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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex elongata L.

To LE Herbarium (Carex divergens LE00010224 type 1)
To LE Herbarium (Carex divergens LE00010224 type 1)

1676902  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676902)

  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. Vignea (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. Stellulatae (Section)
  15. Carex elongata (Species)
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Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 2. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358580
page(s): 974 [details] 
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted, forming substantial tussocks in older populations; roots pale brown; scales...  
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted, forming substantial tussocks in older populations; roots pale brown; scales grey-brown, usually persistent. Stems 30–80 cm, rough with upward-pointing teeth, trigonous. Leaves 25–90 cm × 2–5 mm, rough beneath, thin, ± flat or slightly keeled, tapering gradually to a very fine, flat tip, mid green, often red-brown and persistent on dying; hypostomous; sheaths forming short false stems, lower pale brown or pink-brown, shiny, persistent, with the inner face hyaline; apex concave; ligule 4–8 mm, acute, with little or no free margin. Inflorescence 3–7 cm, lax; lower bracts setaceous, upper glumaceous. Spikes 5–18, ± contiguous or lowest distant, 5–15 mm, ± erect, becoming divaricate on ripening, sessile, upper female at top, male at base, lower entirely female. Male glumes 2.5–3 mm, ovate-oblong, pale red-brown, with green midrib and broadly hyaline margin; apex rounded or obtuse, ± mucronate. Female glumes c. 2 mm, ovate-elliptic, red-brown, with green midrib; apex acute or obtuse. Utricles 3–4 mm, lanceoloid-ellipsoid, plano-convex, often curved, distinctly ribbed, green, with the ribs becoming dark red-brown; beak 0.5–0.75 mm, often minutely serrulate, truncate or indistinctly notched; stigmas 2; nut compressed cylindric, stalked. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 2: 974. 1753 [1 May 1753] to Sp. Pl. : 974 (1753),...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 2: 974. 1753 [1 May 1753] to Sp. Pl. : 974 (1753), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex elongata L.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676902 on 2026-06-06
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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 2. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358580
page(s): 974 [details] 

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Jermy, A.C.; Simpson, D.A.; Foley, M.J.Y.; Porter, M.S. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. 554 pp. Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, United Kingdom. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Syntype (of Carex divergens Thuill.) LE 00010224 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted, forming substantial tussocks in older populations; roots pale brown; scales grey-brown, usually persistent. Stems 30–80 cm, rough with upward-pointing teeth, trigonous. Leaves 25–90 cm × 2–5 mm, rough beneath, thin, ± flat or slightly keeled, tapering gradually to a very fine, flat tip, mid green, often red-brown and persistent on dying; hypostomous; sheaths forming short false stems, lower pale brown or pink-brown, shiny, persistent, with the inner face hyaline; apex concave; ligule 4–8 mm, acute, with little or no free margin. Inflorescence 3–7 cm, lax; lower bracts setaceous, upper glumaceous. Spikes 5–18, ± contiguous or lowest distant, 5–15 mm, ± erect, becoming divaricate on ripening, sessile, upper female at top, male at base, lower entirely female. Male glumes 2.5–3 mm, ovate-oblong, pale red-brown, with green midrib and broadly hyaline margin; apex rounded or obtuse, ± mucronate. Female glumes c. 2 mm, ovate-elliptic, red-brown, with green midrib; apex acute or obtuse. Utricles 3–4 mm, lanceoloid-ellipsoid, plano-convex, often curved, distinctly ribbed, green, with the ribs becoming dark red-brown; beak 0.5–0.75 mm, often minutely serrulate, truncate or indistinctly notched; stigmas 2; nut compressed cylindric, stalked. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 2: 974. 1753 [1 May 1753] to Sp. Pl. : 974 (1753), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Caricina elongata (L.) St.-Lag.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Carex divergens Thuill.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Carex multiculmis Ehrh.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex gebhardii Willd.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Vignea elongata (L.) Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (479 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex pinnata Moench ex Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Carex multiceps Gaudin)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex elongata) 
To GenBank (53 nucleotides; 28 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Caricina elongata (L.) St.-Lag.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Olotrema gebhardii (Willd.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Leptovignea elongata (L.) Fedde & J.Schust.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex gebhardii Willd.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex multiceps Gaudin)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea gebhardii (Willd.) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea elongata (L.) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex divergens Thuill.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex multiculmis Ehrh.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pinnata Moench ex Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex elongata subsp. gebhardii (Willd.) K.Richt.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex elongata var. alpestris Trevir.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex elongata var. brachystachya Blytt)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex elongata var. gebhardii (Willd.) Asch.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex elongata var. minor Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex elongata var. pauciflora Meinsh.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex elongata var. guebhardii Schleich. ex DC.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex elongata var. simplicior Andersson)
To LE Herbarium (Carex divergens LE00010224 type 1) (from synonym Carex divergens Thuill.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex divergens LE00010225 type 1) (from synonym Carex divergens Thuill.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex multiculmis LE00010329 syntype 1) (from synonym Carex multiculmis Ehrh.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pinnata Moench ex Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex multiculmis Ehrh.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex multiceps Gaudin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex gebhardii Willd.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex divergens Thuill.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Olotrema gebhardii (Willd.) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Leptovignea elongata (L.) Fedde & J.Schust.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea elongata (L.) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea gebhardii (Willd.) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Caricina elongata (L.) St.-Lag.)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata var. guebhardii Schleich. ex DC.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata var. gebhardii (Willd.) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata f. heterostachya Wimm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata f. umbrosa Kneuck.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata var. simplicior Andersson)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata var. pauciflora Meinsh.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata var. gebhardii (Willd.) Asch.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata var. brachystachya Blytt)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata var. alpestris Trevir.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elongata subsp. gebhardii (Willd.) K.Richt.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex elongata L. BM001066994 type 1) 
From editor or global species database
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