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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex melanocephala Turcz.

To LE Herbarium (Carex melanocephala LE01006886 lectotype 1)
To LE Herbarium (Carex melanocephala LE01006886 lectotype 1)

1677649  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677649)

  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. Carex (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. Racemosae (Section)
  15. Carex melanocephala (Species)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Turczaninow, A. N. (1855). Flora Baicalensi-Dahurica. <em>Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 28(2): 291-353., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34362184#page/303/mode/1up
page(s): 334 [details] 
Lectotype  LE 01006886, geounit Buryatiya  
Lectotype LE 01006886, geounit Buryatiya [details]
Description Rhizome short. Culms 10-20 cm tall, trigonous, firm, erect, scabrous above, clothed at base with pale brown bladeless...  
Description Rhizome short. Culms 10-20 cm tall, trigonous, firm, erect, scabrous above, clothed at base with pale brown bladeless sheaths. Leaves shorter than culm, ca. 1/2 length of culm, blades 2-4 mm wide, flat, apex acuminate. Lowest involucral bract setaceous, sheathless. Spikes 3 or 4, disposed in a capitate inflorescence; terminal spike gynaecandrous, oblong, 8-10 mm; lateral spikes female, globose or ovate to oblong, 5-10 cm. Female glumes blackish brown, ovate, 1-veined, margins narrowly white hyaline, apex subacute. Utricles ferruginous-brown, longer than glume, oblong-obovate or oblong-elliptic, trigonous, ca. 3 mm, membranous, nerveless, base cuneate, apex gradually tapering into a beak, orifice 2-toothed and white hyaline. Nutlets loosely enveloped, subovate, trigonous, ca. 1.5 mm; stigmas 3 [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 28(2): 334. 1855 to Bull. Soc....  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 28(2): 334. 1855 to Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 28(I): 334 (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 melanocephala Turcz.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677649 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature

original description Turczaninow, A. N. (1855). Flora Baicalensi-Dahurica. <em>Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 28(2): 291-353., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34362184#page/303/mode/1up
page(s): 334 [details] 

original description (of Carex parviflora C.A.Mey.) Meyer, C. A. (1831). Verzeichniss der Pflanzen, welche wahrden der, auf Allerhöchsten Befehl. , available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=wt5hAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=es&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 30 [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 
   

Lectotype LE 01006886, geounit Buryatiya [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizome short. Culms 10-20 cm tall, trigonous, firm, erect, scabrous above, clothed at base with pale brown bladeless sheaths. Leaves shorter than culm, ca. 1/2 length of culm, blades 2-4 mm wide, flat, apex acuminate. Lowest involucral bract setaceous, sheathless. Spikes 3 or 4, disposed in a capitate inflorescence; terminal spike gynaecandrous, oblong, 8-10 mm; lateral spikes female, globose or ovate to oblong, 5-10 cm. Female glumes blackish brown, ovate, 1-veined, margins narrowly white hyaline, apex subacute. Utricles ferruginous-brown, longer than glume, oblong-obovate or oblong-elliptic, trigonous, ca. 3 mm, membranous, nerveless, base cuneate, apex gradually tapering into a beak, orifice 2-toothed and white hyaline. Nutlets loosely enveloped, subovate, trigonous, ca. 1.5 mm; stigmas 3 [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 28(2): 334. 1855 to Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 28(I): 334 (1855), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Carex melanocephala Turcz. ex Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Carex parviflora C.A.Mey.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Carex parviflora C.A.Mey. ex Kunth)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex melanocephala) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex melanocephala) (from synonym Carex melanocephala Turcz. ex Kunth)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex parviflora) (from synonym Carex parviflora C.A.Mey. ex Kunth)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex parviflora) (from synonym Carex parviflora C.A.Mey.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex parviflora C.A.Mey. ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex parviflora C.A.Mey.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex melanocephala Turcz. ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex alpina subsp. melanocephala (Turcz. ex Kunth) K.Richt.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex melanocephala LE01006886 lectotype 1) 
To LE Herbarium (Carex melanocephala LE01006887 isolectotype 1) 
To LE Herbarium (Carex melanocephala LE01006888 isolectotype 1) 
To LE Herbarium (Carex melanocephala LE01006889 isolectotype 1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_melanocephala_NY11503_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_melanocephala_NY11504_type_1) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex parviflora C.A.Mey. ex Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex alpina subsp. melanocephala (Turcz. ex Kunth) K.Richt.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex melanocephala Turcz. ex Kunth)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex parviflora C.A.Mey.)
From editor or global species database
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