Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex amphibola Steud.
1677184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677184)
accepted
Species
Carex amphibola var. amphibola Steud. · unaccepted
Carex grisea var. amphibola (Steud.) Kük. · unaccepted
Carex grisea var. minor Olney · unaccepted
Carex grisea var. minor Boeckeler · unaccepted
Carex laxiflora Elliott · unaccepted
- Variety Carex amphibola var. amphibola Steud. accepted as Carex amphibola Steud.
- Variety Carex amphibola var. globosa (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex bulbostylis Mack.
- Variety Carex amphibola var. godfreyi (Naczi) D.B.Ward accepted as Carex godfreyi Naczi
- Variety Carex amphibola var. rigida (L.H.Bailey) Fernald accepted as Carex planispicata Naczi
- Variety Carex amphibola var. turgida Fernald accepted as Carex grisea Wahlenb.
terrestrial
Steudel, E. G. (1855). Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. II. Cyperaceae. Metzler. Stuttgart. 246 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44896084#page/138/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details]
page(s): 234 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizo1me internodes 1.2–2 mm thick. Culms dark purple-red to 0.3–2.4(–7.3) cm high or very...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 234 1855 to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 234 (1855),...
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizo1me internodes 1.2–2 mm thick. Culms dark purple-red to 0.3–2.4(–7.3) cm high or very rarely brown at base, 15–80 cm. Leaves: sheaths glabrous; blades green, widest blades (3.7–)4.4–7 mm wide, smooth abaxially. Inflorescences 0.48–0.93 of culm height; peduncles of lateral spikes glabrous or barely scaberulous; peduncles of terminal spikes 1.6–21(–37) mm, usually barely exceeding lateral spikes; proximal bract sheaths loose, glabrous abaxially, sheath front slightly concave to slightly convex, elongated 0.6–2.2(–5) mm beyond apex; ligules (1.8–)3.4–7.8(–12.9) mm; distal bract much exceeding terminal spike. Spike (3–) 4–5, distal 2–4 overlapping; lateral spikes pistillate, with 3–18 perigynia, 5–26 × 4.6–9.8 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number = 1.3–1.9; terminal spikes 7–34 × 1.1–2.7 mm. Pistillate scales 3.7–8 × 1.2–2.4 mm, margins whitish and usually with red-brown speckles, entire, apex with awn 1.1–6 mm. Staminate scales 3.6–4.9 × 1.1–1.9 mm. Anthers 2–2.8 mm. Perigynia spirally imbricate, 52–64-veined, unwrinkled to wrinkled, oblong-lanceoloid to narrowly oblong-ovoid, obtusely triangular in cross section, 4.2–5(–5.2) × 1.5–1.9(–2.2) mm, (2.2–)2.5–3.1 times as long as wide, lustrous, base very gradually tapered, apex gradually tapered; beak absent or straight, 0–0.2 mm. Achenes broadly obovoid to oblong-obovoid, widest at 0.55–0.67(–0.7) of body length, (2.6–)2.8–3.4 × (1.3–)1.5–1.7(–1.8) mm, loosely enveloped by perigynia; stipe straight, (0.3–)0.4–0.6 mm; beak straight, 0.3–0.6 mm.
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Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 234 1855 to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 234 (1855),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 234 1855 to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 234 (1855), 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 amphibola Steud.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677184 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Steudel, E. G. (1855). Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. II. Cyperaceae. Metzler. Stuttgart. 246 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44896084#page/138/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 234 [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
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizo1me internodes 1.2–2 mm thick. Culms dark purple-red to 0.3–2.4(–7.3) cm high or very rarely brown at base, 15–80 cm. Leaves: sheaths glabrous; blades green, widest blades (3.7–)4.4–7 mm wide, smooth abaxially. Inflorescences 0.48–0.93 of culm height; peduncles of lateral spikes glabrous or barely scaberulous; peduncles of terminal spikes 1.6–21(–37) mm, usually barely exceeding lateral spikes; proximal bract sheaths loose, glabrous abaxially, sheath front slightly concave to slightly convex, elongated 0.6–2.2(–5) mm beyond apex; ligules (1.8–)3.4–7.8(–12.9) mm; distal bract much exceeding terminal spike. Spike (3–) 4–5, distal 2–4 overlapping; lateral spikes pistillate, with 3–18 perigynia, 5–26 × 4.6–9.8 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number = 1.3–1.9; terminal spikes 7–34 × 1.1–2.7 mm. Pistillate scales 3.7–8 × 1.2–2.4 mm, margins whitish and usually with red-brown speckles, entire, apex with awn 1.1–6 mm. Staminate scales 3.6–4.9 × 1.1–1.9 mm. Anthers 2–2.8 mm. Perigynia spirally imbricate, 52–64-veined, unwrinkled to wrinkled, oblong-lanceoloid to narrowly oblong-ovoid, obtusely triangular in cross section, 4.2–5(–5.2) × 1.5–1.9(–2.2) mm, (2.2–)2.5–3.1 times as long as wide, lustrous, base very gradually tapered, apex gradually tapered; beak absent or straight, 0–0.2 mm. Achenes broadly obovoid to oblong-obovoid, widest at 0.55–0.67(–0.7) of body length, (2.6–)2.8–3.4 × (1.3–)1.5–1.7(–1.8) mm, loosely enveloped by perigynia; stipe straight, (0.3–)0.4–0.6 mm; beak straight, 0.3–0.6 mm.[details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 234 1855 to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 234 (1855), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex grisea var. amphibola (Steud.) Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (330 publications) (from synonym Carex laxiflora Elliott)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex amphibola)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex laxiflora) (from synonym Carex laxiflora Elliott)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex laxiflora Elliott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex grisea var. minor Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex grisea var. amphibola (Steud.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex grisea var. amphibola (Steud.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex grisea var. minor Olney)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex laxiflora Elliott)
To Plants of the World Online
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex grisea var. minor Boeckeler)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex amphibola var. amphibola Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (330 publications) (from synonym Carex laxiflora Elliott)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex amphibola)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex laxiflora) (from synonym Carex laxiflora Elliott)
To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex laxiflora Elliott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex grisea var. minor Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex grisea var. amphibola (Steud.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex grisea var. amphibola (Steud.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex grisea var. minor Olney)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex laxiflora Elliott)
To Plants of the World Online
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex grisea var. minor Boeckeler)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex amphibola var. amphibola Steud.)
