccess publication
Lectotype  P 466087  
Lectotype P 466087 [details]
Description Rhizome caespitose, with short internodes. Stems (13)22–79 cm, ± stout, trigonous, smooth, green to yellowish-green....  
Description Rhizome caespitose, with short internodes. Stems (13)22–79 cm, ± stout, trigonous, smooth, green to yellowish-green. Leaves 6.5–31 cm × 3–12 mm, keeled to plicate, very rigid, ± coriaceous, slightly scabrid on apical parts; basal sheaths dark purplish to blackish, coriaceous; ligule 3–23 mm, acute; anteligule edge concave to convex. Inflorescence 4–43.5 cm, lowest internode 0.5–15.5(23) cm and second one 0.5–8(12) cm. Lowest bract 6.5–20 cm × 2–5 mm, shorter than the inflorescence; sheath (0.5)1–7.5 cm long, the inner side deep purple to blackish. Spikes 5–12, heteromorphic, 0–2 male spikes at the top (sometimes the terminal one gynecandrous) and 3–11 female lateral spikes; terminal spike (1)2.5–4.8(7) cm × 2–7(10) mm, terete, sessile or with a peduncle up to 2.5 cm; female spikes, 1.5–6.5(8) cm × 5–10 mm, subdense-flowered, terete to narrowly ellipsoid, arising singly or in pairs, sessile or with a peduncle up to 8(10) cm. Male glumes (4)5–8(9) × (1.2)1.4–2.2(2.8) mm, oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, blackish with very wide and pale midrib, emarginate-mucronate to mucronate, mucro up to 1 mm, rarely obtuse. Female glumes (3)4–6(6.5) × (1.2)1.4–2.1(2.5) mm, oblong-elliptic, deep purple to blackish, with very wide and pale midrib, acuminate or aristate, acumen or arista up to 1.6 mm. Utricles (3.5)4.5–6.5(7.2) × (1.1)1.2–1.6(2) mm, narrowly ellipsoid-trigonous, straight, plurinerved, tapered to beak, greyish-brown to green; beak (0.7)1–1.6(2) mm, bifid, with ± similar dorsal and ventral sinus 0.2–0.6 mm depth, smooth. Achenes (2.2)2.3–2.9(3.2) × (0.9)1–1.2(1.3) mm, trigonous, oblong-ellipsoid. 2n = ? [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 514. 1850 to Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 514 (1850),...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 514. 1850 to Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 514 (1850), 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 simensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677124 on 2025-09-13
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Márquez-Corro, José Ignacio

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Nomenclature

original description Richard, A. (1850). <em>Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae seu Enumeratio Plantarum hucusque in plerisque Abyssiniae.</em> 2: 513.
page(s): 514 [details] OpenAccess publication

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 
   

Isotype BR 8249845 [details]
Isotype L 625305 [details]
Isotype L 625307 [details]
Isotype M 105740 [details]
Isotype MO 2128070 [details]
Isotype MO 3255498 [details]
Isotype P 466088 [details]
Isotype P 466089 [details]
Isotype WAG 3721 [details]
Lectotype P 466087 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome caespitose, with short internodes. Stems (13)22–79 cm, ± stout, trigonous, smooth, green to yellowish-green. Leaves 6.5–31 cm × 3–12 mm, keeled to plicate, very rigid, ± coriaceous, slightly scabrid on apical parts; basal sheaths dark purplish to blackish, coriaceous; ligule 3–23 mm, acute; anteligule edge concave to convex. Inflorescence 4–43.5 cm, lowest internode 0.5–15.5(23) cm and second one 0.5–8(12) cm. Lowest bract 6.5–20 cm × 2–5 mm, shorter than the inflorescence; sheath (0.5)1–7.5 cm long, the inner side deep purple to blackish. Spikes 5–12, heteromorphic, 0–2 male spikes at the top (sometimes the terminal one gynecandrous) and 3–11 female lateral spikes; terminal spike (1)2.5–4.8(7) cm × 2–7(10) mm, terete, sessile or with a peduncle up to 2.5 cm; female spikes, 1.5–6.5(8) cm × 5–10 mm, subdense-flowered, terete to narrowly ellipsoid, arising singly or in pairs, sessile or with a peduncle up to 8(10) cm. Male glumes (4)5–8(9) × (1.2)1.4–2.2(2.8) mm, oblong-elliptic to oblong-obovate, blackish with very wide and pale midrib, emarginate-mucronate to mucronate, mucro up to 1 mm, rarely obtuse. Female glumes (3)4–6(6.5) × (1.2)1.4–2.1(2.5) mm, oblong-elliptic, deep purple to blackish, with very wide and pale midrib, acuminate or aristate, acumen or arista up to 1.6 mm. Utricles (3.5)4.5–6.5(7.2) × (1.1)1.2–1.6(2) mm, narrowly ellipsoid-trigonous, straight, plurinerved, tapered to beak, greyish-brown to green; beak (0.7)1–1.6(2) mm, bifid, with ± similar dorsal and ventral sinus 0.2–0.6 mm depth, smooth. Achenes (2.2)2.3–2.9(3.2) × (0.9)1–1.2(1.3) mm, trigonous, oblong-ellipsoid. 2n = ? [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 514. 1850 to Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 514 (1850), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex karisimbiensis Cherm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex simensis) 
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex simensis var. lanuriensis De Wild.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex simensis var. longistipitata Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex karisimbiensis Cherm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex simensis var. nemorum Chiov.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex simensis var. nemorum Chiov.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex simensis var. longistipitata Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex karisimbiensis Cherm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex simensis var. lanuriensis De Wild.)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex simensis E00386862 isotype 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex simensis K000363487 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex simensis K000363488 type 1) 
To US Herbarium (Carex simensis US3648069 type 1) 
To US Herbarium (Carex simensis US945543 type 1) 
From editor or global species database
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