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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex echinata Murray

To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex echinata K000291287 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex echinata K000291287 type 1)

1676879  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676879)

  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. EchinataClade (Section)
  15. Carex echinata (Species)
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  1. Subspecies Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  2. Subspecies Carex echinata subsp. phyllomanica (W.Boott) Reznicek
  3. Forma Carex echinata f. brevispicata Podp. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  4. Forma Carex echinata f. capitata (Christ) Kük. accepted as Carex pairae F.W.Schultz
  5. Forma Carex echinata f. chlorocarpa Podp. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  6. Forma Carex echinata f. monostachya (Asch. & Graebn.) Kük. accepted as Carex pairae F.W.Schultz
  7. Forma Carex echinata f. remotiuscula Podp. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  8. Forma Carex echinata f. subalpina Almq. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  9. Subspecies Carex echinata subsp. angustifolia Čelak. accepted as Carex nigra subsp. nigra
  10. Subspecies Carex echinata subsp. gasparrinii (Parl.) K.Richt. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  11. Subspecies Carex echinata subsp. grypos (Schkuhr) Arcang. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  12. Subspecies Carex echinata subsp. hydrophila (Dumort.) K.Richt. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  13. Subspecies Carex echinata subsp. intermedia Čelak. accepted as Carex acuta L.
  14. Subspecies Carex echinata subsp. townsendii (Mack.) Reznicek accepted as Carex townsendii Mack.
  15. Variety Carex echinata var. angustata (J.Carey) L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  16. Variety Carex echinata var. cephalantha L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  17. Variety Carex echinata var. conferta (Chapm.) L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex atlantica subsp. atlantica L.H.Bailey
  18. Variety Carex echinata var. echinata Murray accepted as Carex echinata Murray
  19. Variety Carex echinata var. elata Maire ex Rouy accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  20. Variety Carex echinata var. excelsior (L.H.Bailey) Fernald accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  21. Variety Carex echinata var. grypos (Schkuhr) Nyman accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  22. Variety Carex echinata var. gypsos (Schkuhr) Nyman accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  23. Variety Carex echinata var. hydrophila (Dumort.) Nyman accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  24. Variety Carex echinata var. leersii (Kneuck.) Kük. accepted as Carex leersii F.W.Schultz
  25. Variety Carex echinata var. loliacea (Schkuhr) T.Durand accepted as Carex pairae F.W.Schultz
  26. Variety Carex echinata var. microstachys Boeckeler accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  27. Variety Carex echinata var. ormantha Fernald accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  28. Variety Carex echinata var. perileia (S.T.Blake) P.Royen accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
  29. Variety Carex echinata var. phyllomanica (W.Boott) B.Boivin accepted as Carex echinata subsp. phyllomanica (W.Boott) Reznicek
  30. Variety Carex echinata var. pseudodivulsa (F.W.Schultz) F.W.Schultz accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  31. Variety Carex echinata var. radiata (Wahlenb.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. accepted as Carex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small
  32. Variety Carex echinata var. tenuior Kük. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
terrestrial
Murray, A. (1773). Prodromus designationis stirpium gottingensium. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52557728#page/4/mode/1up
page(s): 76 [details] 
Description Culms 10–90(–135) cm. Leaves 3–6 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 1.8–2.5 cm, apex concave, glabrous;...  
Description Culms 10–90(–135) cm. Leaves 3–6 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 1.8–2.5 cm, apex concave, glabrous; ligules 0.6–2.5(–4.5) mm, rounded to ± acute; blades plicate, 5–40 cm × 0.7–3.3(–3.8) mm, widest leaf 1–3.3(–3.8) mm wide. Inflorescences 0.7–7.8 cm; spikes (2–)3–8; lateral spikes pistillate often with few staminate flowers proximally, 3–15.5 mm, sessile, staminate portion 7-flowered, to 8.2 mm, pistillate portion 3–32-flowered, 2.5–11 mm; basal 2 spikes 1.7–42 mm apart; terminal spike gynecandrous, 5–24 mm, staminate portion 2–17-flowered, 2–16.5 × 0.9–2 mm, pistillate portion 4–26-flowered, 2.6–9 × 4.9–9.1 mm. Pistillate scales ovate, (1.4–)2.1–3.1 × 0.7–2.3 mm, apex acute to sometimes obtuse. Staminate scales ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 1.3–3.8 × 0.8–1.7 mm, base clavate, apex acute. Anthers 0.8–1.6(–2) mm. Perigynia spreading to reflexed, castaneous to dark brown, 2–14-veined abaxially, 0–12-veined adaxially over achene, lanceolate to ovate, (2.65–)2.9–4.75 × 0.8–2.1 mm, (1.7–)1.8–3.2(–3.6) times as long as wide; beak (0.85–)0.95–2 mm, (0.4–)0.45–0.86 length of body, serrulate, teeth (0–)0.15–0.5 mm. Achenes ovate-lanceolate to rhombic-ovate, 1.3–2.1 × 0.8–1.55 mm. 2n = 58. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Prod. Stirp. Gott. 76 1770 to Prod. Stirp. Gotting. 76. ,...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Prod. Stirp. Gott. 76 1770 to Prod. Stirp. Gotting. 76. , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex echinata Murray. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676879 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature

