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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex polyphylla Kar. & Kir.

1678006  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678006)

accepted
Species
terrestrial
Karelin, G.; Kirilov, J. (1841). Enumeratio Plantarum in regionibus Altaicis et confinibus collectarum. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 14(4): 703-870., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41286039
page(s): 859 [details] 
Lectotype  MW 0591583  
Lectotype MW 0591583 [details]
Description C. culmo folioso triquetro foliisque gramineis margine scabris; bracteis brevissimis; spiculis superioribus superne...  
Description C. culmo folioso triquetro foliisque gramineis margine scabris; bracteis brevissimis; spiculis superioribus superne masculis, inferioribus superne et inferne masculis, medio fœmineis, stigmatibus binis; perigyniis ovatis compressis acuminatis marginatis scabriusculis ore bidentatis, glumam ovatam acutam excedentibus. — Proxima videtur C. muricatæ, sed præter spiculas inferiores basi masculas differt fructibus propter rostrum breviorem minoribus. Hab. in sylvaticis ad torrentem Tscheharak-Assu, circa montes Tarbagatai. Fl. Majo. 24. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex polyphylla Kar. & Kir.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678006 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature

original description Karelin, G.; Kirilov, J. (1841). Enumeratio Plantarum in regionibus Altaicis et confinibus collectarum. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 14(4): 703-870., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41286039
page(s): 859 [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 
   

Lectotype MW 0591583 [details]
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Description C. culmo folioso triquetro foliisque gramineis margine scabris; bracteis brevissimis; spiculis superioribus superne masculis, inferioribus superne et inferne masculis, medio fœmineis, stigmatibus binis; perigyniis ovatis compressis acuminatis marginatis scabriusculis ore bidentatis, glumam ovatam acutam excedentibus. — Proxima videtur C. muricatæ, sed præter spiculas inferiores basi masculas differt fructibus propter rostrum breviorem minoribus. Hab. in sylvaticis ad torrentem Tscheharak-Assu, circa montes Tarbagatai. Fl. Majo. 24. [details]

Translation Culm leafy and triquetrous; leaves grass-like with scabrous margins. Bracts very short. Upper spikes male toward the top; the lower spikes male above and below, with female flowers in the middle; stigmas two. Perigynia ovate, compressed, acuminate, margined, slightly scabrous, with a two-toothed mouth, exceeding the acute, ovate glume. — Closest to C. muricata, but aside from the lower spikes being male at the base it differs by having smaller fruits due to the shorter beak. Habitat: in woodland by the stream Tscheharak-Assu, around the Tarbagatai Mountains. Flowering in May. 24. [details]