Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex remota subsp. stewartii Kukkonen
1699915 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1699915)
accepted
Subspecies
terrestrial
Kukkonen, I. (1984). New infraspecific taxa and nomenclatural combinations in <i>Carex</i> (Cyperaceae) in the Flora Iranica area. <em>Annales Botanici Fennici.</em> 21(4): 383-389.
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Holotype RAW, geounit Pakistan
Holotype RAW, geounit Pakistan [details]
Description Rhizomes short, woody. Culms caespitose, 30–40 cm tall, slender, trigonous, smooth or scabrous, base with brown fibrous...
Description Rhizomes short, woody. Culms caespitose, 30–40 cm tall, slender, trigonous, smooth or scabrous, base with brown fibrous sheaths. Leaves shorter than culms; blade 1.5–2.5 mm wide, flat, soft. Lower bracts leaf-like, longer than inflorescence, sheathless, upper ones setaceous or scale-like. Spikes 4–8, gynaecandrous, ovoid or oblong-ovoid, 6–8 mm long, sessile. Pistillate scales ovate, pale yellow or glaucous, 2.2–2.3 mm long, apex acute, with green 3-veined costa. Perigynia ovoid, plano-convex, yellowish green, slightly longer than pistillate scales, 2.5–2.7 mm long, membranous, glabrous, narrowly winged and serrulate on upper margins, veinless, base shortly stipitate, apex gradually contracted into a ca. 0.8 mm long beak, beak margins scabrous, orifice 2-lobed with short teeth. Achenes loosely enveloped, ovoid, plano-convex, pale yellow, ca. 1.5 mm long, base shortly stipitate; style thickened at base; stigmas 2. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex remota subsp. stewartii Kukkonen. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1699915 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Kukkonen, I. (1984). New infraspecific taxa and nomenclatural combinations in <i>Carex</i> (Cyperaceae) in the Flora Iranica area. <em>Annales Botanici Fennici.</em> 21(4): 383-389.
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additional source
Noltie, H. J. (1994). Family 232. Cyperaceae. In: Noltie, H. J (ed.) Flora of Bhutan. Including a record of plants from Sikkim and Darjeeling. Vol. 3, part 1: 273-407. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, Edinburgh.
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additional source Jin, X.-F.; Zhang, S.-R.; Yano, O.; Katsuyama, T.; Ikeda, H.; Lu, Y.-F.; Jin, S.-H. (2020). Cyperaceae II: Carex. In: H. De-Yuan (ed). Flora of Pan-Himalaya. Vol 12(2), 421 pp. Science Press.
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[request]additional source Jin, X.-F.; Zhang, S.-R.; Yano, O.; Katsuyama, T.; Ikeda, H.; Lu, Y.-F.; Jin, S.-H. (2020). Cyperaceae II: Carex. In: H. De-Yuan (ed). Flora of Pan-Himalaya. Vol 12(2), 421 pp. Science Press.
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype RAW, geounit Pakistan [details]
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Comparison Carex remota subsp. stewartii differs from the typical subspecies in having perigynia 2.5–2.7 mm long, ovoid, veinless both abaxially and adaxially. In Carex remota subsp. remota, the perigynia are ca. 3 mm long, lanceolate-ovoid, abaxially 3–5 veined, adaxially veinless. Carex remota subsp. remota mainly distributes in N Africa, Europe to Iran and Lebanon. [details]Description Rhizomes short, woody. Culms caespitose, 30–40 cm tall, slender, trigonous, smooth or scabrous, base with brown fibrous sheaths. Leaves shorter than culms; blade 1.5–2.5 mm wide, flat, soft. Lower bracts leaf-like, longer than inflorescence, sheathless, upper ones setaceous or scale-like. Spikes 4–8, gynaecandrous, ovoid or oblong-ovoid, 6–8 mm long, sessile. Pistillate scales ovate, pale yellow or glaucous, 2.2–2.3 mm long, apex acute, with green 3-veined costa. Perigynia ovoid, plano-convex, yellowish green, slightly longer than pistillate scales, 2.5–2.7 mm long, membranous, glabrous, narrowly winged and serrulate on upper margins, veinless, base shortly stipitate, apex gradually contracted into a ca. 0.8 mm long beak, beak margins scabrous, orifice 2-lobed with short teeth. Achenes loosely enveloped, ovoid, plano-convex, pale yellow, ca. 1.5 mm long, base shortly stipitate; style thickened at base; stigmas 2. [details]
Ecology Flowering and fruiting in early July to late September. [details]
Habitat Slopes or thickets; 2160–3150 m [details]
