Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot
1677228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677228)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Léveillé, H. (1905). Glanes sino-japonaises. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'agriculture, sciences et arts de la Sarthe.</em> 60: 55-80., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f55.item
page(s): 78; note: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f78.item [details]
page(s): 78; note: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f78.item [details]
Holotype , geounit Jiangsu
Holotype, geounit Jiangsu [details]
Description Rhizome with rather thick stolons. Culms 30-60 cm tall, stiff, triquetrous, smooth, clothed with dark red or red-brown...
Distribution Distr.: Japan and China.
Taxonomic remark Voisin du C. aristata mais bien distinct par ses utricules non nervés. [Closely related to C. aristata, but clearly...
Description Rhizome with rather thick stolons. Culms 30-60 cm tall, stiff, triquetrous, smooth, clothed with dark red or red-brown bladeless sheaths at base, remnant sheaths usually disintegrating into reticulate fibers. Leaves shorter than culm, blades 3-4 mm wide, flat, stiff, with distinct transverse septate nodes between veins, sheathed. Involucral bracts leafy, lower ones longer than inflorescence, upper ones nearly not sheathed, lowermost involucral bract shortly sheathed. Spikes 5-7; terminal 2-4 spikes male, distance between spikes short, linear-cylindric, 2-5 cm, nearly sessile; remaining spikes female, remote, cylindric, 2.5-5 × 0.8-1 cm, densely many flowered, upper ones shortly pedunculate, lower one long pedunculate. Female glumes pale, lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, membranous, 3-veined, apex acuminate, shortly aristate. Utricles stramineous, usually dark red flecked, obliquely patent, longer than glume, oblong-ovate, inflated trigonous, 5-6.5 mm, leathery, glabrous, several veined, base rounded, apex gradually narrowed to a slightly broad and medium-sized beak, orifice 2-toothed. Nutlets slightly loosely enveloped, obovate or ovate, trigonous, ca. 3 mm, base stipitate; style slightly thick, stiff; stigmas 3. [details]
Distribution Distr.: Japan and China.
Distribution Distr.: Japan and China. [details]
Taxonomic remark Voisin du C. aristata mais bien distinct par ses utricules non nervés. [Closely related to C. aristata, but clearly...
Taxonomic remark Voisin du C. aristata mais bien distinct par ses utricules non nervés. [Closely related to C. aristata, but clearly distinguished by its nerveless perigynia.] [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677228 on 2026-05-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Léveillé, H. (1905). Glanes sino-japonaises. <em>Bulletin de la Société d'agriculture, sciences et arts de la Sarthe.</em> 60: 55-80., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f55.item
page(s): 78; note: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f78.item [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 78; note: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4539735/f78.item [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
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 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Rhizome with rather thick stolons. Culms 30-60 cm tall, stiff, triquetrous, smooth, clothed with dark red or red-brown bladeless sheaths at base, remnant sheaths usually disintegrating into reticulate fibers. Leaves shorter than culm, blades 3-4 mm wide, flat, stiff, with distinct transverse septate nodes between veins, sheathed. Involucral bracts leafy, lower ones longer than inflorescence, upper ones nearly not sheathed, lowermost involucral bract shortly sheathed. Spikes 5-7; terminal 2-4 spikes male, distance between spikes short, linear-cylindric, 2-5 cm, nearly sessile; remaining spikes female, remote, cylindric, 2.5-5 × 0.8-1 cm, densely many flowered, upper ones shortly pedunculate, lower one long pedunculate. Female glumes pale, lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, membranous, 3-veined, apex acuminate, shortly aristate. Utricles stramineous, usually dark red flecked, obliquely patent, longer than glume, oblong-ovate, inflated trigonous, 5-6.5 mm, leathery, glabrous, several veined, base rounded, apex gradually narrowed to a slightly broad and medium-sized beak, orifice 2-toothed. Nutlets slightly loosely enveloped, obovate or ovate, trigonous, ca. 3 mm, base stipitate; style slightly thick, stiff; stigmas 3. [details]Diagnosis Spicæ distinctæ, superiores masculæ; 3-4; femineæ 2-3, crassæ, longæ, inferiores distincte pedunculatæ, erectæ; bracteæ vaginantes et inflorescentiam superantes, radix fibrosa (?); culmi leves, striati, circiter 30-40 cm. longi, glabri; folia angusta, glabra, culmos non superantia, squamæ femineæ angustissimæ, acuminatæ, hyalinæ, nervo dorsali triplici, utriculum fere æquantes sed multo angustiores; utriculus enervius, piriformis, rostratus : rostro bidentato; stigmatibus 3. [details]
Distribution Distr.: Japan and China. [details]
Taxonomic remark Voisin du C. aristata mais bien distinct par ses utricules non nervés. [Closely related to C. aristata, but clearly distinguished by its nerveless perigynia.] [details]
Translation Spikes distinct, the upper ones male; 3-4; females 2-3, thick, long, the lower ones distinctly pedunculate, erect; bracts sheathing and exceeding the inflorescence, root fibrous (?); culms smooth, striated, about 30-40 cm long, glabrous; leaves narrow, glabrous, not exceeding the culms, female scales very narrow, acuminate, hyaline, with three nerves on the back, almost equaling the perigynia but much narrower; the perigynia without nerves, pyriform, with a beak: beak bidentate; stigmas 3. [details]
Type specimen According to the protologue, the type specimen was collected by P. d'Argy in China, in the province of Kiang-Sou in 1869. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ワンドスゲ（Wando-suge） | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Photos of Cyperaceae by Hoshino Labo. from Japan
To Plants of the World Online
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Photos of Cyperaceae by Hoshino Labo. from Japan
To Plants of the World Online
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