Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex monostachya A.Rich.
1676298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676298)
accepted
Species
Carex parasitica Kunze · unaccepted
Carex triquetrifolia Boeckeler · unaccepted
Uncinia digyna Hochst. ex Steud. · unaccepted
- Variety Carex monostachya var. triquetrifolia (Boeckeler) Kük. accepted as Carex monostachya A.Rich.
terrestrial
Achilles, R. (1850). Tentamen florae Abyssinicae. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6675016#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 512 [details]
page(s): 512 [details]
Description A tufted perennial with a creeping rhizome and usually sterile as well as fertile shoots. Culms 10–80 cm long and...
Description A tufted perennial with a creeping rhizome and usually sterile as well as fertile shoots. Culms 10–80 cm long and 0.5–1.5 mm thick, sharply triangular, scabrous on the angles. Leaf-blades 10–30 cm long and 1.5–4.0 mm wide, scabrous on margins, crowded near the base. Leaf-sheaths brown enclosing the base of the culm. Inflorescence a solitary terminal spike 1–4 cm long and 2–8 mm wide, with female flowers below and male above. Inflorescence-bracts similar to the glumes but with a longer awn. Glumes 6–9 mm long, lanceolate with a long tapering apex, light to dark brown with pale middle and marginal border. Ovary with 2-branched style. Utricles 3.5–4.0 mm long (including the beak) and 1.2–1.5 mm broad, obovate in outline, compressed and hidden by the glumes. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex monostachya A.Rich.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676298 on 2026-07-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Achilles, R. (1850). Tentamen florae Abyssinicae. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6675016#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 512 [details]
page(s): 512 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Isotype E 00386868, geounit Ethiopia [details]
From editor or global species database
Description A tufted perennial with a creeping rhizome and usually sterile as well as fertile shoots. Culms 10–80 cm long and 0.5–1.5 mm thick, sharply triangular, scabrous on the angles. Leaf-blades 10–30 cm long and 1.5–4.0 mm wide, scabrous on margins, crowded near the base. Leaf-sheaths brown enclosing the base of the culm. Inflorescence a solitary terminal spike 1–4 cm long and 2–8 mm wide, with female flowers below and male above. Inflorescence-bracts similar to the glumes but with a longer awn. Glumes 6–9 mm long, lanceolate with a long tapering apex, light to dark brown with pale middle and marginal border. Ovary with 2-branched style. Utricles 3.5–4.0 mm long (including the beak) and 1.2–1.5 mm broad, obovate in outline, compressed and hidden by the glumes. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex triquetrifolia Boeckeler)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex parasitica Kunze)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Uncinia digyna Hochst. ex Steud.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex monostachya)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Uncinia digyna Hochst. ex Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex parasitica Kunze)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex triquetrifolia Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex monostachya var. triquetrifolia (Boeckeler) Kük.)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex triquetrifolia Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Uncinia digyna Hochst. ex Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex parasitica Kunze)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex monostachya var. triquetrifolia (Boeckeler) Kük.)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex monostachya E00386868 isotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex monostachya E00386869 isotype 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex monostachya A.Rich. BM000922725 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex parasitica Kunze)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Uncinia digyna Hochst. ex Steud.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex monostachya)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Uncinia digyna Hochst. ex Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex parasitica Kunze)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex triquetrifolia Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex monostachya var. triquetrifolia (Boeckeler) Kük.)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex triquetrifolia Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Uncinia digyna Hochst. ex Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex parasitica Kunze)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex monostachya var. triquetrifolia (Boeckeler) Kük.)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex monostachya E00386868 isotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex monostachya E00386869 isotype 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex monostachya A.Rich. BM000922725 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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