Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex qinghaiensis Y.C.Yang
1676908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676908)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Yang, Y. C. (1980). Some new species of the genus Carex from Qinghai. <em>Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica.</em> 18(3): 362-365.
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Holotype , geounit Qinghai
Holotype, geounit Qinghai [details]
Description Rhizome long creeping. Culms 30-40 cm tall, trigonous, slightly scabrous, clothed at base with dark chestnut-colored...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(3): 364. 1980 [18 Aug 1980] to Acta Phytotax....
Description Rhizome long creeping. Culms 30-40 cm tall, trigonous, slightly scabrous, clothed at base with dark chestnut-colored sheaths. Leaves ca. 1/2 length of culm, blades linear, 2-4 mm wide, flat, slightly stiff, margins scabrous. Involucral bracts reduced to shortly bladed, shorter than inflorescence, sheathing. Spikes 3 or 4, oblong; upper 1 or 2 spikes male, 1-1.5 cm, with short peduncles or subsessile; lower 2 spikes female, with slender long peduncles, pendent. Female glumes dark purple, elliptic, 3-3.5 mm, apex obtuse. Utricles dark purple-red, longer than glume, elliptic, compressed, ca. 4 mm, membranous, glabrous, base contracted, apex abruptly contracted into a short beak. Nutlets loosely enveloped, oblong, ca. 1 mm wide, base with a stipe ca. 0.5 mm; style base not thickened; stigmas 3. º [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(3): 364. 1980 [18 Aug 1980] to Acta Phytotax....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(3): 364. 1980 [18 Aug 1980] to Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 364 (1980), 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 qinghaiensis Y.C.Yang. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676908 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Yang, Y. C. (1980). Some new species of the genus Carex from Qinghai. <em>Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica.</em> 18(3): 362-365.
page(s): 364 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 364 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype, geounit Qinghai [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome long creeping. Culms 30-40 cm tall, trigonous, slightly scabrous, clothed at base with dark chestnut-colored sheaths. Leaves ca. 1/2 length of culm, blades linear, 2-4 mm wide, flat, slightly stiff, margins scabrous. Involucral bracts reduced to shortly bladed, shorter than inflorescence, sheathing. Spikes 3 or 4, oblong; upper 1 or 2 spikes male, 1-1.5 cm, with short peduncles or subsessile; lower 2 spikes female, with slender long peduncles, pendent. Female glumes dark purple, elliptic, 3-3.5 mm, apex obtuse. Utricles dark purple-red, longer than glume, elliptic, compressed, ca. 4 mm, membranous, glabrous, base contracted, apex abruptly contracted into a short beak. Nutlets loosely enveloped, oblong, ca. 1 mm wide, base with a stipe ca. 0.5 mm; style base not thickened; stigmas 3. º [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18(3): 364. 1980 [18 Aug 1980] to Acta Phytotax. Sin. 18: 364 (1980), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
