Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex agastachys L.f.
1677148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677148)
accepted
Species
Carex maxima var. angustifolia Albov · unaccepted
Carex mutabilis Willd. · unaccepted
Carex pendula subsp. agastachys (L.f.) Ljungstrand · unaccepted
Carex pendula var. angustifolia (Albov) Kük. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. V. (1781). Supplementum plantarum. Systematis vegetabilium, editionis decimae tertiae. Generum plantarum editionis sextae, et Specierum plantarum editionis secunda. 467 pp. Germany: Brunswick., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10321, https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/11485
page(s): 414 [details]
page(s): 414 [details]
Lectotype (of Carex mutabilis Willd.), geounit...
Lectotype (of Carex mutabilis Willd.), geounit Germany [details]
Lectotype LINN 441.174.1, geounit Germany [details]
Description Stems 50–90 cm × 2–7 mm, densely scabrid distally. Leaf blades 9–16 mm wide; ligule 10–27(28) mm, acute,...
Description Stems 50–90 cm × 2–7 mm, densely scabrid distally. Leaf blades 9–16 mm wide; ligule 10–27(28) mm, acute, conspicuously reddish-purple at least in the middle and lower leaves, often also in the upper leaves and bracts, rarely whitish in the latter; basal sheaths faint and absent, the stem bases covered by old-leaf remnants, dark ferrugineous-red. Inflorescence with 1(2) male spikes at the apex, and (three) four to six lateral female spikes, exceptionally shortly androgynous, the two uppermost lateral spikes separated by an internode (2)20–100 mm, lower ones often more distant; lowermost bract leaf-like, usually larger than the inflorescence. Male spikes 23–110(140) × 3–8 mm, fusiform or cylindrical, erect, spreading or pendulous, sessile or with a peduncle up to 55 mm. Lateral spikes 62–170 × 3–6 mm, long cylindrical, flexuose, spreading or at least the lowermost one pendulous, usually with peduncles 15–85(100) mm, rarely sessile or subsessile; peduncle of the lowermost spike and internode between the two uppermost female spikes conspicuously scabrid, rarely sparsely scabrid. Staminate glumes (3.7)4.3–6.5 × 0.4–1.1 mm, linear-spatulate, apex ciliate, dark reddish brown. Pistillate glumes (1.9)2.0–2.6 (2.7) × (0.5)0.6–1.2(1.3) mm, oblong or narrowly elliptical, mucronate, usually shorter than utricle, reddish brown with a light green to white midrib. Utricles 2.0–3.0 × 0.5–1.3 mm, narrowly ellipsoid, yellowish green to brownish green when mature, sometimes with sparse small elongated purplish spots, beak conspicuously bidentate or truncate. Achenes 0.7–1.5 × 0.3–1.2 mm, markedly obovate, brownish. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex agastachys L.f.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677148 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. V. (1781). Supplementum plantarum. Systematis vegetabilium, editionis decimae tertiae. Generum plantarum editionis sextae, et Specierum plantarum editionis secunda. 467 pp. Germany: Brunswick., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10321, https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/11485
page(s): 414 [details]
original description (of Carex mutabilis Willd.) Willdenow, K. L. (1787). Prodromus Florae Berolinensis. , available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/12571
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Carex maxima var. angustifolia Albov) Albov. (1895). Prodromus florae Colchicae. Tp. Тифлисск. бот. сада. Первое приложение 1 (I—XXVI): 1—287.
note: 250 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 414 [details]
original description (of Carex mutabilis Willd.) Willdenow, K. L. (1787). Prodromus Florae Berolinensis. , available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/12571
page(s): 37 [details]
original description (of Carex maxima var. angustifolia Albov) Albov. (1895). Prodromus florae Colchicae. Tp. Тифлисск. бот. сада. Первое приложение 1 (I—XXVI): 1—287.
note: 250 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Míguez, M.; Spencer, M. A.; Jarvis, C. E.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2017). Typification of 18th Century names in <i>Carex</i> sect. <i>Rhynchocystis</i> (Cyperaceae): <i>Carex pendula</i> and allies. <em>TAXON.</em> 66(4): 973-975., available online at https://doi.org/10.12705/664.12 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Epitype (of Carex mutabilis Willd.) B 17248030, geounit Germany [details]
Lectotype (of Carex mutabilis Willd.), geounit Germany [details]
Lectotype LINN 441.174.1, geounit Germany [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Stems 50–90 cm × 2–7 mm, densely scabrid distally. Leaf blades 9–16 mm wide; ligule 10–27(28) mm, acute, conspicuously reddish-purple at least in the middle and lower leaves, often also in the upper leaves and bracts, rarely whitish in the latter; basal sheaths faint and absent, the stem bases covered by old-leaf remnants, dark ferrugineous-red. Inflorescence with 1(2) male spikes at the apex, and (three) four to six lateral female spikes, exceptionally shortly androgynous, the two uppermost lateral spikes separated by an internode (2)20–100 mm, lower ones often more distant; lowermost bract leaf-like, usually larger than the inflorescence. Male spikes 23–110(140) × 3–8 mm, fusiform or cylindrical, erect, spreading or pendulous, sessile or with a peduncle up to 55 mm. Lateral spikes 62–170 × 3–6 mm, long cylindrical, flexuose, spreading or at least the lowermost one pendulous, usually with peduncles 15–85(100) mm, rarely sessile or subsessile; peduncle of the lowermost spike and internode between the two uppermost female spikes conspicuously scabrid, rarely sparsely scabrid. Staminate glumes (3.7)4.3–6.5 × 0.4–1.1 mm, linear-spatulate, apex ciliate, dark reddish brown. Pistillate glumes (1.9)2.0–2.6 (2.7) × (0.5)0.6–1.2(1.3) mm, oblong or narrowly elliptical, mucronate, usually shorter than utricle, reddish brown with a light green to white midrib. Utricles 2.0–3.0 × 0.5–1.3 mm, narrowly ellipsoid, yellowish green to brownish green when mature, sometimes with sparse small elongated purplish spots, beak conspicuously bidentate or truncate. Achenes 0.7–1.5 × 0.3–1.2 mm, markedly obovate, brownish. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Carex mutabilis Willd.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex agastachys)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pendula subsp. agastachys (L.f.) Ljungstrand)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex maxima var. angustifolia Albov)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex mutabilis Willd.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex agastachys LE00010157 syntype 1)
To LE Herbarium (Carex agastachys LE00010158 syntype 1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex mutabilis Willd.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pendula var. angustifolia (Albov) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex maxima var. angustifolia Albov)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pendula subsp. agastachys (L.f.) Ljungstrand)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Carex mutabilis Willd.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex agastachys)
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pendula subsp. agastachys (L.f.) Ljungstrand)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex maxima var. angustifolia Albov)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex mutabilis Willd.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex agastachys LE00010157 syntype 1)
To LE Herbarium (Carex agastachys LE00010158 syntype 1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex mutabilis Willd.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pendula var. angustifolia (Albov) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex maxima var. angustifolia Albov)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pendula subsp. agastachys (L.f.) Ljungstrand)
From editor or global species database
