Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex ligulata Nees
1677520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677520)
accepted
Species
Carex austrokoreensis Ohwi · unaccepted
Carex bakanensis H.Lév. & Vaniot · unaccepted
Carex dunniana H.Lév. · unaccepted
Carex hebecarpa subsp. ligulata (Nees) T.Koyama · unaccepted
Carex hebecarpa var. ligulata (Nees) Kük. · unaccepted
Carex keiskei Miq. · unaccepted
Carex ligulata var. austrokoreensis (Ohwi) Ohwi · unaccepted
Carex ligulata var. glabriutriculata Q.S.Wang · unaccepted
- Variety Carex ligulata var. austrokoreensis (Ohwi) Ohwi accepted as Carex ligulata Nees
- Variety Carex ligulata var. glabriutriculata Q.S.Wang accepted as Carex ligulata Nees
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): 127 [details]
page(s): 127 [details]
Description Rhizome stout and short, ligneous, without stolons, with rather many rootlets. Culms laxly tufted, 35-70 cm tall,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 127. to Contr. Bot. India : 127 (1834),...
Description Rhizome stout and short, ligneous, without stolons, with rather many rootlets. Culms laxly tufted, 35-70 cm tall, triquetrous, rather stout, scabrous on upper angles, clothed with red-brown and bladeless sheaths. Upper leaves longer than culm, lower leaves shorter than culm, blades 6-12 mm wide, sometimes up to 15 mm wide, flat, sometimes involute on margins, slightly soft, with distinctly transverse septate nodes between veins on abaxial surface; sheaths ferruginous, ligulate, up to 6 cm. Involucral bracts leaflike, longer than inflorescence, lower involucral bracts slightly long sheathed, upper involucral bracts shortly sheathed or not sheathed. Spikes 6-8, remote in lower part, approximate in upper part; terminal spike male, linear-cylindric, 1-2 cm, shortly pedunculate or subsessile; lateral spikes female, cylindric or oblong-cylindric, 2.5-4 cm, 5-6 mm thick, densely many flowered, pedunculate, upper peduncles rather short. Female glumes brownish yellow, shortly ferruginous striate, ovate or broadly ovate, ca. 3 mm, membranous, glabrous, green 1-costate, apex acute, usually mucronate. Utricles green-brown, shortly ferruginous striate, suberect, longer than glume, obovate, obtusely trigonous, 4-5 mm, densely white hispidulous, 2-veined laterally, base cuneate, apex abruptly narrowed to a slightly short beak, orifice shortly 2-toothed. Nutlets brown, tightly enveloped, elliptic, trigonous, 2.5-3 mm, smooth; style short, base slightly thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 127. to Contr. Bot. India : 127 (1834),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 127. to Contr. Bot. India : 127 (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 ligulata Nees. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677520 on 2025-09-13
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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): 127 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 127 [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
Isotype (of Carex dunniana H.Lév.) E 00386843, geounit Yunnan [details]
Syntype K 000999198, geounit India [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome stout and short, ligneous, without stolons, with rather many rootlets. Culms laxly tufted, 35-70 cm tall, triquetrous, rather stout, scabrous on upper angles, clothed with red-brown and bladeless sheaths. Upper leaves longer than culm, lower leaves shorter than culm, blades 6-12 mm wide, sometimes up to 15 mm wide, flat, sometimes involute on margins, slightly soft, with distinctly transverse septate nodes between veins on abaxial surface; sheaths ferruginous, ligulate, up to 6 cm. Involucral bracts leaflike, longer than inflorescence, lower involucral bracts slightly long sheathed, upper involucral bracts shortly sheathed or not sheathed. Spikes 6-8, remote in lower part, approximate in upper part; terminal spike male, linear-cylindric, 1-2 cm, shortly pedunculate or subsessile; lateral spikes female, cylindric or oblong-cylindric, 2.5-4 cm, 5-6 mm thick, densely many flowered, pedunculate, upper peduncles rather short. Female glumes brownish yellow, shortly ferruginous striate, ovate or broadly ovate, ca. 3 mm, membranous, glabrous, green 1-costate, apex acute, usually mucronate. Utricles green-brown, shortly ferruginous striate, suberect, longer than glume, obovate, obtusely trigonous, 4-5 mm, densely white hispidulous, 2-veined laterally, base cuneate, apex abruptly narrowed to a slightly short beak, orifice shortly 2-toothed. Nutlets brown, tightly enveloped, elliptic, trigonous, 2.5-3 mm, smooth; style short, base slightly thickened; stigmas 3. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from in Wight, Contrib. 127. to Contr. Bot. India : 127 (1834), 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 bakanensis H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex keiskei Miq.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex ligulata)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex austrokoreensis Ohwi)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bakanensis H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex dunniana H.Lév.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex keiskei Miq.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hebecarpa subsp. ligulata (Nees) T.Koyama)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hebecarpa var. ligulata (Nees) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ligulata var. glabriutriculata Q.S.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ligulata var. austrokoreensis (Ohwi) Ohwi)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ligulata var. austrokoreensis (Ohwi) Ohwi)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ligulata var. glabriutriculata Q.S.Wang)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hebecarpa var. ligulata (Nees) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hebecarpa subsp. ligulata (Nees) T.Koyama)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex keiskei Miq.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bakanensis H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex dunniana H.Lév.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex austrokoreensis Ohwi)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex dunniana E00386843 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex dunniana H.Lév.)
To University of Tokyo Herbarium (Carex austrokoreensis type TI00010023) (from synonym Carex austrokoreensis Ohwi)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex keiskei Miq.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex ligulata)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex austrokoreensis Ohwi)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bakanensis H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex dunniana H.Lév.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex keiskei Miq.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hebecarpa subsp. ligulata (Nees) T.Koyama)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hebecarpa var. ligulata (Nees) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ligulata var. glabriutriculata Q.S.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ligulata var. austrokoreensis (Ohwi) Ohwi)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ligulata var. austrokoreensis (Ohwi) Ohwi)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ligulata var. glabriutriculata Q.S.Wang)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hebecarpa var. ligulata (Nees) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hebecarpa subsp. ligulata (Nees) T.Koyama)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex keiskei Miq.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bakanensis H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex dunniana H.Lév.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex austrokoreensis Ohwi)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex dunniana E00386843 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex dunniana H.Lév.)
To University of Tokyo Herbarium (Carex austrokoreensis type TI00010023) (from synonym Carex austrokoreensis Ohwi)
