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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex vulpina L.

To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex vulpina E00200912 epitype 1)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex vulpina E00200912 epitype 1)

1677374  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677374)

  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. Phaestoglochin (Section)
  15. Carex vulpina (Species)
accepted
Species
Carex compacta Lam. · unaccepted
Carex muricata Jungh. · unaccepted
Carex spicata Thuill. · unaccepted

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  1. Variety Carex vulpina var. nemorosa Gaudin (uncertain > unassessed)
  2. Forma Carex vulpina f. aristata Asch. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  3. Forma Carex vulpina f. bracteata G.Mey. accepted as Carex otrubae Podp.
  4. Forma Carex vulpina f. capitulata (Peterm.) Soó accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  5. Forma Carex vulpina f. elongata Andersson accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  6. Forma Carex vulpina f. interrupta Peterm. accepted as Carex otrubae Podp.
  7. Forma Carex vulpina f. laeviuscula Sanio ex Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  8. Forma Carex vulpina f. minor Peterm. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  9. Forma Carex vulpina f. nemorosa (DC.) W.D.J.Koch accepted as Carex otrubae Podp.
  10. Subspecies Carex vulpina subsp. cuprina (Sándor ex Heuff.) O.Bolòs & Vigo accepted as Carex leersii F.W.Schultz
  11. Subspecies Carex vulpina subsp. glomerata (Thunb.) Wahlenb. accepted as Carex glomerata Thunb.
  12. Subspecies Carex vulpina subsp. nemorosa (Gaudin) O.Schwarz accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
  13. Subspecies Carex vulpina subsp. nemorosa (DC.) K.Richt. accepted as Carex otrubae Podp.
  14. Subspecies Carex vulpina subsp. nemorosa (Rebent.) Blytt accepted as Carex otrubae Podp.
  15. Subspecies Carex vulpina subsp. stribrnyi Velen. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  16. Variety Carex vulpina var. acuta Gray accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  17. Variety Carex vulpina var. aristata Gray accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  18. Variety Carex vulpina var. compacta (Lam.) Velen. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  19. Variety Carex vulpina var. crassinervis (Schur) Kük. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  20. Variety Carex vulpina var. decomposita Gray accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  21. Variety Carex vulpina var. divulsa Čelak. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  22. Variety Carex vulpina var. gracilis Gaudin accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  23. Variety Carex vulpina var. litoralis Nolte ex Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  24. Variety Carex vulpina var. longibracteata Beck accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  25. Variety Carex vulpina var. nemorosa DC. accepted as Carex otrubae Podp.
  26. Variety Carex vulpina var. nemorosa (Rebent.) Rchb. accepted as Carex otrubae Podp.
  27. Variety Carex vulpina var. pallidior Meinsh. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  28. Variety Carex vulpina var. remotiflora Lange accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  29. Variety Carex vulpina var. stribrnyi (Velen.) Kük. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  30. Variety Carex vulpina var. subcontigua Kük. accepted as Carex otrubae Podp.
  31. Variety Carex vulpina var. tenuior Trevir. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
  32. Variety Carex vulpina var. vulgaris Čelak. accepted as Carex vulpina L.
terrestrial
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 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012
page(s): 973 [details] 
Description Rhizomes short; shoots stout, densely tufted; roots thick, grey-brown; scales dark brown, remaining only as black fibres....  
Description Rhizomes short; shoots stout, densely tufted; roots thick, grey-brown; scales dark brown, remaining only as black fibres. Stems 30–100 cm, smooth below, rough above, sharply trigonous, their faces ± concave and angles winged. Leaves up to 80 cm × 4–10 mm, ± erect, acutely keeled, ± abruptly tapering to a flat, sharp point, dark green even when dry, not auriculate at base; hypostomous; inner face of sheaths glandular, transversely wrinkled and perforated with a vertical line of small holes; apex markedly lingulate; ligule 2–6 mm, truncate, shorter than width of leaf, its free margin overlapping the edges of the leaf-blade. Inflorescence a stout, dense panicle; bracts short, setaceous, with ± prominent dark auricles. Spikes numerous, 8–14 mm, compound, all or most male above and female below. Male glumes 3.5–4 mm, oblanceolate-elliptic, dark or rusty brown with a green midrib. Female glumes 4–5 mm, ovate, acuminate, dark or rusty brown; midrib indistinct. Utricles 4–5 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid, minutely papillose, only faintly nerved, readily dropping at maturity; epidermal cells of adaxial face thick walled, minutely papillous and ± isodiametric; beak 1–1.5 mm, split on back; stigmas 2; nut oblong-obovoid, biconvex. [details]

