Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex longebrachiata Boeckeler
1677543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677543)
accepted
Species
Carex brownei Steud. · unaccepted
Carex longifolia R.Br. · unaccepted
Carex longifolia var. minor Boott · unaccepted
recent only
Böckeler, O. (1877). Die Cyperaceen des königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea , 41(3): 193-288.
page(s): 282 [details]
page(s): 282 [details]
Lectotype (of Carex longifolia R.Br.) BM 000991218,...
Lectotype (of Carex longifolia R.Br.) BM 000991218, geounit New South Wales [details]
Description Rhizome short; shoots densely tufted. Culms erect, terete to trigonous, smooth below, scabrous above, 40–80 cm long, c....
Nomenclature Note the correct spelling of the epithet is the orginal spelling: longebrachiata - KL Wilson
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Linnaea 41: 282 1877 to Linnaea 41: 282 (1877), information provided...
Description Rhizome short; shoots densely tufted. Culms erect, terete to trigonous, smooth below, scabrous above, 40–80 cm long, c. 1.3 mm diam. Leaves exceeding culms; blade 2–4 mm wide; sheath yellow-brown; ligule retuse. Inflorescence drooping, 40–90 cm long, usually longer than culm, with 1–8 spikes per node; lowest involucral bract shorter than inflorescence. Spikes long-pedicellate, drooping at maturity, distant, 2.5–5.5 cm long; uppermost spike usually gynaecandrous with long male portion, occasionally androgynaecandrous, rarely male; lower spikes gynaecandrous with short male portion, or female. Glumes acute to obtuse, shortly mucronate, yellow-brown to red-brown; female glumes 3.5–5.5 mm long. Perigynia (utricles) narrow-obovoid, prominently several-nerved abaxially (faint adaxially), 4.5–7 mm long, 1.5–1.8 mm diam., hispid above, pale brown; beak 1.5–2.5 mm long, with apex 2-fid or split. Anthers c. 3 mm long excluding appendage to 0.2 mm long. Style 3-fid. Nut obovoid, trigonous in cross section, yellow-brown. [details]
Nomenclature Note the correct spelling of the epithet is the orginal spelling: longebrachiata - KL Wilson
Nomenclature Note the correct spelling of the epithet is the orginal spelling: longebrachiata - KL Wilson [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Linnaea 41: 282 1877 to Linnaea 41: 282 (1877), information provided...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Linnaea 41: 282 1877 to Linnaea 41: 282 (1877), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The P [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex longebrachiata Boeckeler. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677543 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Böckeler, O. (1877). Die Cyperaceen des königlichen Herbariums zu Berlin. Linnaea , 41(3): 193-288.
page(s): 282 [details]
original description (of Carex longifolia R.Br.) Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 145-590 p., [1] h. ["Addenda"]. Londini [London]: typis Richardi Taylori et Scoii. Veneunt apud J. Johnson et Socios, in Caementerio Sancti Pauli., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371
page(s): 242 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 282 [details]
original description (of Carex longifolia R.Br.) Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 per oras utriusque insulae collegit et descripsit Robertus Brown; insertis passim aliis speciebus auctori hucusque cognitis, seu evulgatis, seu ineditis, praesertim Banksianis, in primo itinere navarchi Cook detectis. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-viii, 145-590 p., [1] h. ["Addenda"]. Londini [London]: typis Richardi Taylori et Scoii. Veneunt apud J. Johnson et Socios, in Caementerio Sancti Pauli., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6157371
page(s): 242 [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
Lectotype (of Carex longifolia R.Br.) BM 000991218, geounit New South Wales [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome short; shoots densely tufted. Culms erect, terete to trigonous, smooth below, scabrous above, 40–80 cm long, c. 1.3 mm diam. Leaves exceeding culms; blade 2–4 mm wide; sheath yellow-brown; ligule retuse. Inflorescence drooping, 40–90 cm long, usually longer than culm, with 1–8 spikes per node; lowest involucral bract shorter than inflorescence. Spikes long-pedicellate, drooping at maturity, distant, 2.5–5.5 cm long; uppermost spike usually gynaecandrous with long male portion, occasionally androgynaecandrous, rarely male; lower spikes gynaecandrous with short male portion, or female. Glumes acute to obtuse, shortly mucronate, yellow-brown to red-brown; female glumes 3.5–5.5 mm long. Perigynia (utricles) narrow-obovoid, prominently several-nerved abaxially (faint adaxially), 4.5–7 mm long, 1.5–1.8 mm diam., hispid above, pale brown; beak 1.5–2.5 mm long, with apex 2-fid or split. Anthers c. 3 mm long excluding appendage to 0.2 mm long. Style 3-fid. Nut obovoid, trigonous in cross section, yellow-brown. [details]Nomenclature Note the correct spelling of the epithet is the orginal spelling: longebrachiata - KL Wilson [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Linnaea 41: 282 1877 to Linnaea 41: 282 (1877), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The P [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (125 publications) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex longibrachiata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex brownei Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex longifolia var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex longifolia var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex brownei Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex longifolia E00393537 type 1) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex longifolia E00393538 type 1) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex longifolia K000961174 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex longifolia R.Br. BM000991218 type 1) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex longifolia R.Br. BM000991219 type 1) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex longibrachiata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex brownei Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex longifolia var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex longifolia var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex brownei Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex longifolia E00393537 type 1) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex longifolia E00393538 type 1) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex longifolia K000961174 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex longifolia R.Br. BM000991218 type 1) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex longifolia R.Br. BM000991219 type 1) (from synonym Carex longifolia R.Br.)
