Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex comans Berggr.
1676685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676685)
accepted
Species
Carex cheesemanii Petrie · unaccepted
Carex comans f. stricta Cheeseman · unaccepted
Carex comans var. cheesemanii (Petrie) Kük. · unaccepted
Carex comans var. pulchella Kük. · unaccepted
Carex pulchella Berggr. · unaccepted
Carex vilmorinii Mottet · unaccepted
- Forma Carex comans f. stricta Cheeseman accepted as Carex comans Berggr.
- Variety Carex comans var. cheesemanii (Petrie) Kük. accepted as Carex comans Berggr.
- Variety Carex comans var. pulchella Kük. accepted as Carex comans Berggr.
- Variety Carex comans var. stricta Cheeseman accepted as Carex albula Allan
terrestrial
Berggre, S. (1877). <em>Minneskrift Utgifven af Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund.</em> 8. [details]
Holotype LD 1224328, geounit New Zealand
Holotype LD 1224328, geounit New Zealand [details]
Description Tufts very dense, very leafy, red, yellow-green, or lime-green. Culms 60–400 mm long, < 1 mm diameter, terete, glabrous, flaccid, occasionally much elongating at maturation of fruit and drooping to the ground; basal sheaths dull brown to purple-black. Leaves usually > culms, 0.5–1.5 mm wide, drooping...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Minneskr. Kongl. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Lund 8: 28. 1877 to Minneskr....
Description Tufts very dense, very leafy, red, yellow-green, or lime-green. Culms 60–400 mm long, < 1 mm diameter, terete, glabrous, flaccid, occasionally much elongating at maturation of fruit and drooping to the ground; basal sheaths dull brown to purple-black. Leaves usually > culms, 0.5–1.5 mm wide, drooping above, concavo-convex, adaxial surface matt, abaxial surface more deeply coloured and shining, margins scabrid, tips rarely curled. Spikes 4–8, linear-oblong; terminal 1–(2) spikes male, very slender; remaining spikes female occasionally with a few male flowers at the base, 5–25 × 3–4 mm, distant, the uppermost 1–2 sessile, the lower on filiform peduncles, often drooping. Glumes (excluding awn) often slightly < utricles, ovate-lanceolate, usually emarginate to more deeply bifid at the top with a rather short scabrid awn, light brown or reddish brown with a paler midrib, membranous. Utricles 2.5–3.5 × c. 1.0 mm, unequally biconvex to ± plano-convex, lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, reddish brown, pale straw-coloured at the base, obscurely ribbed on both faces, becoming smooth when fully mature, lateral nerves usually prominent, margins of upper half sharply serrate, narrowed above to a bifid beak c. 1 mm long, with slender scabrid crura. Stigmas 3. Nut 1.5–2 mm. long, trigonous, ovoid to oblong-ovoid, dark brown. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Minneskr. Kongl. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Lund 8: 28. 1877 to Minneskr....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Minneskr. Kongl. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Lund 8: 28. 1877 to Minneskr. Fisiog. Sallks. Lund 8: 28 (1877), 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 comans Berggr.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676685 on 2026-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Berggre, S. (1877). <em>Minneskrift Utgifven af Kongl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund.</em> 8. [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [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
Holotype LD 1224328, geounit New Zealand [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Tufts very dense, very leafy, red, yellow-green, or lime-green. Culms 60–400 mm long, < 1 mm diameter, terete, glabrous, flaccid, occasionally much elongating at maturation of fruit and drooping to the ground; basal sheaths dull brown to purple-black. Leaves usually > culms, 0.5–1.5 mm wide, drooping above, concavo-convex, adaxial surface matt, abaxial surface more deeply coloured and shining, margins scabrid, tips rarely curled. Spikes 4–8, linear-oblong; terminal 1–(2) spikes male, very slender; remaining spikes female occasionally with a few male flowers at the base, 5–25 × 3–4 mm, distant, the uppermost 1–2 sessile, the lower on filiform peduncles, often drooping. Glumes (excluding awn) often slightly < utricles, ovate-lanceolate, usually emarginate to more deeply bifid at the top with a rather short scabrid awn, light brown or reddish brown with a paler midrib, membranous. Utricles 2.5–3.5 × c. 1.0 mm, unequally biconvex to ± plano-convex, lanceolate, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, reddish brown, pale straw-coloured at the base, obscurely ribbed on both faces, becoming smooth when fully mature, lateral nerves usually prominent, margins of upper half sharply serrate, narrowed above to a bifid beak c. 1 mm long, with slender scabrid crura. Stigmas 3. Nut 1.5–2 mm. long, trigonous, ovoid to oblong-ovoid, dark brown. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Minneskr. Kongl. Fysiogr. Sällsk. Lund 8: 28. 1877 to Minneskr. Fisiog. Sallks. Lund 8: 28 (1877), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Carex pulchella Berggr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex cheesemanii Petrie)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex comans)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cheesemanii Petrie)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pulchella Berggr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vilmorinii Mottet)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex comans var. cheesemanii (Petrie) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex comans var. pulchella Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex comans f. stricta Cheeseman)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex comans var. pulchella Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex comans var. cheesemanii (Petrie) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vilmorinii Mottet)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pulchella Berggr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cheesemanii Petrie)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Carex pulchella Berggr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex cheesemanii Petrie)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex comans)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cheesemanii Petrie)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pulchella Berggr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vilmorinii Mottet)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex comans var. cheesemanii (Petrie) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex comans var. pulchella Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex comans f. stricta Cheeseman)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex comans var. pulchella Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex comans var. cheesemanii (Petrie) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vilmorinii Mottet)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pulchella Berggr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cheesemanii Petrie)
