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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex remota L.

To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex remota K000291267 holotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex remota K000291267 holotype 1)

1676949  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676949)

  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. Vignea (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. Remotae (Section)
  15. Carex remota (Species)
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  1. Subspecies Carex remota subsp. remota L.
  2. Subspecies Carex remota subsp. stewartii Kukkonen
  3. Forma Carex remota f. doelliana Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex remota subsp. remota L.
  4. Forma Carex remota f. rigida Waisb. accepted as Carex remota subsp. remota L.
  5. Forma Carex remota f. stricta Asch. accepted as Carex remota subsp. remota L.
  6. Subspecies Carex remota subsp. alta (Boott) Kük. accepted as Carex alta Boott
  7. Subspecies Carex remota subsp. axillaris (L.) K.Richt. accepted as Carex remota subsp. remota L.
  8. Subspecies Carex remota subsp. rochebrunei (Franch. & Sav.) Kük. accepted as Carex rochebrunei Franch. & Sav.
  9. Subspecies Carex remota subsp. rochebrunii (Franch. & Sav.) Kük. accepted as Carex rochebrunei subsp. rochebrunei Franch. & Sav.
  10. Variety Carex remota var. axillaris (L.) Gray accepted as Carex remota subsp. remota L.
  11. Variety Carex remota var. axillaris (L.) Döll accepted as Carex remota L.
  12. Variety Carex remota var. brizopyrum (Kunze) Boeckeler accepted as Carex alta Boott
  13. Variety Carex remota var. brunnescens Podp. accepted as Carex remota subsp. remota L.
  14. Variety Carex remota var. enervulosa Kük. accepted as Carex rochebrunei subsp. reptans (Franch.) S.Yun Liang & Y.C.Tang
  15. Variety Carex remota var. remotiformis (Kom.) Kük. accepted as Carex remotiuscula Wahlenb.
  16. Variety Carex remota var. remotispicula (Hayata) Ohwi accepted as Carex rochebrunei subsp. remotispicula (Hayata) T.Koyama
  17. Variety Carex remota var. repens Brittinger ex Rchb. accepted as Carex remota subsp. remota L.
  18. Variety Carex remota var. reptans Franch. accepted as Carex rochebrunei subsp. reptans (Franch.) S.Yun Liang & Y.C.Tang
  19. Variety Carex remota var. reptans (Franch.) Kük. accepted as Carex rochebrunei subsp. reptans (Franch.) S.Yun Liang & Y.C.Tang
  20. Variety Carex remota var. rochebrunei (Franch. & Sav.) C.B.Clarke accepted as Carex rochebrunei Franch. & Sav.
  21. Variety Carex remota var. subloliacea (Schur) Kük. accepted as Carex remota subsp. remota L.
terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1754). Flora Anglica, quam cum Consens. Experient. Upsaliae [Uppsala].
page(s): 24 [details] 
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted, often forming stools up to 30 cm high; roots pale purple-brown; scales brown,...  
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted, often forming stools up to 30 cm high; roots pale purple-brown; scales brown, persistent or more rarely becoming fibrous. Stems 30–75 cm, spreading, slender, trigonous or with two serrulate angles towards top. Leaves 25–60 cm × 1.5–2 mm, channelled, gradually tapering to a long slender pendulous point, mid green to yellow-green, overwintering; sheaths pale yellow-brown, persistent, forming false stems in sterile shoots, hyaline; apex shallowly concave to deeply V-shaped, protruding up to 1.8 mm above blade/sheath union; ligule 1–2 mm, long tubular, rounded or obtuse, with free tissue c. 0.6–1 mm wide. Inflorescence 1/4–1/3 length of stem, up to 30 cm, often curved; lower bracts leaf-like, exceeding inflorescence, upper glumaceous. Spikes 4–9, 3–10 mm, sessile, ovoid to oblong-cylindrical, upper ± contiguous, simple, female at top, male at base, lower remote, rarely branched, entirely female, the latter commonly with 17–30(–40) utricles (T. O’Mahony pers. comm.). Male glumes 2.5–3 mm, ovate-elliptic, pale brown-hyaline, with green midrib; apex acute. Female glumes c. 2.5 mm, lanceolate to ovate, pale brown or hyaline, with green midrib; apex acute. Utricles 2.5–3.5 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid, plano-convex, green, ± shiny, distinctively veined on abaxial face; beak 0.5 mm, broad, minutely toothed, split; stigmas 2; nut ovoid, biconvex. [details]

Description Cespitosa. Tallos (15)25–50(80) cm, trígonos, lisos o ± escábridos en la parte superior. Hojas (0,5)1,5–2,2(2,5) mm...  
Description Cespitosa. Tallos (15)25–50(80) cm, trígonos, lisos o ± escábridos en la parte superior. Hojas (0,5)1,5–2,2(2,5) mm de anchura, de longitud similar a la de los tallos, planas, ásperas en los bordes, ± blandas; lígula 1,2–1,8(2) mm, de anchura poco mayor que el limbo, de ápice obtuso, libre en una gran parte de su longitud; sin antelígula; vainas basales escuamiformes, de color pardo claro, enteras ± fibrosas. Bráctea inferior de longitud mucho mayor que la inflorescencia, folíacea, no envainante. Espigas muy separadas entre sí que constituyen una inflorescencia muy laxa, las superiores menos distanciadas. Glumas ovales, agudas, verdosas o hialinas con el nervio central verde, las femeninas de longitud menor que los utrículos. Utrículos (2,9)3–3,2(3,5) × 1–1,3 mm, de contorno oval, plano-convexos, esponjosos en la base, con los nervios prominentes, verdosos o parduscos, gradualmente atenuados en un pico de (0,5)0,7–0,8(1) mm, escábrido, bífido. Aquenios 1,4–1,6 × 1–1,1 mm, de contorno obovado o elíptico-aplanado, pardo oscuro o negro, con la base del estilo persistente en forma de una corta columna. 2n = 60, 62.* [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex remota L.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676949 on 2026-05-12
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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1754). Flora Anglica, quam cum Consens. Experient. Upsaliae [Uppsala].
page(s): 24 [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]

