Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex brevicuspis C.B.Clarke
1678189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678189)
accepted
Species
Carex brevicuspis var. brevicuspis C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
Carex funingensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang · unaccepted
- Variety Carex brevicuspis var. basiflora (C.B.Clarke) Kük. accepted as Carex basiflora C.B.Clarke
- Variety Carex brevicuspis var. brevicuspis C.B.Clarke accepted as Carex brevicuspis C.B.Clarke
terrestrial
Clarke, C. B. (1903). Cyperaceae. In: Forbes, F. & Hemsley, W. B. An enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Fornosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago and the Island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 36: 202-319., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/178059#page/222/mode/1up
page(s): 277 [details]
page(s): 277 [details]
Description Herbs perennial. Rhizome short, ligneous, thick, with many brown, fibrous adventitious roots. Culms central, 15-60 cm tall,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 277. 1903 [1903-1905 publ. 1903] to J. Linn....
Description Herbs perennial. Rhizome short, ligneous, thick, with many brown, fibrous adventitious roots. Culms central, 15-60 cm tall, trigonous, covered with dark brown fibrous sheaths at base. Leaves longer than culms; leaf-blade dark brown, flat, 4. 5-13. 5 mm wide, acuminate at apex; sheaths dark brown, fibriform at apex. Involucral bracts shortly leaf-like, shorter than inflorescence, sheathed; sheaths 2. 5-4 cm long, obliquely truncate at orifice. Inflorescence paniculate, with 4 or 5 spikes; terminal spike staminate, linear-cylindrical, 2-5 cm long, ca. 2. 5 mm wide, with a 4 cm long peduncle at base; lateral spikes pistillate, cylindrical, 3-8 cm long, 9-10 mm wide, densely flowered, pedunculate; peduncles exserted from sheaths. Staminate scales lanceolate, yellowish brown, 10-11. 5 mm long, acuminate at apex, brown l-veined costa on dorsal surface. Pistillate scales lanceolate, pale yellow, 4. 5-5. 5 mm long (including awn), acuminate at apex, green 3-veined costa on dorsal surface. Perigynia ovoid or broadly ovoid (excluding beak), 6-7 mm long, longer than pistillate scales (including beak), obliquely patent, obtusely trigonous, herbaceous, brownish green, distinctly veined, sparsely pubescent on veins, abruptly contracted into a ca. 3 mm long beak; orifice 2- lobed with teeth. Stigmas 3; style not thicken at base. Achenes tightly enveloped, rhombic-ovoid, trigonous, 3. 5-4 mm long (including beak), castaneous, with 3 angles constricted at middle, sides concave above and below, shortly curved, stipitate at base» abruptly contracted into a ca. 1 mm long beak at apex, beak slightly curved, annulate at orifice. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 277. 1903 [1903-1905 publ. 1903] to J. Linn....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 277. 1903 [1903-1905 publ. 1903] to J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 277 (1903), 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 brevicuspis C.B.Clarke. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678189 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Clarke, C. B. (1903). Cyperaceae. In: Forbes, F. & Hemsley, W. B. An enumeration of all the plants known from China proper, Fornosa, Hainan, Corea, the Luchu Archipelago and the Island of Hongkong, together with their distribution and synonymy. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 36: 202-319., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/178059#page/222/mode/1up
page(s): 277 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 277 [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
Syntype K 000710227, geounit Zhejiang [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Herbs perennial. Rhizome short, ligneous, thick, with many brown, fibrous adventitious roots. Culms central, 15-60 cm tall, trigonous, covered with dark brown fibrous sheaths at base. Leaves longer than culms; leaf-blade dark brown, flat, 4. 5-13. 5 mm wide, acuminate at apex; sheaths dark brown, fibriform at apex. Involucral bracts shortly leaf-like, shorter than inflorescence, sheathed; sheaths 2. 5-4 cm long, obliquely truncate at orifice. Inflorescence paniculate, with 4 or 5 spikes; terminal spike staminate, linear-cylindrical, 2-5 cm long, ca. 2. 5 mm wide, with a 4 cm long peduncle at base; lateral spikes pistillate, cylindrical, 3-8 cm long, 9-10 mm wide, densely flowered, pedunculate; peduncles exserted from sheaths. Staminate scales lanceolate, yellowish brown, 10-11. 5 mm long, acuminate at apex, brown l-veined costa on dorsal surface. Pistillate scales lanceolate, pale yellow, 4. 5-5. 5 mm long (including awn), acuminate at apex, green 3-veined costa on dorsal surface. Perigynia ovoid or broadly ovoid (excluding beak), 6-7 mm long, longer than pistillate scales (including beak), obliquely patent, obtusely trigonous, herbaceous, brownish green, distinctly veined, sparsely pubescent on veins, abruptly contracted into a ca. 3 mm long beak; orifice 2- lobed with teeth. Stigmas 3; style not thicken at base. Achenes tightly enveloped, rhombic-ovoid, trigonous, 3. 5-4 mm long (including beak), castaneous, with 3 angles constricted at middle, sides concave above and below, shortly curved, stipitate at base» abruptly contracted into a ca. 1 mm long beak at apex, beak slightly curved, annulate at orifice. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 277. 1903 [1903-1905 publ. 1903] to J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 277 (1903), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex funingensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex funingensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex funingensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex brevicuspis var. brevicuspis C.B.Clarke)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex funingensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex funingensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex brevicuspis var. brevicuspis C.B.Clarke)
