Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex alliiformis C.B.Clarke
1677169 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677169)
accepted
Species
Carex purplevaginalis Q.S.Wang · unaccepted
Carex purpurascens Kük. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Clarke, C. B. (1903). Cyperaceae. In: Forbes, F. & Hemsley, W. B. An enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Fornosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago and the Island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 36: 202-319., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/178059#page/222/mode/1up
page(s): 270 [details]
page(s): 270 [details]
Holotype P 00281884, geounit Hubei
Holotype P 00281884, geounit Hubei [details]
Description Rhizome short, with long stolons, stolons clothed with red-brown and bladeless sheaths. Culms loosely tufted, 25-45 cm...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 270. 1903 [1903-1905 publ. 1903] to J. Linn....
Description Rhizome short, with long stolons, stolons clothed with red-brown and bladeless sheaths. Culms loosely tufted, 25-45 cm tall, obtusely trigonous, rather thick, clothed with few bladeless sheaths. Leaves longer than culm, blades 7-14 mm wide, flat, distinctly 2-veined laterally, purple-red sheathed. Involucral bracts leaflike, lower involucral bracts longer than subtending spike, slightly long sheathed, upper involucral bracts rather narrow and shorter than subtending spike, shortly sheathed. Spikes 5-8, lower spikes remote, upper spikes approximate; terminal 1 or 2 spikes male, sublinear, 2.5-4 cm, pedunculate; remaining spikes female, sometimes with few male flowers at base, cylindric, 2.5-5.5 cm, densely many flowered, lower spikes rather long pedunculate, upper spikes shortly pedunculate. Male glumes brownish red, lanceolate, ca. 6 mm, 1-veined, apex acute; female glumes brownish red, lanceolate-ovate or lanceolate, 3-4 mm, membranous, 1-veined, apex acuminate or acute, mucronate. Utricles green or yellowish green, obliquely patent, longer than glume, obovate-oblong, inflated trigonous, ca. 4 mm, herbaceous, glabrous, several veined, base cuneate, apex abruptly contracted into a rather short beak, orifice 2-toothed. Nutlets gray-green, brownish yellow on angles, rather loosely enveloped, elliptic, trigonous, ca. 2 mm; style base not thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 270. 1903 [1903-1905 publ. 1903] to J. Linn....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 270. 1903 [1903-1905 publ. 1903] to J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 270 (1903), 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 alliiformis C.B.Clarke. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677169 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Clarke, C. B. (1903). Cyperaceae. In: Forbes, F. & Hemsley, W. B. An enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Fornosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago and the Island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 36: 202-319., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/178059#page/222/mode/1up
page(s): 270 [details]
original description (of Carex purplevaginalis Q.S.Wang) Wang, Q. S. (1987). New taxa of the genus <i>Carex</i> from Hubei. <em>Journal of Wuan Botanical Research.</em> 5(4): 343-344.
page(s): 343 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 270 [details]
original description (of Carex purplevaginalis Q.S.Wang) Wang, Q. S. (1987). New taxa of the genus <i>Carex</i> from Hubei. <em>Journal of Wuan Botanical Research.</em> 5(4): 343-344.
page(s): 343 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 [request]
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype P 00281884, geounit Hubei [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome short, with long stolons, stolons clothed with red-brown and bladeless sheaths. Culms loosely tufted, 25-45 cm tall, obtusely trigonous, rather thick, clothed with few bladeless sheaths. Leaves longer than culm, blades 7-14 mm wide, flat, distinctly 2-veined laterally, purple-red sheathed. Involucral bracts leaflike, lower involucral bracts longer than subtending spike, slightly long sheathed, upper involucral bracts rather narrow and shorter than subtending spike, shortly sheathed. Spikes 5-8, lower spikes remote, upper spikes approximate; terminal 1 or 2 spikes male, sublinear, 2.5-4 cm, pedunculate; remaining spikes female, sometimes with few male flowers at base, cylindric, 2.5-5.5 cm, densely many flowered, lower spikes rather long pedunculate, upper spikes shortly pedunculate. Male glumes brownish red, lanceolate, ca. 6 mm, 1-veined, apex acute; female glumes brownish red, lanceolate-ovate or lanceolate, 3-4 mm, membranous, 1-veined, apex acuminate or acute, mucronate. Utricles green or yellowish green, obliquely patent, longer than glume, obovate-oblong, inflated trigonous, ca. 4 mm, herbaceous, glabrous, several veined, base cuneate, apex abruptly contracted into a rather short beak, orifice 2-toothed. Nutlets gray-green, brownish yellow on angles, rather loosely enveloped, elliptic, trigonous, ca. 2 mm; style base not thickened; stigmas 3. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 270. 1903 [1903-1905 publ. 1903] to J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 270 (1903), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Carex purpurascens Kük.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex alliiformis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex purplevaginalis Q.S.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex purpurascens Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex purpurascens Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex purplevaginalis Q.S.Wang)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Carex purpurascens Kük.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex alliiformis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex purplevaginalis Q.S.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex purpurascens Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex purpurascens Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex purplevaginalis Q.S.Wang)
To Plants of the World Online
