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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex microglochin Wahlenb.

To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex microglochin K000098447 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex microglochin K000098447 type 1)

1676265  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676265)

  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. Euthyceras (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. CapitataClade (Section)
  15. Carex microglochin (Species)
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  1. Subspecies Carex microglochin subsp. oligantha Kük. (uncertain > unassessed)
  2. Subspecies Carex microglochin subsp. fuegina Kük. accepted as Carex camptoglochin V.I.Krecz. (unaccepted > homotypic synonym)
  3. Subspecies Carex microglochin subsp. microglochin accepted as Carex microglochin Wahlenb.
  4. Variety Carex microglochin var. oligantha Kük. accepted as Carex camptoglochin V.I.Krecz. (unaccepted > homotypic synonym)
terrestrial
Wahlenberg, G. (1803). Inledning til Caricographien. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 24: 138-170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46986891
page(s): 140 [details] 
Description Rhizomes slender, shortly creeping; shoots often single; roots pale yellow-brown; scales pale brown, persistent. Stems...  
Description Rhizomes slender, shortly creeping; shoots often single; roots pale yellow-brown; scales pale brown, persistent. Stems 5–12 cm, stiff, erect, subterete, striate, solid. Leaves 1–5 cm × 0.5–1 mm, thick, stiff, erect, channelled, ± truncate and rounded at apex, mid green; hypostomous; sheaths soon becoming brown and decaying, rarely fibrous, with inner face hyaline, becoming brown; apex straight, serrate; ligule c. 0.5 mm, rounded, tubular. Inflorescence a single, few-flowered, terminal spike 3–5 mm, male above, female below; bracts absent. Male glumes 2.5–3 mm, ovate-lanceolate, red-brown, with pale midrib; apex ± acute. Female glumes c. 2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, red-brown, with pale margins, caducous, hyaline, apex acute. Utricles 3.5–4.5(–5) mm, narrowly conical, rounded at base, faintly ribbed, pale yellow-green, becoming straw-coloured; apex tapered into conical beak c. 1 mm long, deflexed at maturity; a stiff bristle (rachilla) arises from base of nut within utricle and protrudes from top of beak; stigmas 3; nut cylindric-trigonous. [details]

Description Rhizome slender, elongate. Culms densely or loosely tufted, 5-20 cm tall, subterete, smooth. Leaves shorter than culm,...  
Description Rhizome slender, elongate. Culms densely or loosely tufted, 5-20 cm tall, subterete, smooth. Leaves shorter than culm, blades involute, needlelike, hard, smooth. Inflorescence 1-spiked, terminal, androgynous, oblong, ca. 1 cm; male part very short, 5-7-flowered; female part longer than male part, 4-12-flowered. Female glumes dark brown to brown, caducous, elliptic-oblong, ca. 3 mm, 3-veined, margins hyaline, apex obtuse. Utricles pale brown, suberect first, reflexed at maturity, eventually with short bent stipe, longer than glume, lanceolate-acicular, subglobose in transverse section, 3.5-4.5 mm, smooth, papery, somewhat many veined, base spongy, apex gradually attenuate into a beak, orifice hyaline and subtruncate. Nutlet oblong, ca. 2 mm, with very short stipe embraced in spongy base of utricle; rachilla hard, pointed at apex, exserted part up to 2 mm; stigmas 3, exserted.  [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 1803: 140 1803 to Kongl. Vetensk....  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 1803: 140 1803 to Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 140 (1803), 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 microglochin Wahlenb.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676265 on 2026-06-02
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Nomenclature

original description Wahlenberg, G. (1803). Inledning til Caricographien. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 24: 138-170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46986891
page(s): 140 [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Jermy, A.C.; Simpson, D.A.; Foley, M.J.Y.; Porter, M.S. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. 554 pp. Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, United Kingdom. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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]

additional source Jiménez-Mejías, P.; García-Moro, P.; Camilo, A. A.; Mazzei, P. M.; Escudero, M.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Cano, A. (2026). A commented checklist and key for the genus <i>Carex</i> (Cyperaceae) in Peru. <em>PhytoKeys.</em> 271: 93-144., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.178418 [details] 

