Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot
1677228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677228)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Léveillé, H. (1905). Glanes sino-japonaises. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'agriculture, sciences et arts de la Sarthe.</em> 60: 55-80., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f55.item
page(s): 78; note: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f78.item [details]
page(s): 78; note: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f78.item [details]
Holotype , geounit Jiangsu
Holotype, geounit Jiangsu [details]
Description Rhizome with rather thick stolons. Culms 30-60 cm tall, stiff, triquetrous, smooth, clothed with dark red or red-brown...
Taxonomic remark Voisin du C. aristata mais bien distinct par ses utricules non nervés. [Closely related to C. aristata, but clearly...
Description Rhizome with rather thick stolons. Culms 30-60 cm tall, stiff, triquetrous, smooth, clothed with dark red or red-brown bladeless sheaths at base, remnant sheaths usually disintegrating into reticulate fibers. Leaves shorter than culm, blades 3-4 mm wide, flat, stiff, with distinct transverse septate nodes between veins, sheathed. Involucral bracts leafy, lower ones longer than inflorescence, upper ones nearly not sheathed, lowermost involucral bract shortly sheathed. Spikes 5-7; terminal 2-4 spikes male, distance between spikes short, linear-cylindric, 2-5 cm, nearly sessile; remaining spikes female, remote, cylindric, 2.5-5 × 0.8-1 cm, densely many flowered, upper ones shortly pedunculate, lower one long pedunculate. Female glumes pale, lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, membranous, 3-veined, apex acuminate, shortly aristate. Utricles stramineous, usually dark red flecked, obliquely patent, longer than glume, oblong-ovate, inflated trigonous, 5-6.5 mm, leathery, glabrous, several veined, base rounded, apex gradually narrowed to a slightly broad and medium-sized beak, orifice 2-toothed. Nutlets slightly loosely enveloped, obovate or ovate, trigonous, ca. 3 mm, base stipitate; style slightly thick, stiff; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Voisin du C. aristata mais bien distinct par ses utricules non nervés. [Closely related to C. aristata, but clearly...
Taxonomic remark Voisin du C. aristata mais bien distinct par ses utricules non nervés. [Closely related to C. aristata, but clearly distinguished by its nerveless perigynia.] [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677228 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Léveillé, H. (1905). Glanes sino-japonaises. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'agriculture, sciences et arts de la Sarthe.</em> 60: 55-80., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f55.item
page(s): 78; note: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f78.item [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 78; note: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f78.item [details]
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 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype, geounit Jiangsu [details]
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Description Rhizome with rather thick stolons. Culms 30-60 cm tall, stiff, triquetrous, smooth, clothed with dark red or red-brown bladeless sheaths at base, remnant sheaths usually disintegrating into reticulate fibers. Leaves shorter than culm, blades 3-4 mm wide, flat, stiff, with distinct transverse septate nodes between veins, sheathed. Involucral bracts leafy, lower ones longer than inflorescence, upper ones nearly not sheathed, lowermost involucral bract shortly sheathed. Spikes 5-7; terminal 2-4 spikes male, distance between spikes short, linear-cylindric, 2-5 cm, nearly sessile; remaining spikes female, remote, cylindric, 2.5-5 × 0.8-1 cm, densely many flowered, upper ones shortly pedunculate, lower one long pedunculate. Female glumes pale, lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, membranous, 3-veined, apex acuminate, shortly aristate. Utricles stramineous, usually dark red flecked, obliquely patent, longer than glume, oblong-ovate, inflated trigonous, 5-6.5 mm, leathery, glabrous, several veined, base rounded, apex gradually narrowed to a slightly broad and medium-sized beak, orifice 2-toothed. Nutlets slightly loosely enveloped, obovate or ovate, trigonous, ca. 3 mm, base stipitate; style slightly thick, stiff; stigmas 3. [details]Diagnosis Spicæ distinctæ, superiores masculæ; 3-4; femineæ 2-3, crassæ, longæ, inferiores distincte pedunculatæ, erectæ; bracteæ vaginantes et inflorescentiam superantes, radix fibrosa (?); culmi leves, striati, circiter 30-40 cm. longi, glabri; folia angusta, glabra, culmos non superantia, squamæ femineæ angustissimæ, acuminatæ, hyalinæ, nervo dorsali triplici, utriculum fere æquantes sed multo angustiores; utriculus enervius, piriformis, rostratus : rostro bidentato; stigmatibus 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Voisin du C. aristata mais bien distinct par ses utricules non nervés. [Closely related to C. aristata, but clearly distinguished by its nerveless perigynia.] [details]
Translation Spikes distinct, the upper ones male; 3-4; females 2-3, thick, long, the lower ones distinctly pedunculate, erect; bracts sheathing and exceeding the inflorescence, root fibrous (?); culms smooth, striated, about 30-40 cm long, glabrous; leaves narrow, glabrous, not exceeding the culms, female scales very narrow, acuminate, hyaline, with three nerves on the back, almost equaling the perigynia but much narrower; the perigynia without nerves, pyriform, with a beak: beak bidentate; stigmas 3. [details]
Type specimen According to the protologue, the type specimen was collected by P. d'Argy in China, in the province of Kiang-Sou in 1869. [details]
