Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex boryana Schkuhr
1678173 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678173)
accepted
Species
Carex boryana var. minor Boott · unaccepted
Carex giraudiana Steud. · unaccepted
Carex subulata Wahlenb. · unaccepted
- Variety Carex boryana var. minor Boott accepted as Carex boryana Schkuhr
- Variety Carex boryana var. rigidifolia Boeckeler accepted as Carex borbonica Lam.
- Variety Carex boryana var. simplicissima Kük. accepted as Carex mannii subsp. mannii E.A.Bruce
terrestrial
Schkuhr, C. (1801). Beschreibung und Abbildung der Theils bekannten : Theils noch nicht beschriebenen Arten von Riedgrasern nach eigenen Beobachtungen und vergrosserter Darstellung der kleinsten Theile. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15462554#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 43 [details]
page(s): 43 [details]
Lectotype HAL 103608
Lectotype HAL 103608 [details]
Description Rhizome densely caespitose, with short internodes. Stems 75–163 cm, ± stout, trigonous, smooth, green to...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beschr. Riedgräs. ii. 43. to Beschr. Riedgräs. 2: 43 (1806),...
Description Rhizome densely caespitose, with short internodes. Stems 75–163 cm, ± stout, trigonous, smooth, green to yellowish-green, sometimes purplish-red spotted. Leaves 25–48(63) cm × (2)4–15 mm, keeled to plicate, slightly scabrid on the edges and apical parts; lower sheaths dark purplish-red; ligule 2–2.5(9) mm, obtuse; anteligule edge concave to convex. Inflorescence (14)26–80(90) cm, lowest internode 8–30(45) cm and second one 1–24.5 cm. Lowest bract 17.5–56 cm × 2–9 mm, longer or shorter than the inflorescence; sheath 2.3–12.5(20.5) cm long, the inner side purplish-red. Spikes 5–14, sub-homomorphic, sometimes heteromorphic, all of them androgynous, with the male part increasing in length along the stem, exceptionally 1–5 whole male spikes at the top; terminal spike 1–9.5 cm × 2–8(12) mm, linear to narrowly terete, sessile or with a peduncle up to 1.2 cm; lateral spikes 1.5–9.5(11) cm × 4.5–8 mm, arising singly, in pairs or in groups of three, lax to subdense-flowered, linear to narrowly terete, usually bearing a few short branches at the base of the largest spikes, sessile or with a peduncle up to 4(6) cm. Male glumes 5.5–8.5(10) × (0.8)1–1.8(2.1) mm, oblong-lanceolate, brown to reddish-brown with a wide, green or straw-coloured midrib, aristate, with an arista 0.5–2.5 mm. Female glumes 4.5–8(9) × (0.8)1–1.6(2.2) mm, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, brown to reddish-brown with a wide, green or straw-coloured midrib, with an arista or mucro (0.5)2.5–4.5(8) mm. Utricles (4)4.5–5.5 × 1.2–1.6 mm, ellipsoid-trigonous, straight, plurinerved (with 2 or more prominent veins), gradually or abruptly narrowed into a beak, light-green or brown with purplish-red speckles; beak (1)1.2–2.5 mm, deeply bifid, with ± similar dorsal and ventral sinus 0.4–0.6 mm depth, smooth or aculeolate. Achenes (1.7)2.2–2.5 × 1.1–1.4 mm, trigonous, oblong-ellipsoid (exceptionally oblongo-bovoid or subspheroid). 2n = 68. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beschr. Riedgräs. ii. 43. to Beschr. Riedgräs. 2: 43 (1806),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beschr. Riedgräs. ii. 43. to Beschr. Riedgräs. 2: 43 (1806), 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 boryana Schkuhr. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678173 on 2025-09-14
Date
action
by
2024-12-10 11:47:54Z
unchecked
db_admin
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Schkuhr, C. (1801). Beschreibung und Abbildung der Theils bekannten : Theils noch nicht beschriebenen Arten von Riedgrasern nach eigenen Beobachtungen und vergrosserter Darstellung der kleinsten Theile. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15462554#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 43 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 43 [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
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome densely caespitose, with short internodes. Stems 75–163 cm, ± stout, trigonous, smooth, green to yellowish-green, sometimes purplish-red spotted. Leaves 25–48(63) cm × (2)4–15 mm, keeled to plicate, slightly scabrid on the edges and apical parts; lower sheaths dark purplish-red; ligule 2–2.5(9) mm, obtuse; anteligule edge concave to convex. Inflorescence (14)26–80(90) cm, lowest internode 8–30(45) cm and second one 1–24.5 cm. Lowest bract 17.5–56 cm × 2–9 mm, longer or shorter than the inflorescence; sheath 2.3–12.5(20.5) cm long, the inner side purplish-red. Spikes 5–14, sub-homomorphic, sometimes heteromorphic, all of them androgynous, with the male part increasing in length along the stem, exceptionally 1–5 whole male spikes at the top; terminal spike 1–9.5 cm × 2–8(12) mm, linear to narrowly terete, sessile or with a peduncle up to 1.2 cm; lateral spikes 1.5–9.5(11) cm × 4.5–8 mm, arising singly, in pairs or in groups of three, lax to subdense-flowered, linear to narrowly terete, usually bearing a few short branches at the base of the largest spikes, sessile or with a peduncle up to 4(6) cm. Male glumes 5.5–8.5(10) × (0.8)1–1.8(2.1) mm, oblong-lanceolate, brown to reddish-brown with a wide, green or straw-coloured midrib, aristate, with an arista 0.5–2.5 mm. Female glumes 4.5–8(9) × (0.8)1–1.6(2.2) mm, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, brown to reddish-brown with a wide, green or straw-coloured midrib, with an arista or mucro (0.5)2.5–4.5(8) mm. Utricles (4)4.5–5.5 × 1.2–1.6 mm, ellipsoid-trigonous, straight, plurinerved (with 2 or more prominent veins), gradually or abruptly narrowed into a beak, light-green or brown with purplish-red speckles; beak (1)1.2–2.5 mm, deeply bifid, with ± similar dorsal and ventral sinus 0.4–0.6 mm depth, smooth or aculeolate. Achenes (1.7)2.2–2.5 × 1.1–1.4 mm, trigonous, oblong-ellipsoid (exceptionally oblongo-bovoid or subspheroid). 2n = 68. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beschr. Riedgräs. ii. 43. to Beschr. Riedgräs. 2: 43 (1806), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Carex subulata Wahlenb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex boryana)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex giraudiana Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex subulata Wahlenb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex boryana var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex boryana var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex subulata Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex giraudiana Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex boryana)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex giraudiana Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex subulata Wahlenb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex boryana var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex boryana var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex subulata Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex giraudiana Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
