Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex schweickerdtii (Merxm. & Podlech) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
1677064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677064)
accepted
Species
Schoenoxiphium schweickerdtii Merxm. & Podlech · unaccepted
terrestrial
(of Schoenoxiphium schweickerdtii Merxm. & Podlech) Podlech, D. (1960). Uber einige Cyperaceen Sudafrikas. In: Suessenguth, K.; Merxmüller, H. (eds.), Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, vol. 3, seite 1-70, pp. 521-530. Munich, Germany., available online at https://archive.org/details/mitteilungenderb34sues/page/n553/mode/2up
page(s): 529 [details]
page(s): 529 [details]
Description Rhizome caespitose, with very short internodes, stout, pale-brown to dark-brown. Flowering culms (25)30–90(130) cm long,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 28. 2015 [14 Jul 2015] [epublished] to Bot....
Description Rhizome caespitose, with very short internodes, stout, pale-brown to dark-brown. Flowering culms (25)30–90(130) cm long, erect, acutely trigonous, smooth or rarely very dispersely aculeate at the apex, leafy up to ⅓–⅔ of its length, 2–3(3.8) mm wide at the middle. Leaves (4.7)6.5–11.5(18) mm wide, shorter than the inflorescence, more rarely longer, quite rigid, light green, plicate in cross-section, scabrous along the edges and usually also along the abaxial midrib; adaxial surface smooth to scabrid on the keels at the apex; straight at the apex; ligule up to 2 mm long. Basal sheaths with lamina or the lowermost bladeless, entire to somewhat fibrous. Lowest bract of the inflorescence leaf-like, longer than the inflorescence, with a sheath (18)20–40(84) mm long, distichous and hiding the inflorescence when young. Partial inflorescences 6–10(14), erect, branching up to 3(4) times; lowermost pedunculate and more or less distant, uppermost subsessile. Glumiform perigynia usually absent. Glumiform cladoprophylls present at the base of the second-order branches. Tubular cladoprophylls always present at the base of the lower partial inflorescences, sometimes split almost to the base. Utriculiform cladoprophylls rare, more or less split. Male glumes (4)5–7 × (1)1.7–3 mm, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, yellowish-brown to brown, with a green central band, acute or more frequently ending in an aculeate mucro or arista up to 0.7 mm long. Female glumes (5)6.5–8.6(9) × (1.5)2–2.5(3) mm, lanceolate, ovate, or elliptic, brown to yellowish, with a green central band, ending in a smooth to slightly aculeate mucro up to 2(3.6) mm long. Unisexual utricles (6)7–9.5(10) × 0.9–1.1 mm, narrowly linear, straw-coloured to brownish when mature, stipitate, straight, smooth, with numerous prominent veins across the entire surface, erect, gradually attenuated into an irregular beak up to 3 mm long, rarely split almost to the base of the utricle (glumiform perigynium); rachilla usually protruding from the apex up to 1(1.5) mm. Bisexual utricles widely and obliquely truncate at the apex. Achenes (4.2)4.8–6.1 × 0.8–1 mm, oblong-trigonous, straw-coloured to dark brown when mature, tipped by an obtusely trigonous to pyramidal, persistent style base. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 28. 2015 [14 Jul 2015] [epublished] to Bot....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 28. 2015 [14 Jul 2015] [epublished] to Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 28 (2015), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex schweickerdtii (Merxm. & Podlech) Luceño & Martín-Bravo. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677064 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Schoenoxiphium schweickerdtii Merxm. & Podlech) Podlech, D. (1960). Uber einige Cyperaceen Sudafrikas. In: Suessenguth, K.; Merxmüller, H. (eds.), Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München, vol. 3, seite 1-70, pp. 521-530. Munich, Germany., available online at https://archive.org/details/mitteilungenderb34sues/page/n553/mode/2up
page(s): 529 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Global Carex Group. (2015). Making <i>Carex</i> monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(1): 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12298
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 529 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Global Carex Group. (2015). Making <i>Carex</i> monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(1): 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12298
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Luceño, M.; Villaverde, T.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Sánchez-Villegas, R.; Maguilla, E.; Escudero, M.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Sánchez-Villegas, M.; Miguez, M.; Benítez-Benítez, C.; Muasya, A. M.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2021). An integrative monograph of <i>Carex</i> section <i>Schoenoxiphium</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e11336., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11336 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Rhizome caespitose, with very short internodes, stout, pale-brown to dark-brown. Flowering culms (25)30–90(130) cm long, erect, acutely trigonous, smooth or rarely very dispersely aculeate at the apex, leafy up to ⅓–⅔ of its length, 2–3(3.8) mm wide at the middle. Leaves (4.7)6.5–11.5(18) mm wide, shorter than the inflorescence, more rarely longer, quite rigid, light green, plicate in cross-section, scabrous along the edges and usually also along the abaxial midrib; adaxial surface smooth to scabrid on the keels at the apex; straight at the apex; ligule up to 2 mm long. Basal sheaths with lamina or the lowermost bladeless, entire to somewhat fibrous. Lowest bract of the inflorescence leaf-like, longer than the inflorescence, with a sheath (18)20–40(84) mm long, distichous and hiding the inflorescence when young. Partial inflorescences 6–10(14), erect, branching up to 3(4) times; lowermost pedunculate and more or less distant, uppermost subsessile. Glumiform perigynia usually absent. Glumiform cladoprophylls present at the base of the second-order branches. Tubular cladoprophylls always present at the base of the lower partial inflorescences, sometimes split almost to the base. Utriculiform cladoprophylls rare, more or less split. Male glumes (4)5–7 × (1)1.7–3 mm, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, yellowish-brown to brown, with a green central band, acute or more frequently ending in an aculeate mucro or arista up to 0.7 mm long. Female glumes (5)6.5–8.6(9) × (1.5)2–2.5(3) mm, lanceolate, ovate, or elliptic, brown to yellowish, with a green central band, ending in a smooth to slightly aculeate mucro up to 2(3.6) mm long. Unisexual utricles (6)7–9.5(10) × 0.9–1.1 mm, narrowly linear, straw-coloured to brownish when mature, stipitate, straight, smooth, with numerous prominent veins across the entire surface, erect, gradually attenuated into an irregular beak up to 3 mm long, rarely split almost to the base of the utricle (glumiform perigynium); rachilla usually protruding from the apex up to 1(1.5) mm. Bisexual utricles widely and obliquely truncate at the apex. Achenes (4.2)4.8–6.1 × 0.8–1 mm, oblong-trigonous, straw-coloured to dark brown when mature, tipped by an obtusely trigonous to pyramidal, persistent style base. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Update namepublishedIn from Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 28. 2015 [14 Jul 2015] [epublished] to Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 28 (2015), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium schweickerdtii Merxm. & Podlech)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex schweickerdtii)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium schweickerdtii Merxm. & Podlech)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium schweickerdtii Merxm. & Podlech)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenoxiphium schweickerdtii Merxm. & Podlech)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex schweickerdtii)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium schweickerdtii Merxm. & Podlech)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium schweickerdtii Merxm. & Podlech)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenoxiphium schweickerdtii Merxm. & Podlech)
From editor or global species database
