Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex austrosulcata K.L.Wilson
1678093 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678093)
accepted
Species
Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson · unaccepted
terrestrial
Wilson, K. L. (1994). New taxa and combinations in the family Cyperaceae in eastern Australia. <em>Telopea.</em> 5(4): 589-625., available online at https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea19944989
page(s): 620-622, Fig. 9b; note: Place of publication of Uncinia nemoralis K.L.Wilson [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 620-622, Fig. 9b; note: Place of publication of Uncinia nemoralis K.L.Wilson [details] Available for editors

Description Tufted perennial with short rhizome. Culms trigonous, stiff, smooth, 10-15 cm high,
1-1.3 mm diam. Leaves basal, stiff,...
Distribution Australia: restricted to very high altitude areas around Mt Kosciuzko, New South Wales, and Mt Bogong in Victoria.
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 29. 2015 [14 Jul 2015] [epublished] to Bot....
1-1.3 mm diam. Leaves basal, stiff,...
Description Tufted perennial with short rhizome. Culms trigonous, stiff, smooth, 10-15 cm high,
1-1.3 mm diam. Leaves basal, stiff, erect, thickly U-shaped, often longer than culms, 1-1.7 mm wide. Inflorescence spike-like with spikelets ±densely crowded on the axis,
1.5-3 cm long including male portion 5-14 mm long. Spikelets unisexual, I -flowered.
Female bracts deciduous, acute, chartaceous, straw-coloured, 5.2-6.7 mm long. Stamens
3; anthers c. 2 mm long. Style 3-fid. Utricles trigonous, ovoid to ellipsoid,
gradually narrowing to base, acuminate to oblique mouth, glabrous, smooth and
obliquely spreading at maturity, yellow-brown, shining, shorter than subtending bract,
4.5-5.5 mm long, 1.8-2.l mm diam.; rachilla protruding from utricle for 4-5.5 mm,
strongly hooked at apex. Nut ellipsoid, dark brown, glistening, minutely pusticulate,
c. 3 mm long, c. 2 mm diam. [details]
1-1.3 mm diam. Leaves basal, stiff, erect, thickly U-shaped, often longer than culms, 1-1.7 mm wide. Inflorescence spike-like with spikelets ±densely crowded on the axis,
1.5-3 cm long including male portion 5-14 mm long. Spikelets unisexual, I -flowered.
Female bracts deciduous, acute, chartaceous, straw-coloured, 5.2-6.7 mm long. Stamens
3; anthers c. 2 mm long. Style 3-fid. Utricles trigonous, ovoid to ellipsoid,
gradually narrowing to base, acuminate to oblique mouth, glabrous, smooth and
obliquely spreading at maturity, yellow-brown, shining, shorter than subtending bract,
4.5-5.5 mm long, 1.8-2.l mm diam.; rachilla protruding from utricle for 4-5.5 mm,
strongly hooked at apex. Nut ellipsoid, dark brown, glistening, minutely pusticulate,
c. 3 mm long, c. 2 mm diam. [details]
Distribution Australia: restricted to very high altitude areas around Mt Kosciuzko, New South Wales, and Mt Bogong in Victoria.
Distribution Australia: restricted to very high altitude areas around Mt Kosciuzko, New South Wales, and Mt Bogong in Victoria. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 29. 2015 [14 Jul 2015] [epublished] to Bot....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 29. 2015 [14 Jul 2015] [epublished] to Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 29 (2015), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex austrosulcata K.L.Wilson. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678093 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Wilson, K. L. (1994). New taxa and combinations in the family Cyperaceae in eastern Australia. <em>Telopea.</em> 5(4): 589-625., available online at https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea19944989
page(s): 620-622, Fig. 9b; note: Place of publication of Uncinia nemoralis K.L.Wilson [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson) Wilson, K. L. (1994). New taxa and combinations in the family Cyperaceae in eastern Australia. <em>Telopea.</em> 5(4): 589-625., available online at https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea19944989
page(s): 620 [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): 620-622, Fig. 9b; note: Place of publication of Uncinia nemoralis K.L.Wilson [details] Available for editors

original description (of Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson) Wilson, K. L. (1994). New taxa and combinations in the family Cyperaceae in eastern Australia. <em>Telopea.</em> 5(4): 589-625., available online at https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea19944989
page(s): 620 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]




From editor or global species database
Description Tufted perennial with short rhizome. Culms trigonous, stiff, smooth, 10-15 cm high,1-1.3 mm diam. Leaves basal, stiff, erect, thickly U-shaped, often longer than culms, 1-1.7 mm wide. Inflorescence spike-like with spikelets ±densely crowded on the axis,
1.5-3 cm long including male portion 5-14 mm long. Spikelets unisexual, I -flowered.
Female bracts deciduous, acute, chartaceous, straw-coloured, 5.2-6.7 mm long. Stamens
3; anthers c. 2 mm long. Style 3-fid. Utricles trigonous, ovoid to ellipsoid,
gradually narrowing to base, acuminate to oblique mouth, glabrous, smooth and
obliquely spreading at maturity, yellow-brown, shining, shorter than subtending bract,
4.5-5.5 mm long, 1.8-2.l mm diam.; rachilla protruding from utricle for 4-5.5 mm,
strongly hooked at apex. Nut ellipsoid, dark brown, glistening, minutely pusticulate,
c. 3 mm long, c. 2 mm diam. [details]
Distribution Australia: restricted to very high altitude areas around Mt Kosciuzko, New South Wales, and Mt Bogong in Victoria. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 29. 2015 [14 Jul 2015] [epublished] to Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 29 (2015), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 [details]
Australasian Virtual Herbarium Note: Distribution map for Carex austrosulcata based on specimens in Australasian herbaria
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex austrosulcata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Uncinia sulcata K000307774 type 1) (from synonym Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex austrosulcata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Uncinia sulcata K000307774 type 1) (from synonym Uncinia sulcata K.L.Wilson)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym