Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex forficula Franch. & Sav.
1677745 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677745)
accepted
Species
Carex diamantina H.Lév. & Vaniot · unaccepted
Carex forficula var. angustiflora Akiyama & Suto · unaccepted
Carex forficula var. scabrida Kük. · unaccepted
Carex hassiana Loes. · unaccepted
- Subspecies Carex forficula subsp. melinacra (Franch.) Kük. accepted as Carex melinacra Franch.
- Variety Carex forficula var. angustiflora Akiyama & Suto accepted as Carex forficula Franch. & Sav.
- Variety Carex forficula var. melinacra (Franch.) Kük. accepted as Carex melinacra Franch.
- Variety Carex forficula var. scabrida Kük. accepted as Carex forficula Franch. & Sav.
- Variety Carex forficula var. spinulosa Kük. ex Matsum. accepted as Carex heterolepis Bunge
recent only
Franchet, A. R., Savatier, P. A. L. (1879). Enumeratio Plantarum in Japonia Sponte Crescentium. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6210122
page(s): 557 [details]
page(s): 557 [details]
Holotype P 00283211, geounit Honshu
Holotype P 00283211, geounit Honshu [details]
Description Perennials. densely caespitose. Stems 40-90 cm tall, triquetrous, scabrous above. Leaves longer than or equaling stem,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 557. 1878 [prob. Apr 1878] to Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 557...
Description Perennials. densely caespitose. Stems 40-90 cm tall, triquetrous, scabrous above. Leaves longer than or equaling stem, 2.5-4 mm wide, dorsal surface grayish green, papillate, margins scabrous. Basal sheaths yellowish brown, splitting ventrally into reticulate fibers. Involucral bracts leaflike, shorter than inflorescence, 3-17 cm long, sheathless. Spikes 3-5; terminal spikes male, linear, 30-40 mm long, shortly pedunculate; lateral spikes female, lower spikes with short peduncles, others sessile, terete, 15-50 mm long. Staminate scales reddish brown, apex acute. Pistillate scales reddish brown, ca. 3 mm long, apex acute, costa forming a scabrous mucro. Perigynia longer than pistillate scales, obovoid, 3.8-4.1 mm long, 1.6-1.8 mm wide, hardly veined, purplish speckled, apex abruptly contracted into long beak, margins of beak serrulate, mouth deeply 2-lobed. Achenes broadly obovoid, 2.2-2.5 mm long. Stigmas 2. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 557. 1878 [prob. Apr 1878] to Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 557...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 557. 1878 [prob. Apr 1878] to Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 557 (1878), 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 forficula Franch. & Sav.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677745 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Franchet, A. R., Savatier, P. A. L. (1879). Enumeratio Plantarum in Japonia Sponte Crescentium. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6210122
page(s): 557 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 557 [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 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype P 00283211, geounit Honshu [details]
From editor or global species database
Additional information n=25II, 27II [details]Additional information n=25II, 27II [details]
Additional information 2n=78 [details]
Additional information 2n=72 [details]
Description Perennials. densely caespitose. Stems 40-90 cm tall, triquetrous, scabrous above. Leaves longer than or equaling stem, 2.5-4 mm wide, dorsal surface grayish green, papillate, margins scabrous. Basal sheaths yellowish brown, splitting ventrally into reticulate fibers. Involucral bracts leaflike, shorter than inflorescence, 3-17 cm long, sheathless. Spikes 3-5; terminal spikes male, linear, 30-40 mm long, shortly pedunculate; lateral spikes female, lower spikes with short peduncles, others sessile, terete, 15-50 mm long. Staminate scales reddish brown, apex acute. Pistillate scales reddish brown, ca. 3 mm long, apex acute, costa forming a scabrous mucro. Perigynia longer than pistillate scales, obovoid, 3.8-4.1 mm long, 1.6-1.8 mm wide, hardly veined, purplish speckled, apex abruptly contracted into long beak, margins of beak serrulate, mouth deeply 2-lobed. Achenes broadly obovoid, 2.2-2.5 mm long. Stigmas 2. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 557. 1878 [prob. Apr 1878] to Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 557 (1878), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | タニガワスゲ（Tanigawa-suge） | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex diamantina H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex forficula)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hassiana Loes.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex forficula var. scabrida Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex diamantina H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex forficula var. angustiflora Akiyama & Suto)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex forficula var. scabrida Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex diamantina H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hassiana Loes.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex forficula Franch. & Sav. BM000959148 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex diamantina H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex forficula)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hassiana Loes.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex forficula var. scabrida Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex diamantina H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex forficula var. angustiflora Akiyama & Suto)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex forficula var. scabrida Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex diamantina H.Lév. & Vaniot)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hassiana Loes.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex forficula Franch. & Sav. BM000959148 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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