original description Murray, A. (1773). Prodromus designationis stirpium gottingensium. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52557728#page/4/mode/1up
page(s): 76 [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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype K 000291287, geounit Indonesia [details]
From editor or global species database
Additional information 2n=58 (as C. muricate) [details]

Additional information 2n=56 [details]

Description Culms 10–90(–135) cm. Leaves 3–6 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 1.8–2.5 cm, apex concave, glabrous; ligules 0.6–2.5(–4.5) mm, rounded to ± acute; blades plicate, 5–40 cm × 0.7–3.3(–3.8) mm, widest leaf 1–3.3(–3.8) mm wide. Inflorescences 0.7–7.8 cm; spikes (2–)3–8; lateral spikes pistillate often with few staminate flowers proximally, 3–15.5 mm, sessile, staminate portion 7-flowered, to 8.2 mm, pistillate portion 3–32-flowered, 2.5–11 mm; basal 2 spikes 1.7–42 mm apart; terminal spike gynecandrous, 5–24 mm, staminate portion 2–17-flowered, 2–16.5 × 0.9–2 mm, pistillate portion 4–26-flowered, 2.6–9 × 4.9–9.1 mm. Pistillate scales ovate, (1.4–)2.1–3.1 × 0.7–2.3 mm, apex acute to sometimes obtuse. Staminate scales ovate-lanceolate to ovate, 1.3–3.8 × 0.8–1.7 mm, base clavate, apex acute. Anthers 0.8–1.6(–2) mm. Perigynia spreading to reflexed, castaneous to dark brown, 2–14-veined abaxially, 0–12-veined adaxially over achene, lanceolate to ovate, (2.65–)2.9–4.75 × 0.8–2.1 mm, (1.7–)1.8–3.2(–3.6) times as long as wide; beak (0.85–)0.95–2 mm, (0.4–)0.45–0.86 length of body, serrulate, teeth (0–)0.15–0.5 mm. Achenes ovate-lanceolate to rhombic-ovate, 1.3–2.1 × 0.8–1.55 mm. 2n = 58. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Prod. Stirp. Gott. 76 1770 to Prod. Stirp. Gotting. 76. , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese ヤチカワズスゲ  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Vignea echinata (Murray) Fourr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (523 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex echinata) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex leersii var. angustata Burnham)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea echinata (Murray) Fourr.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea echinata (Murray) Fourr.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex echinata K000291287 type 1) 
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex leersii var. angustata Burnham)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex echinata var. echinata Murray)
From editor or global species database
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