Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex caucasica Steven
1678255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678255)
accepted
Species
Carex atrata subsp. caucasica (Steven) Kük. · unaccepted
Carex atrata var. caucasica (Steven) Boott · unaccepted
- Subspecies Carex caucasica subsp. caucasica Steven
- Subspecies Carex caucasica subsp. jisaburo-ohwiana (T.Koyama) T.Koyama
- Subspecies Carex caucasica subsp. perfusca (V.I.Krecz.) T.Koyama accepted as Carex aterrima subsp. aterrima Hoppe
- Variety Carex caucasica var. abbreviata Litv. accepted as Carex popovii subsp. popovii V.I.Krecz.
- Variety Carex caucasica var. bracteata Litv. accepted as Carex popovii subsp. popovii V.I.Krecz.
terrestrial
(1813). Mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54198468#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 68 [details]
page(s): 68 [details]
Lectotype H 1301663, geounit Azerbaijan
Lectotype H 1301663, geounit Azerbaijan [details]
Description Rhizome short. Culms densely or subloosely tufted, 25-70 cm tall, trigonous, scabrous above, clothed at base with dark...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou iv. (1813) 68. to Mém. Soc. Imp....
Description Rhizome short. Culms densely or subloosely tufted, 25-70 cm tall, trigonous, scabrous above, clothed at base with dark purple, lustrous bladeless sheaths disintegrating into fibers. Leaves as long as or shorter than culm, blades 3-8 mm wide. Lowest involucral bracts leaflike, slightly longer than inflorescence, remaining bracts setaceous, sheathless. Spikes 4-7; terminal spikes gynaecandrous, obovate or oblong, 15-25 × 5-6 mm; remaining spikes female, ovate or oblong to clavate, 1.5-3 × 0.6-0.8 cm, densely many flowered, with peduncle 4-5 cm, lowest 1 or 2 pendent on elongate peduncle. Female glumes dark purple-brown to purple-black, lanceolate, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate-elliptic, 3.2-3.8 mm, membranous, margins white hyaline, 3-veined yellowish costa forming a mucro at apex, apex acute to cuspidate. Utricles yellowish greenish, upper part ± stained with purple or ferruginous-yellow at length, obovate, obovate-elliptic, or compressed trigonous, 3-4 mm, faintly 3-5-veined at base or 7-9-veined abaxially, apex abruptly contracted into an erect short beak, orifice subtruncate or 2-toothed-emarginate. Nutlets loosely contained, obovate or elliptic, trigonous, 1.9-2.5 mm; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou iv. (1813) 68. to Mém. Soc. Imp....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou iv. (1813) 68. to Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 68 (1813), 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 caucasica Steven. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678255 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(1813). Mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54198468#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 68 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 68 [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
Lectotype H 1301663, geounit Azerbaijan [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome short. Culms densely or subloosely tufted, 25-70 cm tall, trigonous, scabrous above, clothed at base with dark purple, lustrous bladeless sheaths disintegrating into fibers. Leaves as long as or shorter than culm, blades 3-8 mm wide. Lowest involucral bracts leaflike, slightly longer than inflorescence, remaining bracts setaceous, sheathless. Spikes 4-7; terminal spikes gynaecandrous, obovate or oblong, 15-25 × 5-6 mm; remaining spikes female, ovate or oblong to clavate, 1.5-3 × 0.6-0.8 cm, densely many flowered, with peduncle 4-5 cm, lowest 1 or 2 pendent on elongate peduncle. Female glumes dark purple-brown to purple-black, lanceolate, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate-elliptic, 3.2-3.8 mm, membranous, margins white hyaline, 3-veined yellowish costa forming a mucro at apex, apex acute to cuspidate. Utricles yellowish greenish, upper part ± stained with purple or ferruginous-yellow at length, obovate, obovate-elliptic, or compressed trigonous, 3-4 mm, faintly 3-5-veined at base or 7-9-veined abaxially, apex abruptly contracted into an erect short beak, orifice subtruncate or 2-toothed-emarginate. Nutlets loosely contained, obovate or elliptic, trigonous, 1.9-2.5 mm; stigmas 3. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou iv. (1813) 68. to Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 4: 68 (1813), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex caucasica)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex atrata subsp. caucasica (Steven) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex atrata var. caucasica (Steven) Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex atrata var. caucasica (Steven) Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex atrata subsp. caucasica (Steven) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex caucasica)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex atrata subsp. caucasica (Steven) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex atrata var. caucasica (Steven) Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex atrata var. caucasica (Steven) Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex atrata subsp. caucasica (Steven) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
