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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex appropinquata Schumach.

1677213  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677213)

  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. AppressaClade (Section)
  15. Carex appropinquata (Species)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Schumacher, H. C. F. (1801). Enumeratio Plantarum in Partibus Saellandiae Septentrionalis et Orientalis. 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.150042
page(s): 266 [details] 
Description Rhizomes very short, ascending, usually forming dense tussocks up to 1 m high and 80 cm in diameter; roots thick, dark...  
Description Rhizomes very short, ascending, usually forming dense tussocks up to 1 m high and 80 cm in diameter; roots thick, dark brown, felty; scales dark brown-black, eventually breaking up into wiry fibres. Stems 40–80 cm, rough, trigonous. Leaves 20–80 cm × 1–3 mm, stiff, keeled, yellow-green; hypostomous; sheaths of sterile shoots forming a false stem, the lowermost dark brown with shorter blades, with inner face hyaline; apex brown, concave; ligule 2–3 mm, rounded. Inflorescence a compact panicle 4–8 cm; bracts setaceous or glumaceous. Spikes made up of spikelets 4–7 mm, male at top, female below; lower spikelets pedunculate and compound, some all female. Male glumes 3–4 mm, ovate, reddish-brown, with hyaline margin and apex acute. Female glumes 3–4 mm, ovate, acuminate, red-brown, becoming hyaline in fruit. Utricles (2.7–)3–4 mm, ovoid to subglobose, ± abruptly narrowed into the beak; beak (0.7–)1–1.5 mm, rough, not winged, notched, sometimes split on adaxial side; stigmas 2; nut ovoid, biconvex. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Schumacher] i. (1801) 266. [Dec 1801] to Enum. Pl. 1: 266...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Schumacher] i. (1801) 266. [Dec 1801] to Enum. Pl. 1: 266 (1801), 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 appropinquata Schumach.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677213 on 2026-06-14
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Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro
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Nomenclature

original description Schumacher, H. C. F. (1801). Enumeratio Plantarum in Partibus Saellandiae Septentrionalis et Orientalis. 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.150042
page(s): 266 [details] 

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [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]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes very short, ascending, usually forming dense tussocks up to 1 m high and 80 cm in diameter; roots thick, dark brown, felty; scales dark brown-black, eventually breaking up into wiry fibres. Stems 40–80 cm, rough, trigonous. Leaves 20–80 cm × 1–3 mm, stiff, keeled, yellow-green; hypostomous; sheaths of sterile shoots forming a false stem, the lowermost dark brown with shorter blades, with inner face hyaline; apex brown, concave; ligule 2–3 mm, rounded. Inflorescence a compact panicle 4–8 cm; bracts setaceous or glumaceous. Spikes made up of spikelets 4–7 mm, male at top, female below; lower spikelets pedunculate and compound, some all female. Male glumes 3–4 mm, ovate, reddish-brown, with hyaline margin and apex acute. Female glumes 3–4 mm, ovate, acuminate, red-brown, becoming hyaline in fruit. Utricles (2.7–)3–4 mm, ovoid to subglobose, ± abruptly narrowed into the beak; beak (0.7–)1–1.5 mm, rough, not winged, notched, sometimes split on adaxial side; stigmas 2; nut ovoid, biconvex. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Schumacher] i. (1801) 266. [Dec 1801] to Enum. Pl. 1: 266 (1801), 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 (21 publications) (from synonym Vignea paradoxa Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (385 publications) (from synonym Carex paradoxa Willd.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Caricina paradoxa St.-Lag.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex appropinquata) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex paradoxa) (from synonym Carex paradoxa Willd.)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex paradoxa Willd.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea appropinquata (Schumach.) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Caricina paradoxa St.-Lag.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea paradoxa Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex paniculata var. paradoxa (Rchb.) Fiori)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex approximata f. ramosa (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex paradoxa var. gracilis Asch. & Graebn.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Caricina paradoxa St.-Lag.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea appropinquata (Schumach.) Soják)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea paradoxa Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paradoxa Willd.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex approximata f. ramosa (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paradoxa f. brachystachya Schatz)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paradoxa f. sparsiflora Lange)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paradoxa f. ramosa Asch. & Graebn.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paradoxa var. gracilis Asch. & Graebn.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paniculata var. paradoxa (Rchb.) Fiori)
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