Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex provotii Franch.
1678036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678036)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Franchet, A. (1895). Énumération et diagnoses de Carex nouveaux pour la flore de l'Asie orientale. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris.</em> 8(7): 27-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31967267#page/33/mode/1up
page(s): 52; note: Original spelling: Carex provoti [details]
page(s): 52; note: Original spelling: Carex provoti [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex provotii Franch.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678036 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Franchet, A. (1895). Énumération et diagnoses de Carex nouveaux pour la flore de l'Asie orientale. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris.</em> 8(7): 27-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31967267#page/33/mode/1up
page(s): 52; note: Original spelling: Carex provoti [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 52; note: Original spelling: Carex provoti [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 K 002943014, geounit Beijing [details]
Isotype MT 00195683, geounit Beijing [details]
Isotype P 00300752, geounit Beijing [details]
Isotype P 00300753, geounit Beijing [details]
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Original description Spiculæ 3-6, terminales 1-2 masculæ, oblongo-clavatæ, 4-1 cent. longæ, squamis fuscis, margine hyalinis; spiculæ femineæ superiores sessiles, ovatæ, infima breviter vel longiuscule pedunculata, cylindracea, squamis fuscis, late ovatis, breviter acutatis vel cuspidatis, præter inferiores perigynio brevioribus : perigynium lutescens, latissime ovatum, ad maturitatem vix inflatum, breviter et rigide bidentatum. — Culmi graciles, foliis glaucis, planis, 2-3 mm. latis longiores ; bractea inferior nunc breviter nunc longiter vaginans.Chine sept.[entrionale] ; environs de Pékin (R. P. Provot).
Port du C. rotundata Wahl. ; périgynes durs et comprimés, non vésiculeux à la maturité, feuilles planes; écailles des épis femelles mucronées ou aristée [details]
Translation Spikelets 3-6, 1-2 terminal ones staminate, oblong-clavate, 4-1 [sic] centimeters long, with brown scales with a hyaline margin; upper pistillate spikelets sessile, ovate, lower ones short or long-pedunculate, cylindrical, with brown scales broadly oval, short acute or cuspidate, all but the lower ones shorter than the perigynia: perigynia yellowish, very broadly oval, barely swollen at maturity, shortly and rigidly bidentate. - Culms lax, with flat glaucous leaves 2-3 mm wide, longer than the culms; lower bract with a short to long sheath.
Northern China. Around Beijing. Collection by R. P. Provot.
Habit of C. rotundata Wahl; perigynia rigid and compressed, not strongly inflated at maturity; leaves flat, pistillate scales mucronate or aristate. [details]
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