taxonomy source Luceño, M., Castroviejo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2008). Cyperaceae. In: Castroviejo, Luceño, M., Galán, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Cabezas, F., Medina, L. (eds). Flora iberica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVIII. Madrid: CSIC., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/12958-flora-iberica-vol-18-cyperaceae-pontederiaceae?offset=, http://www.floraiberica.es/PHP/familias_lista_.php?familia=Cyperaceae [details] 

 
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Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted, often forming stools up to 30 cm high; roots pale purple-brown; scales brown, persistent or more rarely becoming fibrous. Stems 30–75 cm, spreading, slender, trigonous or with two serrulate angles towards top. Leaves 25–60 cm × 1.5–2 mm, channelled, gradually tapering to a long slender pendulous point, mid green to yellow-green, overwintering; sheaths pale yellow-brown, persistent, forming false stems in sterile shoots, hyaline; apex shallowly concave to deeply V-shaped, protruding up to 1.8 mm above blade/sheath union; ligule 1–2 mm, long tubular, rounded or obtuse, with free tissue c. 0.6–1 mm wide. Inflorescence 1/4–1/3 length of stem, up to 30 cm, often curved; lower bracts leaf-like, exceeding inflorescence, upper glumaceous. Spikes 4–9, 3–10 mm, sessile, ovoid to oblong-cylindrical, upper ± contiguous, simple, female at top, male at base, lower remote, rarely branched, entirely female, the latter commonly with 17–30(–40) utricles (T. O’Mahony pers. comm.). Male glumes 2.5–3 mm, ovate-elliptic, pale brown-hyaline, with green midrib; apex acute. Female glumes c. 2.5 mm, lanceolate to ovate, pale brown or hyaline, with green midrib; apex acute. Utricles 2.5–3.5 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid, plano-convex, green, ± shiny, distinctively veined on abaxial face; beak 0.5 mm, broad, minutely toothed, split; stigmas 2; nut ovoid, biconvex. [details]

Description Cespitosa. Tallos (15)25–50(80) cm, trígonos, lisos o ± escábridos en la parte superior. Hojas (0,5)1,5–2,2(2,5) mm de anchura, de longitud similar a la de los tallos, planas, ásperas en los bordes, ± blandas; lígula 1,2–1,8(2) mm, de anchura poco mayor que el limbo, de ápice obtuso, libre en una gran parte de su longitud; sin antelígula; vainas basales escuamiformes, de color pardo claro, enteras ± fibrosas. Bráctea inferior de longitud mucho mayor que la inflorescencia, folíacea, no envainante. Espigas muy separadas entre sí que constituyen una inflorescencia muy laxa, las superiores menos distanciadas. Glumas ovales, agudas, verdosas o hialinas con el nervio central verde, las femeninas de longitud menor que los utrículos. Utrículos (2,9)3–3,2(3,5) × 1–1,3 mm, de contorno oval, plano-convexos, esponjosos en la base, con los nervios prominentes, verdosos o parduscos, gradualmente atenuados en un pico de (0,5)0,7–0,8(1) mm, escábrido, bífido. Aquenios 1,4–1,6 × 1–1,1 mm, de contorno obovado o elíptico-aplanado, pardo oscuro o negro, con la base del estilo persistente en forma de una corta columna. 2n = 60, 62.* [details]

Translation Densely tufted. Stems (15)25–50(80) cm, trigonous, smooth or ± scabrid above. Leaves (0.5)1.5–2.2(2.5) mm wide, similar in length to the stems, flat, rough along the margins, ± soft; ligule 1.2–1.8(2) mm long, slightly wider than the blade, with an obtuse apex, free for much of its length; without an antiligule; basal sheaths scale-like, pale brown, entire or ± fibrous. Lower bract much longer than the inflorescence, leaf-like, not sheathing. Spikes widely separated from each other, forming a very lax inflorescence, the upper ones less distant. Glumes oval, acute, greenish or hyaline with a green midrib, the female glumes shorter than the utricles. Utricles (2.9)3–3.2(3.5) × 1–1.3 mm, oval in outline, plano-convex, spongy at the base, with prominent nerves, greenish or brownish, gradually attenuate into a (0.5)0.7–0.8(1) mm beak, scabrid, bifid. Achenes 1.4–1.6 × 1–1.1 mm, obovate or elliptic-flattened in outline, dark brown to black, with the style base persistent as a short column. 2n = 60, 62*. [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Vignea remota (L.) Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Caricina remota (L.) St.-Lag.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (708 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex remota) 
To GenBank (69 nucleotides; 31 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Caricina remota (L.) St.-Lag.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Diemisa remota (L.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea remota (L.) Rchb.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Caricina remota (L.) St.-Lag.)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea remota (L.) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Diemisa remota (L.) Raf.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex remota K000291267 holotype 1) 
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex remota var. axillaris (L.) Döll)
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