Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex manca Boott
1677614 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677614)
accepted
Species
- Subspecies Carex manca subsp. manca Boott
- Subspecies Carex manca subsp. takasagoana (Akiyama) T.Koyama
- Subspecies Carex manca subsp. jiuhuaensis (S.W.Su) S.Yun Liang accepted as Carex jiuhuaensis S.W.Su
- Subspecies Carex manca subsp. wichurae (Boeckeler) S.Yun Liang accepted as Carex manca subsp. manca Boott
- Variety Carex manca var. contigua Gross accepted as Carex harlandii subsp. harlandii Boott
- Variety Carex manca var. wichurae (Boeckeler) Kük. accepted as Carex manca subsp. manca Boott
- Subspecies Carex manca subsp. wishurai (Boeck.) S.Yun Liang (uncertain > unassessed)
terrestrial
Bentham, G. (1861). Flora Hongkongensis. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18413647#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 402 [details]
page(s): 402 [details]
Description Herbs perennial. Rhizome short, ligneous, thick. Culms lateral, 30-90 cm tall, trigonous, covered with brown fibrous...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Boott to Boott ex Benth., information provided by Alan E. on...
Description Herbs perennial. Rhizome short, ligneous, thick. Culms lateral, 30-90 cm tall, trigonous, covered with brown fibrous sheaths at base. Leaves longer or shorter than culms; leaf-blade green or yellowish green, flat, revolute, leathery, 4-10 mm wide, acuminate at apex, scabrous on upper margins. Involucral bracts shortly leaf-like, shorter than inflorescence, sheathed; sheaths 1. 5-3 cm long, obliquely truncate at orifice. Inflorescence paniculate, with 2 or 3 spikes; terminal spike staminate, linear-eylindrical, 1-6 cm long, ca. 3 mm wide, with a long peduncle at base; lateral spikes pistillate, cylindrical, 2-6. 5 cm long, 6-7 mm wide, slightly densely flowered, bearing a few staminate flowers at apex, pedunculate; peduncles exserted from sheaths. Staminate scales lanceolate, yellowish brown, ca. 6 mm long, acuminate at apex, brown l-veined costa on dorsal surface. Pistillate scales ovate, pale green or yellowish green» 4. 5-5 mm long (including awn),» acuminate or shortly awned at apex, green 3-veined costa on dorsal surface. Perigynia ovoid (excluding beak), 6-7 mm long, longer than pistillate scales (including beak), obliquely patent, obtusely trigonous, papery» yellowish green, distinctly veined, sparsely pubescent on upper veins, gradually contracted into a 2-2. 5 mm long beak; orifice 2-lobed with teeth. Stigmas 3; style slightly thicken at base. Achenes tightly enveloped, rhombic-ovoid, trigonous, 2. 5-3 mm long (including beak), castaneous, with 3 angles constricted at middle, sides concave above and below, shortly curved, stipitate at base, abruptly contracted into a
short beak at apex, beak coiled or slightly curved.
[details]
short beak at apex, beak coiled or slightly curved.
[details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Boott to Boott ex Benth., information provided by Alan E. on...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Boott to Boott ex Benth., information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v.1 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex manca Boott. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677614 on 2025-09-12
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
Bentham, G. (1861). Flora Hongkongensis. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18413647#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 402 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 402 [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 
[request]
additional source Jin, X. F. & Chao-Zhong, Z. (2013). Taxonomy of Carex sect. Rhomboidales (Cyperaceae). [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Jin, X. F. & Chao-Zhong, Z. (2013). Taxonomy of Carex sect. Rhomboidales (Cyperaceae). [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype P 00285351, geounit Hong Kong [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Herbs perennial. Rhizome short, ligneous, thick. Culms lateral, 30-90 cm tall, trigonous, covered with brown fibrous sheaths at base. Leaves longer or shorter than culms; leaf-blade green or yellowish green, flat, revolute, leathery, 4-10 mm wide, acuminate at apex, scabrous on upper margins. Involucral bracts shortly leaf-like, shorter than inflorescence, sheathed; sheaths 1. 5-3 cm long, obliquely truncate at orifice. Inflorescence paniculate, with 2 or 3 spikes; terminal spike staminate, linear-eylindrical, 1-6 cm long, ca. 3 mm wide, with a long peduncle at base; lateral spikes pistillate, cylindrical, 2-6. 5 cm long, 6-7 mm wide, slightly densely flowered, bearing a few staminate flowers at apex, pedunculate; peduncles exserted from sheaths. Staminate scales lanceolate, yellowish brown, ca. 6 mm long, acuminate at apex, brown l-veined costa on dorsal surface. Pistillate scales ovate, pale green or yellowish green» 4. 5-5 mm long (including awn),» acuminate or shortly awned at apex, green 3-veined costa on dorsal surface. Perigynia ovoid (excluding beak), 6-7 mm long, longer than pistillate scales (including beak), obliquely patent, obtusely trigonous, papery» yellowish green, distinctly veined, sparsely pubescent on upper veins, gradually contracted into a 2-2. 5 mm long beak; orifice 2-lobed with teeth. Stigmas 3; style slightly thicken at base. Achenes tightly enveloped, rhombic-ovoid, trigonous, 2. 5-3 mm long (including beak), castaneous, with 3 angles constricted at middle, sides concave above and below, shortly curved, stipitate at base, abruptly contracted into ashort beak at apex, beak coiled or slightly curved.
[details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Boott to Boott ex Benth., information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v.1 [details]
