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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex triangularis Boeckeler

1676227  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676227)

accepted
Species
terrestrial
(1856). Flora oder Botanische Zeitung. 39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49454
page(s): 226 [details] 
Description Culms to 100 cm × 2 mm, scabrous. Leaves: sheath fronts spotted red-brown or pale brown, apex short-convex, membranous or...  
Description Culms to 100 cm × 2 mm, scabrous. Leaves: sheath fronts spotted red-brown or pale brown, apex short-convex, membranous or slightly thickened, rugose; ligule retuse, to 0.5 mm, free limb to 0.1 mm; blades 70 cm × 5 mm, tip not reaching inflorescence. Inflorescences spicate, 2.5–6 × 1.5 cm, with 10–15 branches, proximal scarcely separate; the proximal internode to 10 mm; proximal bracts setaceous, not conspicuous, distal bracts scalelike. Scales hyaline, brown, awn to 2 mm, usually shorter than scale body. Perigynia yellow-brown, red dotted, 3–5-veined abaxially, body broadly ovate, 2.5–5 × 2.5–3 mm, base rounded; beak 0.8–1.2 mm. Achenes red-brown, elliptic, 1.4–1.6 × 1.2 mm, dull. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Flora 39: 226 1856 to Flora 39: 226 (1856), information provided by...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Flora 39: 226 1856 to Flora 39: 226 (1856), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex triangularis Boeckeler. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676227 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature

original description (1856). Flora oder Botanische Zeitung. 39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49454
page(s): 226 [details] 

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

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Isotype NY 00688237, geounit Texas [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms to 100 cm × 2 mm, scabrous. Leaves: sheath fronts spotted red-brown or pale brown, apex short-convex, membranous or slightly thickened, rugose; ligule retuse, to 0.5 mm, free limb to 0.1 mm; blades 70 cm × 5 mm, tip not reaching inflorescence. Inflorescences spicate, 2.5–6 × 1.5 cm, with 10–15 branches, proximal scarcely separate; the proximal internode to 10 mm; proximal bracts setaceous, not conspicuous, distal bracts scalelike. Scales hyaline, brown, awn to 2 mm, usually shorter than scale body. Perigynia yellow-brown, red dotted, 3–5-veined abaxially, body broadly ovate, 2.5–5 × 2.5–3 mm, base rounded; beak 0.8–1.2 mm. Achenes red-brown, elliptic, 1.4–1.6 × 1.2 mm, dull. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Flora 39: 226 1856 to Flora 39: 226 (1856), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Plant [details]