Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex magacis Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
1677602 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677602)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Molina, A.; Acedo, C.; Llamas, F. (2008). Taxonomy and new taxa of the Carex divulsa aggregate in Eurasia (section Phaestoglochin, Cyperaceae). <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 156(3): 385-409., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00760.x
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Holotype LEB 82649
Holotype LEB 82649 [details]
Description Caespitose perennial plant with short rhizomes c. 6 mm in diameter. CULMS 26–86 cm × 1.0–2.0 mm at mid-height,...
Etymology The new subspecies is named in honour of the family Magaz.
Status Carex magacis is an endemic plant. Its distribution indicates that it is a rare taxon which, according to IUCN (2001), and...
Description Caespitose perennial plant with short rhizomes c. 6 mm in diameter. CULMS 26–86 cm × 1.0–2.0 mm at mid-height, obtusely trigonous, slightly scabrid above; sheaths pale to dark brown. LIGULE 0.5–3 mm long, wider than long, rounded to subacute at apex. LEAVES pale green, about as long as culms, widest leaf blades 3.0–4.25 mm, plicate to flat. INFLORESCENCE oblong, 40–60 × 10–12 mm, with 7–12 globular spikes, usually the first one branched and shortly pedunculate, upper spikes sessile, single at nodes, and contiguous, first internode 14–21 mm long, the second one 7–19 mm. BRACTS glume-like, the proximal setaceous, shorter than the inflorescence, 6–18(48) mm long. FEMALE GLUME golden-yellow to light brown, with a midrib green, with scarious margins, 3.0–3.6 × 2.0–2.5 mm, elliptic, apex apiculate 0.10–0.25 mm long. STAMINATE GLUME 3.0–4.0 × 1.5–2.0 mm, similar to the female. ANTHERS 3, 2.0–2.5 mm long. PERIGYNIUM very patent to patent, greenish, body trullate to ovate-trullate, with a broad winged margin, nerveless or faintly veined, 4.5–5.5 × 2.25–2.75 mm, base cuneate, gradually tapered into a beak. BEAK 0.75–1.25 mm long, white distally, with serrulate winged margins reaching the body, apex bifid, apical teeth 0.3–0.7 mm. ACHENE elliptic, shining brown, 2.5–3.0 × 1.75–2.25 mm. STIGMATA 2, 2.5–3.25 mm long. [details]
Etymology The new subspecies is named in honour of the family Magaz.
Etymology The new subspecies is named in honour of the family Magaz. [details]
Status Carex magacis is an endemic plant. Its distribution indicates that it is a rare taxon which, according to IUCN (2001), and...
Status Carex magacis is an endemic plant. Its distribution indicates that it is a rare taxon which, according to IUCN (2001), and because of the few localities and small area in which it is found, must be catalogued as vulnerable (VU). [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
Molina, A.; Acedo, C.; Llamas, F. (2008). Taxonomy and new taxa of the Carex divulsa aggregate in Eurasia (section Phaestoglochin, Cyperaceae). <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 156(3): 385-409., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00760.x
page(s): 403 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 403 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Holotype LEB 82649 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Caespitose perennial plant with short rhizomes c. 6 mm in diameter. CULMS 26–86 cm × 1.0–2.0 mm at mid-height, obtusely trigonous, slightly scabrid above; sheaths pale to dark brown. LIGULE 0.5–3 mm long, wider than long, rounded to subacute at apex. LEAVES pale green, about as long as culms, widest leaf blades 3.0–4.25 mm, plicate to flat. INFLORESCENCE oblong, 40–60 × 10–12 mm, with 7–12 globular spikes, usually the first one branched and shortly pedunculate, upper spikes sessile, single at nodes, and contiguous, first internode 14–21 mm long, the second one 7–19 mm. BRACTS glume-like, the proximal setaceous, shorter than the inflorescence, 6–18(48) mm long. FEMALE GLUME golden-yellow to light brown, with a midrib green, with scarious margins, 3.0–3.6 × 2.0–2.5 mm, elliptic, apex apiculate 0.10–0.25 mm long. STAMINATE GLUME 3.0–4.0 × 1.5–2.0 mm, similar to the female. ANTHERS 3, 2.0–2.5 mm long. PERIGYNIUM very patent to patent, greenish, body trullate to ovate-trullate, with a broad winged margin, nerveless or faintly veined, 4.5–5.5 × 2.25–2.75 mm, base cuneate, gradually tapered into a beak. BEAK 0.75–1.25 mm long, white distally, with serrulate winged margins reaching the body, apex bifid, apical teeth 0.3–0.7 mm. ACHENE elliptic, shining brown, 2.5–3.0 × 1.75–2.25 mm. STIGMATA 2, 2.5–3.25 mm long. [details]Etymology The new subspecies is named in honour of the family Magaz. [details]
Habitat Carex magacis inhabits rocky places, such as ravines, stony areas, and open spaces in forests (scotch pine, beech, etc.) in a wide range of montane level communities [(600)780–1200 m; mean temperature, 2.5–7.5 °C; high precipitation (700–1200 mm)] in temperate oceanic sub-Mediterranean zones. It can grow on rich calcareous soils, but its resistance to acidic conditions is not known. [details]
Status Carex magacis is an endemic plant. Its distribution indicates that it is a rare taxon which, according to IUCN (2001), and because of the few localities and small area in which it is found, must be catalogued as vulnerable (VU). [details]
