Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex atrofusca Schkuhr
1677260 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677260)
accepted
Species
Carex atrofusca f. atrofusca Schkuhr · unaccepted
Carex ustulata Wahlenb. · unaccepted
Proteocarpus atrofuscus (Schkuhr) Fedde & J.Schust. · unaccepted
Trasus ustulatus Gray · unaccepted
- Subspecies Carex atrofusca subsp. atrofusca
- Subspecies Carex atrofusca subsp. minor (Boott) T.Koyama
- Forma Carex atrofusca f. atrofusca Schkuhr accepted as Carex atrofusca Schkuhr
- Forma Carex atrofusca f. decolorata (A.E.Porsild) B.Boivin accepted as Carex atrofusca subsp. atrofusca
- Forma Carex atrofusca f. flavescens Kük. accepted as Carex atrofusca subsp. atrofusca
- Subspecies Carex atrofusca subsp. coriophora (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Kunth) Printz accepted as Carex coriophora Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Kunth
- Variety Carex atrofusca var. angustifructus Kük. accepted as Carex atrofusca subsp. minor (Boott) T.Koyama
- Variety Carex atrofusca var. coriophora (Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Kunth) Kük. accepted as Carex coriophora Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Kunth
- Variety Carex atrofusca var. decolorata A.E.Porsild accepted as Carex atrofusca subsp. atrofusca
- Variety Carex atrofusca var. fulvicoma Kom. accepted as Carex krascheninnikovii Kom. ex V.I.Krecz.
- Variety Carex atrofusca var. fusca Krylov accepted as Carex coriophora subsp. coriophora
- Variety Carex atrofusca var. major (Boeckeler) Raymond accepted as Carex coriophora subsp. coriophora
- Variety Carex atrofusca var. minor (Boott) Kük. accepted as Carex atrofusca subsp. minor (Boott) T.Koyama
- Variety Carex atrofusca var. nortoniana B.Boivin accepted as Carex atrofusca subsp. atrofusca
terrestrial
Schkuhr, C. (1801). Beschreibung und Abbildung der Theils bekannten : Theils noch nicht beschriebenen Arten von Riedgrasern nach eigenen Beobachtungen und vergrosserter Darstellung der kleinsten Theile. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15462554#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 106 [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
Holotype HAL 0103632, geounit Alps
Holotype HAL 0103632, geounit Alps [details]
Description Rhizomes shortly creeping, with shoots in loose tufts; roots yellowish; scales pale brown, soon decaying. Stems 5–35 cm,...
Description Plants loosely cespitose; rhizomes short, slender. Culms to 30(–60) cm. Leaves: blades 2–4 mm wide. Inflorescences...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 106 1801 to Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 106 (1801),...
Description Rhizomes shortly creeping, with shoots in loose tufts; roots yellowish; scales pale brown, soon decaying. Stems 5–35 cm, trigonous. Leaves 2–12 cm × 2–5 mm (sterile shoots often <1 mm), soft, ± flat or slightly keeled; stem-leaves abruptly tapered to a short trigonous point, sterile-shoot leaves more gradually tapered to a finer trigonous point 1–3 cm long, mid green, very rarely glaucous; hypostomous; sheaths pale with green veins, becoming pale yellow-brown, soon decaying, inner face hyaline, apex concave, soon splitting; ligule 1–2.5 mm, obtuse. Inflorescence 1/6–1/4 length of stem; lower bracts narrowly leaf-like, shorter than spike, lowest with sheath 5–15(–25) mm, upper glumaceous. Male spike 1, 5–10 mm, broadly ellipsoid; male glumes 3.5 mm, ovate-elliptic, dark red-brown, rarely pale, with pale or green midrib; apex acute to acuminate. Female spikes 2–4, 5–12 mm, clustered, lowest rarely distant, ovoid-globose, nodding; peduncles smooth, up to three times spike length, half-ensheathed; female glumes c. 3 mm, oblanceolate, purple- or red-black with pale, thin or often indistinct midrib; apex acuminate. Utricles 4–4.5 mm, narrowly obovoid or ellipsoid, purple-black; beak 0.3 mm, notched; stigmas 3; nut ± ellipsoid, trigonous, stalked. [details]
Description Plants loosely cespitose; rhizomes short, slender. Culms to 30(–60) cm. Leaves: blades 2–4 mm wide. Inflorescences...
