Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex quadriflora (Kük.) Ohwi
1676912 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676912)
accepted
Species
Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük. · unaccepted
Carex digitata var. pallida Meinsh. · unaccepted
terrestrial
(of Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.) Kükenthal, G. (1909). Cyperaceae-Caricoidae. <em>Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetabilis conspectus.</em> 38, 4(20)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31618144
page(s): 497 [details]
page(s): 497 [details]
Lectotype (of Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.)...
Lectotype (of Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.) LE 01006744, geounit Primorsky Krai [details]
Description Rhizome short, obliquely ascending. Culms densely tufted, lateral, 15-30 cm tall, not exceeding 1 mm thick, triquetrous,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1(1): 74. 1932 [20 A906 to Acta Phytotax....
Description Rhizome short, obliquely ascending. Culms densely tufted, lateral, 15-30 cm tall, not exceeding 1 mm thick, triquetrous, scabrous at upper part, purple-red sheathed at base. Leaves shorter than culm, nearly equaling culm after fruiting, blades 2-4 mm wide, soft, flat, smooth, purple-red and persistent sheathed. Involucral bracts red-brown, spathelike, membranous on margins, truncate at apex, involucral bract blade awn-shaped. Spikes 2 or 3, remote; terminal spike male, shorter than adjacent female spike, linear, 4.5-10 mm, 1-2 mm thick; lateral spikes 1 or 2, female, linear, 1-1.5 cm, 2-2.5 mm thick, loosely 2-4(-6)-flowered; peduncles filiform, 1-3 cm, soft; rachis tortuous. Female glumes ferruginous laterally, green at middle, obovate-oblong, ca. 3 mm, 1-veined, margins broadly white hyaline, apex rounded, mucronate. Utricles yellowish green, longer than glumes, obovate, obtusely trigonous, subplano-convex, 4-5 mm, loosely pubescent, 2-veined laterally, not distinctly thinly veined, base abruptly contracted into a short stipe, apex rounded and shortly beaked, beak ferruginous, truncate at orifice. Nutlets pale ferruginous at maturity, obovate, trigonous, 3.5-4 mm, base contracted into a short stipe, apex abruptly contracted into a short beak; style short, base not thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1(1): 74. 1932 [20 A906 to Acta Phytotax....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1(1): 74. 1932 [20 A906 to Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 74 (1932), 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 quadriflora (Kük.) Ohwi. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676912 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.) Kükenthal, G. (1909). Cyperaceae-Caricoidae. <em>Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetabilis conspectus.</em> 38, 4(20)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31618144
page(s): 497 [details]
new combination reference Ohwi, J. (1932). Symbolae ad Floram Asiae Orientalis IV. <em>Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica.</em> 1(1): 66-87.
page(s): 74 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 497 [details]
new combination reference Ohwi, J. (1932). Symbolae ad Floram Asiae Orientalis IV. <em>Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica.</em> 1(1): 66-87.
page(s): 74 [details] Available for editors
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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
Lectotype (of Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.) LE 01006744, geounit Primorsky Krai [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome short, obliquely ascending. Culms densely tufted, lateral, 15-30 cm tall, not exceeding 1 mm thick, triquetrous, scabrous at upper part, purple-red sheathed at base. Leaves shorter than culm, nearly equaling culm after fruiting, blades 2-4 mm wide, soft, flat, smooth, purple-red and persistent sheathed. Involucral bracts red-brown, spathelike, membranous on margins, truncate at apex, involucral bract blade awn-shaped. Spikes 2 or 3, remote; terminal spike male, shorter than adjacent female spike, linear, 4.5-10 mm, 1-2 mm thick; lateral spikes 1 or 2, female, linear, 1-1.5 cm, 2-2.5 mm thick, loosely 2-4(-6)-flowered; peduncles filiform, 1-3 cm, soft; rachis tortuous. Female glumes ferruginous laterally, green at middle, obovate-oblong, ca. 3 mm, 1-veined, margins broadly white hyaline, apex rounded, mucronate. Utricles yellowish green, longer than glumes, obovate, obtusely trigonous, subplano-convex, 4-5 mm, loosely pubescent, 2-veined laterally, not distinctly thinly veined, base abruptly contracted into a short stipe, apex rounded and shortly beaked, beak ferruginous, truncate at orifice. Nutlets pale ferruginous at maturity, obovate, trigonous, 3.5-4 mm, base contracted into a short stipe, apex abruptly contracted into a short beak; style short, base not thickened; stigmas 3. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1(1): 74. 1932 [20 A906 to Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 74 (1932), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アカスゲ（Aka-suge） | [details] |
Photos of Cyperaceae by Hoshino Labo. from Japan
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex quadriflora)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex digitata var. pallida Meinsh.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora LE01006744 lectotype 1) (from synonym Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex digitata var. pallida Meinsh.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex quadriflora)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex digitata var. pallida Meinsh.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora LE01006744 lectotype 1) (from synonym Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex digitata var. pallida Meinsh.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex digitata subsp. quadriflora Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
