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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex austrosulcata K.L.Wilson

1678093  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678093)

accepted
Species
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  PDF available [request]
Description Tufted perennial with short rhizome. Culms trigonous, stiff, smooth, 10-15 cm high,
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]

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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

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 
   

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]