Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex pingleensis Z.C.Lu, Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
1677974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677974)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Lu, Z.-C.; Su, Y.-L.; Lu, Y.-F.; Jin, X.-F. (2020). Carex pingleensis (Carex sect. mitratae), a new species of cyperaceae from Guangxi, China. Taiwania, 65(3): 391-395., available online at https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2020.65.391
page(s): 391 [details]
page(s): 391 [details]
Holotype IBK 00421264, geounit Guangxi
Holotype IBK 00421264, geounit Guangxi [details]
Description Perennial herb. Rhizome short, woody, hard, with numerous, slender, fibrous roots. Culms sparsely tufted, central,...
Description Perennial herb. Rhizome short, woody, hard, with numerous, slender, fibrous roots. Culms sparsely tufted, central, trigonous, slender, erect, smooth, 6–9.5 cm tall. Leaves much surpassing the culms, densely tufted, margins spreading or slightly revolute; blades 1.2–2 mm wide, apex acuminate, margins and both sides scabrous, abaxial surface densely granular. Bracts leaflike or setaceous, the leaflike ones longer than the inflorescence, sheathless. Spikes 2 or 3, gathering at the top of culms; terminal spike male, linear-cylindric, 10–20 × 1–1.2 mm, sessile, densely flowered; lateral spikes female, extremely short cylindric or ovate-cylindric, 4–5 × 3–4 mm, female part with 4–9 flowers, sessile. Male glumes broadly ovate, pale brownish-yellow, 2–2.2 mm long, apex obtuse, both sides united near the base, abaxial surface with pubescence, with 3 yellow veins. Female glumes ovate, yellowish, 1.2–1.5 mm long, apex obtuse, abaxial surface with pubescence, with 3 yellow green veins, extended toward the top to a 0.2–0.3 mm long coarse awn. Utricles pale yellowish-green, longer than the glumes, ovate-lanceolate or ovate-fusiform, trigonous, 2.8–3.2 mm long, densely pubescent, many veined, apex abruptly contracted into a 0.5 mm long beak, orifice minutely 2-toothed. Nutlets chestnut, tightly enveloped, rhomb-ovate ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm, base with a straight stalk ca. 0.2 mm long, discoid-annulate at apex; style base straight, slightly thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex pingleensis Z.C.Lu, Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677974 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Lu, Z.-C.; Su, Y.-L.; Lu, Y.-F.; Jin, X.-F. (2020). Carex pingleensis (Carex sect. mitratae), a new species of cyperaceae from Guangxi, China. Taiwania, 65(3): 391-395., available online at https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2020.65.391
page(s): 391 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 391 [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 IBK 00421264, geounit Guangxi [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Perennial herb. Rhizome short, woody, hard, with numerous, slender, fibrous roots. Culms sparsely tufted, central, trigonous, slender, erect, smooth, 6–9.5 cm tall. Leaves much surpassing the culms, densely tufted, margins spreading or slightly revolute; blades 1.2–2 mm wide, apex acuminate, margins and both sides scabrous, abaxial surface densely granular. Bracts leaflike or setaceous, the leaflike ones longer than the inflorescence, sheathless. Spikes 2 or 3, gathering at the top of culms; terminal spike male, linear-cylindric, 10–20 × 1–1.2 mm, sessile, densely flowered; lateral spikes female, extremely short cylindric or ovate-cylindric, 4–5 × 3–4 mm, female part with 4–9 flowers, sessile. Male glumes broadly ovate, pale brownish-yellow, 2–2.2 mm long, apex obtuse, both sides united near the base, abaxial surface with pubescence, with 3 yellow veins. Female glumes ovate, yellowish, 1.2–1.5 mm long, apex obtuse, abaxial surface with pubescence, with 3 yellow green veins, extended toward the top to a 0.2–0.3 mm long coarse awn. Utricles pale yellowish-green, longer than the glumes, ovate-lanceolate or ovate-fusiform, trigonous, 2.8–3.2 mm long, densely pubescent, many veined, apex abruptly contracted into a 0.5 mm long beak, orifice minutely 2-toothed. Nutlets chestnut, tightly enveloped, rhomb-ovate ellipsoid, ca. 2 mm, base with a straight stalk ca. 0.2 mm long, discoid-annulate at apex; style base straight, slightly thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
