Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex recondita Muñoz-Schüler, Martín-Bravo & Jim.Mejías
1793707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1793707)
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Muñoz-Schüler, P.; Morales-Alonso, A.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Arroyo, M. T. K.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2024). Carex recondita Muñoz-Schüler, Martín-Bravo & Jim.Mejías (Carex section Junciformes Kük., Cyperaceae), a new sedge species from the Andes of central Chile. PhytoKeys, 243: 15-30., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.115991
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Holotype CONC 193519, geounit Chile Central
Holotype CONC 193519, geounit Chile Central [details]
Description Plants low-growing, densely caespitose 3–10.2 cm tall from the base of the shoots to the tip of the leaves, acaulescent...
Etymology The specific epithet recondita (female) refers to the Latin word recondito (male), meaning something hidden or occult,...
LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77343736-1
Description Plants low-growing, densely caespitose 3–10.2 cm tall from the base of the shoots to the tip of the leaves, acaulescent or nearly so. Leaves numerous, up to eight per shoot, much longer than the flowering shoots and concealing them, 2–8.2 cm long, canaliculate but flattish distally, stiff to slightly flexuose. Flowering shoots elevated on erect stalks of 1.2–4.4 cm long formed by the basal leaf sheaths, with the portion between the insertion of the distal-most leaf and the proximal-most bract inconspicuous, up to 1.2 mm long. Inflorescence a single, terminal, androgynous, subglobose spike, 4.3–6.2 mm long and 2.8–3.5 mm wide, subtended by an involucral bract, with a glumaceous base and prolonged into a 5.8–9.1 mm long antrorsely scabrid or smooth setaceous portion. Staminate part concealed by the pistillate portion, 2-flowered. Pistillate part 4–5 flowered, sometimes with an extra infertile flower borne by the involucral bract; glumes ovate to widely elliptical, 3.1–4.1 mm long and 1.4–2.3 mm wide, glabrous, with wide hyaline margins contrasting with a narrow green middle strip, veinless, attenuated distally into an awn, the 2-proximalmost glumes with a 1.9–3.3 mm long awned portion that usually surpasses the whole inflorescence, distalmost glumes with a 0.6–0.9 mm long mucronate apex. Utricles 2.4–3 mm long and 1.2–1.8 mm wide, ellipsoid, suborbicular, ovoid or sub-obovoid, obscurely trigonous in cross section, green to pale green, with 2 prominent lateral veins dark greenish, contrasting with the rest of the body, veinless or 2–5 weakly veined adaxially and 1–4 veined abaxially, glabrous to sparsely hispidulous on its distal half, with the lateral veins hispidulous to ciliolate on its distal ⅔ portion, attenuated or constricted proximally into a sub-stipitate base 0.4–0.8 mm long, often flattened in cross section, constricted distally into a short, bidentate, and pale beak 0.3–0.6 mm long. Achenes 1.9–2.2 long and 1.2–1.6 mm wide, broadly elliptical to sub-obovoid, obscurely trigonous, often flattened, greenish, more or less constricted proximally into a sub-stipitate base and attenuated distally into a short beak. Rachilla often absent, when present 0.6–0.9 mm long, linear, margins smooth. Stigmas 3. Anthers 3. [details]
Etymology The specific epithet recondita (female) refers to the Latin word recondito (male), meaning something hidden or occult,...
Etymology The specific epithet recondita (female) refers to the Latin word recondito (male), meaning something hidden or occult, apropos the acaulescent inflorescence and low-growing habit of this species. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77343736-1
LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77343736-1 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex recondita Muñoz-Schüler, Martín-Bravo & Jim.Mejías. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1793707 on 2025-09-12
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Muñoz-Schüler, P.; Morales-Alonso, A.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Arroyo, M. T. K.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2024). Carex recondita Muñoz-Schüler, Martín-Bravo & Jim.Mejías (Carex section Junciformes Kük., Cyperaceae), a new sedge species from the Andes of central Chile. PhytoKeys, 243: 15-30., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.115991
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype CONC 193519, geounit Chile Central [details]
Isotype EIF 17307, geounit Chile Central [details]
Isotype UPOS, geounit Chile Central [details]
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Description Plants low-growing, densely caespitose 3–10.2 cm tall from the base of the shoots to the tip of the leaves, acaulescent or nearly so. Leaves numerous, up to eight per shoot, much longer than the flowering shoots and concealing them, 2–8.2 cm long, canaliculate but flattish distally, stiff to slightly flexuose. Flowering shoots elevated on erect stalks of 1.2–4.4 cm long formed by the basal leaf sheaths, with the portion between the insertion of the distal-most leaf and the proximal-most bract inconspicuous, up to 1.2 mm long. Inflorescence a single, terminal, androgynous, subglobose spike, 4.3–6.2 mm long and 2.8–3.5 mm wide, subtended by an involucral bract, with a glumaceous base and prolonged into a 5.8–9.1 mm long antrorsely scabrid or smooth setaceous portion. Staminate part concealed by the pistillate portion, 2-flowered. Pistillate part 4–5 flowered, sometimes with an extra infertile flower borne by the involucral bract; glumes ovate to widely elliptical, 3.1–4.1 mm long and 1.4–2.3 mm wide, glabrous, with wide hyaline margins contrasting with a narrow green middle strip, veinless, attenuated distally into an awn, the 2-proximalmost glumes with a 1.9–3.3 mm long awned portion that usually surpasses the whole inflorescence, distalmost glumes with a 0.6–0.9 mm long mucronate apex. Utricles 2.4–3 mm long and 1.2–1.8 mm wide, ellipsoid, suborbicular, ovoid or sub-obovoid, obscurely trigonous in cross section, green to pale green, with 2 prominent lateral veins dark greenish, contrasting with the rest of the body, veinless or 2–5 weakly veined adaxially and 1–4 veined abaxially, glabrous to sparsely hispidulous on its distal half, with the lateral veins hispidulous to ciliolate on its distal ⅔ portion, attenuated or constricted proximally into a sub-stipitate base 0.4–0.8 mm long, often flattened in cross section, constricted distally into a short, bidentate, and pale beak 0.3–0.6 mm long. Achenes 1.9–2.2 long and 1.2–1.6 mm wide, broadly elliptical to sub-obovoid, obscurely trigonous, often flattened, greenish, more or less constricted proximally into a sub-stipitate base and attenuated distally into a short beak. Rachilla often absent, when present 0.6–0.9 mm long, linear, margins smooth. Stigmas 3. Anthers 3. [details]Diagnosis Carex recondita is similar to C. austroamericana, from which it is distinguished by its longer leaves up to 9 cm long (versus 5 cm long in C. austroamericana), narrower spikes up to 3.5 mm wide (versus 3.5–6 mm wide), and weakly veined ellipsoid, obovoid or suborbicular utricles, with a flattened stipitate base (versus strongly veined obovoid utricles, with a rounded or flattened stipitate base). [details]
Etymology The specific epithet recondita (female) refers to the Latin word recondito (male), meaning something hidden or occult, apropos the acaulescent inflorescence and low-growing habit of this species. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77343736-1 [details]
