Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex borii Nelmes
1678172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678172)
accepted
Species
Carex borii f. lutea R.R.Stewart · unaccepted
Carex ikonnikovii T.V.Egorova · unaccepted
- Forma Carex borii f. lutea R.R.Stewart accepted as Carex borii Nelmes
terrestrial
Nelmes, E. (1949). Notes on Carex. XVIII. Kew Bulletin, 4(1): 38-40., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4119038
page(s): 38 [details]
page(s): 38 [details]
Description Tufted perennial, 3-10 cm. Rhizome short, with tillers and emitting ascending subterranean stolons. Stem obtusely trigonous...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Kew Bull. 4(1): 38. 1949 [19 May 1949] to Kew Bull. 4: 38 (1949),...
Description Tufted perennial, 3-10 cm. Rhizome short, with tillers and emitting ascending subterranean stolons. Stem obtusely trigonous to terete, grooved, smooth. Leaves from 2/3 to equalling stem; sheaths up to 2 cm, brown to yellow-brown, rather soft, mat, margin of scarious side deeply oblique; ligule to 0.3 mm, nearly straight; blades c. 0.5 mm wide, conduplicate, flexuous or curved, margins smooth, apex long attenuate, smooth or slightly scabrous. Inflorescence of 1-3 androgynous, or of 1 androgynous and 1-2 pistillate spikes, overlapping or lowest remote. Bracts clasping, mostly shorter than their spike. Spikes 5-12 x 3-5 mm, ovoid to obovoid, sessile or subsessile; female glumes 2.5-3 x 1.5-2 mm, obtuse to acute, yellowish and with hyaline margin to dark brown, midnerve yellowish, sides nerveles; utricles 2-2.5 x 1.1-1.3 mm, widely fusiform to obovoid, slightly inflated, lustrous, upper part yellowish or dark brown, weakly papillose, beak c. 0.1 mm. Stigmas 3. Nut 1.7-2 x 0.8-1 mm, ellipsoid to obovoid, plano-convex, trigonous, reticulate, yellowish to olive brown. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Kew Bull. 4(1): 38. 1949 [19 May 1949] to Kew Bull. 4: 38 (1949),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Kew Bull. 4(1): 38. 1949 [19 May 1949] to Kew Bull. 4: 38 (1949), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex borii Nelmes. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678172 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Nelmes, E. (1949). Notes on Carex. XVIII. Kew Bulletin, 4(1): 38-40., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4119038
page(s): 38 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 38 [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
Syntype K 000334415, geounit Pakistan [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Tufted perennial, 3-10 cm. Rhizome short, with tillers and emitting ascending subterranean stolons. Stem obtusely trigonous to terete, grooved, smooth. Leaves from 2/3 to equalling stem; sheaths up to 2 cm, brown to yellow-brown, rather soft, mat, margin of scarious side deeply oblique; ligule to 0.3 mm, nearly straight; blades c. 0.5 mm wide, conduplicate, flexuous or curved, margins smooth, apex long attenuate, smooth or slightly scabrous. Inflorescence of 1-3 androgynous, or of 1 androgynous and 1-2 pistillate spikes, overlapping or lowest remote. Bracts clasping, mostly shorter than their spike. Spikes 5-12 x 3-5 mm, ovoid to obovoid, sessile or subsessile; female glumes 2.5-3 x 1.5-2 mm, obtuse to acute, yellowish and with hyaline margin to dark brown, midnerve yellowish, sides nerveles; utricles 2-2.5 x 1.1-1.3 mm, widely fusiform to obovoid, slightly inflated, lustrous, upper part yellowish or dark brown, weakly papillose, beak c. 0.1 mm. Stigmas 3. Nut 1.7-2 x 0.8-1 mm, ellipsoid to obovoid, plano-convex, trigonous, reticulate, yellowish to olive brown. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Kew Bull. 4(1): 38. 1949 [19 May 1949] to Kew Bull. 4: 38 (1949), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex borii)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ikonnikovii T.V.Egorova)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex borii f. lutea R.R.Stewart)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex borii f. lutea R.R.Stewart)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ikonnikovii T.V.Egorova)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex borii K000334415 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex borii)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ikonnikovii T.V.Egorova)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex borii f. lutea R.R.Stewart)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex borii f. lutea R.R.Stewart)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ikonnikovii T.V.Egorova)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex borii K000334415 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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