Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex vulpinaris Nees
1677375 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677375)
accepted
Species
Carex henningsiana Boeckeler · unaccepted
Carex nubigena var. brevibracteata Gilli · unaccepted
Carex vulpinaris f. angustifolia Kük. · unaccepted
Carex wendelboi Nelmes · unaccepted
Vignea vulpinaris (Nees) Soják · unaccepted
Vignea wendelboi (Nelmes) Soják · unaccepted
- Forma Carex vulpinaris f. angustifolia Kük. accepted as Carex vulpinaris Nees
- Variety Carex vulpinaris var. pseudofoetida (Kük.) Y.C.Yang accepted as Carex pseudofoetida Kük.
terrestrial
Nees, C.G.D. (1834). Cyperaceae Indicae. <em>In Wight, R. (ed). Contributions to the Botany of India (Compositae, Asclepiadaceae and Cyperaceae).</em> No. III. Parburry, Allen & co., London.
page(s): 121 [details]
page(s): 121 [details]
Description Caespitose, tightly tuft-forming, 50-90 cm. Rhizome short, not creeping. Stem trigonous, grooved, smooth. Leaves equal to...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 121. to Contr. Bot. India : 121 (1834),...
Description Caespitose, tightly tuft-forming, 50-90 cm. Rhizome short, not creeping. Stem trigonous, grooved, smooth. Leaves equal to stem or slightly shorter; sheaths 50-80 mm, outer dark brown, margin of scarious side straight; ligule c. 0.4 mm, white, scarious; blades 2.5-3 mm wide, flat or involute, greyish- or yellowish green, margins scabrous, papillose above. Inflorescence greyish brown, with a tight group of androgynous spikes, 10-30 x 5-10 mm, elongate-ellipsoid or ovoid. Bracts glume-like, lowest to as long as its spike, narrow, base amplexicaul, margins broadly scarious. Spikes to 10 x 5 mm, elongated or globular; female glumes 2-4 x 1-1.7 mm, deltate, cymbiform, acute or with arista to 0.7 mm, margins widely scarious; utricles 2.7-3.8 x 1-1.4 mm, plano-convex, ellipsoid, greenish or yellowish brown, clearly nerved, shoulders frequently with a narrow, scabrous margin, base sometimes contracted to stipe to 0.7 mm, beak 0.7-1.3 mm, with scarious margins, deeply bifid, teeth brown, ostiole margin widely scarious. Nut 1.5-1.8 x 1-1.3 mm, incl. a 0.1-0.3 mm style base and a sometimes to 0.3 mm stipe, plano-convex, ellipsoid or obovoid, glossy, obscurely reticulate, and finely papillose. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 121. to Contr. Bot. India : 121 (1834),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 121. to Contr. Bot. India : 121 (1834), 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 vulpinaris Nees. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677375 on 2025-09-13
Date
action
by
2024-12-10 11:47:54Z
unchecked
db_admin
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Nees, C.G.D. (1834). Cyperaceae Indicae. <em>In Wight, R. (ed). Contributions to the Botany of India (Compositae, Asclepiadaceae and Cyperaceae).</em> No. III. Parburry, Allen & co., London.
page(s): 121 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 121 [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
Syntype K 000998821, geounit India [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Caespitose, tightly tuft-forming, 50-90 cm. Rhizome short, not creeping. Stem trigonous, grooved, smooth. Leaves equal to stem or slightly shorter; sheaths 50-80 mm, outer dark brown, margin of scarious side straight; ligule c. 0.4 mm, white, scarious; blades 2.5-3 mm wide, flat or involute, greyish- or yellowish green, margins scabrous, papillose above. Inflorescence greyish brown, with a tight group of androgynous spikes, 10-30 x 5-10 mm, elongate-ellipsoid or ovoid. Bracts glume-like, lowest to as long as its spike, narrow, base amplexicaul, margins broadly scarious. Spikes to 10 x 5 mm, elongated or globular; female glumes 2-4 x 1-1.7 mm, deltate, cymbiform, acute or with arista to 0.7 mm, margins widely scarious; utricles 2.7-3.8 x 1-1.4 mm, plano-convex, ellipsoid, greenish or yellowish brown, clearly nerved, shoulders frequently with a narrow, scabrous margin, base sometimes contracted to stipe to 0.7 mm, beak 0.7-1.3 mm, with scarious margins, deeply bifid, teeth brown, ostiole margin widely scarious. Nut 1.5-1.8 x 1-1.3 mm, incl. a 0.1-0.3 mm style base and a sometimes to 0.3 mm stipe, plano-convex, ellipsoid or obovoid, glossy, obscurely reticulate, and finely papillose. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 121. to Contr. Bot. India : 121 (1834), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex vulpinaris)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea vulpinaris (Nees) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea wendelboi (Nelmes) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex henningsiana Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex wendelboi Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex nubigena var. brevibracteata Gilli)
To LE Herbarium (Carex henningsiana LE00010245 type 1) (from synonym Carex henningsiana Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex wendelboi Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex henningsiana Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinaris f. angustifolia Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex nubigena var. brevibracteata Gilli)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea wendelboi (Nelmes) Soják)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea vulpinaris (Nees) Soják)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex vulpinaris K000307997 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex vulpinaris K000998821 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex vulpinaris)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea vulpinaris (Nees) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea wendelboi (Nelmes) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex henningsiana Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex wendelboi Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex nubigena var. brevibracteata Gilli)
To LE Herbarium (Carex henningsiana LE00010245 type 1) (from synonym Carex henningsiana Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex wendelboi Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex henningsiana Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinaris f. angustifolia Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex nubigena var. brevibracteata Gilli)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea wendelboi (Nelmes) Soják)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea vulpinaris (Nees) Soják)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex vulpinaris K000307997 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex vulpinaris K000998821 type 1)
From editor or global species database
