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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex capricornis Meinsh. ex Maxim.

To LE Herbarium (Carex capricornis LE01006724 lectotype 1)
To LE Herbarium (Carex capricornis LE01006724 lectotype 1)

1678241  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678241)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cariceae (Tribe)
  12. Carex (Genus)
  13. Carex subg. Carex (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. HirtaClade (Section)
  15. Carex capricornis (Species)
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Maximowicz, C. J. (1887). Diagnoses de nouvelles plantes l'Asie VI. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> 31(1): 12-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34669639#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 119 [details] 
Description Rhizome short. Culms tufted, 30-70 cm tall, stout, triquetrous, scabrous on upper part, few purple-brown and bladeless...  
Description Rhizome short. Culms tufted, 30-70 cm tall, stout, triquetrous, scabrous on upper part, few purple-brown and bladeless sheathed at base, rudimentary sheaths sometimes disintegrating into fibers. Leaves longer than or slightly shorter than culm, blades 3-8 mm wide, flat, slightly stiff, with 2 distinct lateral veins and with short and transverse septate nodes, sheathed. Involucral bracts leaflike, longer than spike, usually not sheathed. Spikes 3-5, congregated at top of culm, sometimes lowermost one slightly remote; terminal spike male, usually not surpassing or slightly longer than contiguous female spike, clavate or linear-cylindric, 2-3 cm, subsessile; lateral spikes female, oblong-ovate or shortly cylindric, 2-3 × 1.5-2 cm, densely many flowered, very shortly pedunculate or subsessile. Female glumes brownish laterally, oblong, 4-5 mm, thickly membranous, greenish 3-veined in middle abaxially, apex acuminate and aristate, awn nearly as long as glume, scabrous on margins. Utricles yellowish green, obliquely patent or divaricate, longer than glume, narrowly lanceolate, compressed trigonous, 6-8 mm, thickly membranous, smooth, glabrous, several veined, base abruptly contracted into a short stipe, apex gradually narrowed to a long beak, orifice long 2-toothed, teeth ca. 2 mm, recurved toward both sides. Nutlets dark brown, loosely enveloped, elliptic, trigonous, 1-1.5 mm; style slender, tortuous, base not thickened; stigmas 3, rather short.  [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Meinsh. ex Maxim. to Meinsh., information provided by Alan...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Meinsh. ex Maxim. to Meinsh., information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex capricornis Meinsh. ex Maxim.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678241 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature

original description Maximowicz, C. J. (1887). Diagnoses de nouvelles plantes l'Asie VI. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> 31(1): 12-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34669639#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 119 [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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Rhizome short. Culms tufted, 30-70 cm tall, stout, triquetrous, scabrous on upper part, few purple-brown and bladeless sheathed at base, rudimentary sheaths sometimes disintegrating into fibers. Leaves longer than or slightly shorter than culm, blades 3-8 mm wide, flat, slightly stiff, with 2 distinct lateral veins and with short and transverse septate nodes, sheathed. Involucral bracts leaflike, longer than spike, usually not sheathed. Spikes 3-5, congregated at top of culm, sometimes lowermost one slightly remote; terminal spike male, usually not surpassing or slightly longer than contiguous female spike, clavate or linear-cylindric, 2-3 cm, subsessile; lateral spikes female, oblong-ovate or shortly cylindric, 2-3 × 1.5-2 cm, densely many flowered, very shortly pedunculate or subsessile. Female glumes brownish laterally, oblong, 4-5 mm, thickly membranous, greenish 3-veined in middle abaxially, apex acuminate and aristate, awn nearly as long as glume, scabrous on margins. Utricles yellowish green, obliquely patent or divaricate, longer than glume, narrowly lanceolate, compressed trigonous, 6-8 mm, thickly membranous, smooth, glabrous, several veined, base abruptly contracted into a short stipe, apex gradually narrowed to a long beak, orifice long 2-toothed, teeth ca. 2 mm, recurved toward both sides. Nutlets dark brown, loosely enveloped, elliptic, trigonous, 1-1.5 mm; style slender, tortuous, base not thickened; stigmas 3, rather short.  [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Meinsh. ex Maxim. to Meinsh., information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex brachystachya (Regel & Maack) Akiyama)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex capricornis) 
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 95 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex brachystachya (Regel & Maack) Akiyama)
To LE Herbarium (Carex capricornis LE01006724 lectotype 1) 
To LE Herbarium (Carex capricornis LE01006725 isolectotype 1) 
To LE Herbarium (Carex capricornis LE01006726 isolectotype 1) 
To LE Herbarium (Carex capricornis LE01006727 syntype 1) 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex brachystachya (Regel & Maack) Akiyama)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pseudocyperus var. brachystachya Regel & Maack)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex capricornis var. latifolia Honda)
To University of Tokyo Herbarium (Carex  capricornis  var.  Latifolia type TI00010041) (from synonym Carex capricornis var. latifolia Honda)
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