Description Plants loosely cespitose; rhizomes short, slender. Culms to 30(–60) cm. Leaves: blades 2–4 mm wide. Inflorescences 2–6(–8) cm; proximal internode 10–40 mm; peduncle of proximal spikes exserted to 4 cm; proximal bracts with blade 5–22 mm, sheath cylindric, 5–28 mm, mouth usually tinged with dark purple, 0.9–1.4 mm wide Spikes 2–5; lateral spikes usually pistillate, inclined or pendent, 8–19 × 4–7 mm; terminal spike staminate or gynecandrous, erect or inclined, 6–15 × 2–5 mm. Pistillate scales black with pale midvein, ovate or oblong-ovate, 3–4.8 × 0.9–1.6 mm, margins narrow and scarious, apex acute to obtuse, papillose at least on midvein. Staminate scales black with pale midvein, oblong-obovate, 3–5 × 1.2–1.8 mm, margins scarious, apex acute or obtuse. Anthers 1.9–2.6 mm. Perigynia ascending, pale brown proximally, black distally, indistinctly veined, ovate, 3–4.8(–5.5) × 0.9–1.6 mm, papillose at least on margins; beak distinct, 0.3–0.5 mm. Achenes ellipsoid, 1.4–1.6 × 0.7–0.9 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 106 1801 to Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 106 (1801),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 106 1801 to Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 106 (1801), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex atrofusca Schkuhr. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677260 on 2026-06-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Schkuhr, C. (1801). Beschreibung und Abbildung der Theils bekannten : Theils noch nicht beschriebenen Arten von Riedgrasern nach eigenen Beobachtungen und vergrosserter Darstellung der kleinsten Theile. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15462554#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 106 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 106 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Taxonomy
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype HAL 0103632, geounit Alps [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes shortly creeping, with shoots in loose tufts; roots yellowish; scales pale brown, soon decaying. Stems 5–35 cm, trigonous. Leaves 2–12 cm × 2–5 mm (sterile shoots often <1 mm), soft, ± flat or slightly keeled; stem-leaves abruptly tapered to a short trigonous point, sterile-shoot leaves more gradually tapered to a finer trigonous point 1–3 cm long, mid green, very rarely glaucous; hypostomous; sheaths pale with green veins, becoming pale yellow-brown, soon decaying, inner face hyaline, apex concave, soon splitting; ligule 1–2.5 mm, obtuse. Inflorescence 1/6–1/4 length of stem; lower bracts narrowly leaf-like, shorter than spike, lowest with sheath 5–15(–25) mm, upper glumaceous. Male spike 1, 5–10 mm, broadly ellipsoid; male glumes 3.5 mm, ovate-elliptic, dark red-brown, rarely pale, with pale or green midrib; apex acute to acuminate. Female spikes 2–4, 5–12 mm, clustered, lowest rarely distant, ovoid-globose, nodding; peduncles smooth, up to three times spike length, half-ensheathed; female glumes c. 3 mm, oblanceolate, purple- or red-black with pale, thin or often indistinct midrib; apex acuminate. Utricles 4–4.5 mm, narrowly obovoid or ellipsoid, purple-black; beak 0.3 mm, notched; stigmas 3; nut ± ellipsoid, trigonous, stalked. [details]Description Plants loosely cespitose; rhizomes short, slender. Culms to 30(–60) cm. Leaves: blades 2–4 mm wide. Inflorescences 2–6(–8) cm; proximal internode 10–40 mm; peduncle of proximal spikes exserted to 4 cm; proximal bracts with blade 5–22 mm, sheath cylindric, 5–28 mm, mouth usually tinged with dark purple, 0.9–1.4 mm wide Spikes 2–5; lateral spikes usually pistillate, inclined or pendent, 8–19 × 4–7 mm; terminal spike staminate or gynecandrous, erect or inclined, 6–15 × 2–5 mm. Pistillate scales black with pale midvein, ovate or oblong-ovate, 3–4.8 × 0.9–1.6 mm, margins narrow and scarious, apex acute to obtuse, papillose at least on midvein. Staminate scales black with pale midvein, oblong-obovate, 3–5 × 1.2–1.8 mm, margins scarious, apex acute or obtuse. Anthers 1.9–2.6 mm. Perigynia ascending, pale brown proximally, black distally, indistinctly veined, ovate, 3–4.8(–5.5) × 0.9–1.6 mm, papillose at least on margins; beak distinct, 0.3–0.5 mm. Achenes ellipsoid, 1.4–1.6 × 0.7–0.9 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 106 1801 to Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 106 (1801), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (120 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (231 publications) (from synonym Carex ustulata Wahlenb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Trasus ustulatus Gray)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex atrofusca)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Proteocarpus atrofuscus (Schkuhr) Fedde & J.Schust.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trasus ustulatus Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ustulata Wahlenb.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex ustulata LE00010410 type 1) (from synonym Carex ustulata Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ustulata Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trasus ustulatus Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Proteocarpus atrofuscus (Schkuhr) Fedde & J.Schust.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex atrofusca Schkuhr BM001067037 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex atrofusca f. atrofusca Schkuhr)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (231 publications) (from synonym Carex ustulata Wahlenb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Trasus ustulatus Gray)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex atrofusca)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Proteocarpus atrofuscus (Schkuhr) Fedde & J.Schust.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trasus ustulatus Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ustulata Wahlenb.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex ustulata LE00010410 type 1) (from synonym Carex ustulata Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ustulata Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trasus ustulatus Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Proteocarpus atrofuscus (Schkuhr) Fedde & J.Schust.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex atrofusca Schkuhr BM001067037 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex atrofusca f. atrofusca Schkuhr)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Hosted externally