subsequent type designation Moberg, R.; Nilsson, Ö. (1991). Typification of Nordic vascular plants. 1. Names published by G. Wahlenberg. <em>Nordic Journal of Botany.</em> 11(3): 287-298., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1991.tb01407.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Isolectotype LD 1761666, geounit Finland [details]
Syntype K 000098447, geounit Chile [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes slender, shortly creeping; shoots often single; roots pale yellow-brown; scales pale brown, persistent. Stems 5–12 cm, stiff, erect, subterete, striate, solid. Leaves 1–5 cm × 0.5–1 mm, thick, stiff, erect, channelled, ± truncate and rounded at apex, mid green; hypostomous; sheaths soon becoming brown and decaying, rarely fibrous, with inner face hyaline, becoming brown; apex straight, serrate; ligule c. 0.5 mm, rounded, tubular. Inflorescence a single, few-flowered, terminal spike 3–5 mm, male above, female below; bracts absent. Male glumes 2.5–3 mm, ovate-lanceolate, red-brown, with pale midrib; apex ± acute. Female glumes c. 2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, red-brown, with pale margins, caducous, hyaline, apex acute. Utricles 3.5–4.5(–5) mm, narrowly conical, rounded at base, faintly ribbed, pale yellow-green, becoming straw-coloured; apex tapered into conical beak c. 1 mm long, deflexed at maturity; a stiff bristle (rachilla) arises from base of nut within utricle and protrudes from top of beak; stigmas 3; nut cylindric-trigonous. [details]

Description Rhizome slender, elongate. Culms densely or loosely tufted, 5-20 cm tall, subterete, smooth. Leaves shorter than culm, blades involute, needlelike, hard, smooth. Inflorescence 1-spiked, terminal, androgynous, oblong, ca. 1 cm; male part very short, 5-7-flowered; female part longer than male part, 4-12-flowered. Female glumes dark brown to brown, caducous, elliptic-oblong, ca. 3 mm, 3-veined, margins hyaline, apex obtuse. Utricles pale brown, suberect first, reflexed at maturity, eventually with short bent stipe, longer than glume, lanceolate-acicular, subglobose in transverse section, 3.5-4.5 mm, smooth, papery, somewhat many veined, base spongy, apex gradually attenuate into a beak, orifice hyaline and subtruncate. Nutlet oblong, ca. 2 mm, with very short stipe embraced in spongy base of utricle; rachilla hard, pointed at apex, exserted part up to 2 mm; stigmas 3, exserted.  [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 1803: 140 1803 to Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 140 (1803), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caricinella microglochin (Wahlenb.) St.-Lag.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Uncinia europaea J.Gay)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (311 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Kobresia microglochin (Wahlenb.) Tang & W.T.Wang)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (63 publications) (from synonym Uncinia microglochin (Wahlenb.) Spreng.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (670 publications) (from synonym Carex pauciflora Balb. ex Boott)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex microglochin subsp. microglochin) (from synonym Carex microglochin subsp. microglochin)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex microglochin) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex pauciflora) (from synonym Carex pauciflora Balb. ex Boott)
To Genbank (from synonym Carex microglochin subsp. microglochin)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 175 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Kobresia microglochin (Wahlenb.) Tang & W.T.Wang)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Uncinia europaea J.Gay)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Caricinella microglochin (Wahlenb.) St.-Lag.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pauciflora var. microglochin (Wahlenb.) Poir.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex lyonii Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Uncinia microglochin (Wahlenb.) Spreng.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pauciflora Balb. ex Boott)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Caricinella microglochin (Wahlenb.) St.-Lag.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Kobresia microglochin (Wahlenb.) Tang & W.T.Wang)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Uncinia europaea J.Gay)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pauciflora Balb. ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex lyonii Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Uncinia microglochin (Wahlenb.) Spreng.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pauciflora var. microglochin (Wahlenb.) Poir.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex microglochin K000098447 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex microglochin K000999226 type 1) 
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex pauciflora var. microglochin (Wahlenb.) Poir. ex Lam.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex microglochin subsp. microglochin)
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