Description CAREX spica supradecomposita inferne laxiore; spiculis androgynis ovatis sessilibus glomeratis; superne masculis. Carex...  
Description CAREX spica supradecomposita inferne laxiore; spiculis androgynis ovatis sessilibus glomeratis; superne masculis. Carex palustris major, radice fibrosa, caule exquisitè triangulari, spica brevi habitiore compacta. Gramen Cyperoides palustre majus, spica compacta. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex vulpina L.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677374 on 2025-12-21
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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 1. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358012
page(s): 973 [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]

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 
   

Epitype E 00200912 [details]
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Description Rhizomes short; shoots stout, densely tufted; roots thick, grey-brown; scales dark brown, remaining only as black fibres. Stems 30–100 cm, smooth below, rough above, sharply trigonous, their faces ± concave and angles winged. Leaves up to 80 cm × 4–10 mm, ± erect, acutely keeled, ± abruptly tapering to a flat, sharp point, dark green even when dry, not auriculate at base; hypostomous; inner face of sheaths glandular, transversely wrinkled and perforated with a vertical line of small holes; apex markedly lingulate; ligule 2–6 mm, truncate, shorter than width of leaf, its free margin overlapping the edges of the leaf-blade. Inflorescence a stout, dense panicle; bracts short, setaceous, with ± prominent dark auricles. Spikes numerous, 8–14 mm, compound, all or most male above and female below. Male glumes 3.5–4 mm, oblanceolate-elliptic, dark or rusty brown with a green midrib. Female glumes 4–5 mm, ovate, acuminate, dark or rusty brown; midrib indistinct. Utricles 4–5 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid, minutely papillose, only faintly nerved, readily dropping at maturity; epidermal cells of adaxial face thick walled, minutely papillous and ± isodiametric; beak 1–1.5 mm, split on back; stigmas 2; nut oblong-obovoid, biconvex. [details]

Description CAREX spica supradecomposita inferne laxiore; spiculis androgynis ovatis sessilibus glomeratis; superne masculis. Carex palustris major, radice fibrosa, caule exquisitè triangulari, spica brevi habitiore compacta. Gramen Cyperoides palustre majus, spica compacta. [details]

Translation Carex with the spike compound above and looser below; spikes androgynous, ovate, sessile, and clustered; the upper part male. Larger marsh sedge, with a fibrous root, a perfectly triangular stem, and a short, compact-looking spike. “Marsh cyperoid grass,” larger, with a compact spike. [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (159 publications) (from synonym Carex spicata Thuill.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Carex reflexa F.Dietr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Vignea vulpina (L.) Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (782 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (81 publications) (from synonym Carex glomerata Gilib. ex Bubani)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) (from synonym Carex compacta Lam.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (913 publications) (from synonym Carex muricata Jungh.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex muricata) (from synonym Carex muricata Jungh.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex spicata) (from synonym Carex spicata Thuill.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex vulpina) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Edritria vulpina (L.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex brotherorum Christ)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea vulpina (L.) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex compacta Lam.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex spicata Thuill.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muricata Jungh.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex mertensis Weihe ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex glomerata Gilib. ex Bubani)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex reflexa F.Dietr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina subsp. stribrnyi Velen.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea cespitosa var. crassinervis Schur)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. compacta (Lam.) Velen.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. divulsa Čelak.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. litoralis Nolte ex Asch. & Graebn.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. longibracteata Beck)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. pallidior Meinsh.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. remotiflora Lange)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. tenuior Trevir.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. gracilis Gaudin)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. vulgaris Čelak.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. aristata Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. decomposita Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina var. acuta Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina f. capitulata (Peterm.) Soó)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Edritria vulpina (L.) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex compacta Lam.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea vulpina (L.) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex brotherorum Christ)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex reflexa F.Dietr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex glomerata Gilib. ex Bubani)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex mertensis Weihe ex Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex spicata Thuill.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea vulpina f. capitulata Peterm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina f. aristata Asch.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina f. capitulata (Peterm.) Soó)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. acuta Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. decomposita Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. aristata Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. stribrnyi (Velen.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. vulgaris Čelak.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. gracilis Gaudin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. tenuior Trevir.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. remotiflora Lange)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. pallidior Meinsh.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. longibracteata Beck)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. litoralis Nolte ex Asch. & Graebn.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. crassinervis (Schur) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. divulsa Čelak.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina var. compacta (Lam.) Velen.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea cespitosa var. crassinervis Schur)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina subsp. stribrnyi Velen.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina f. elongata Andersson)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina f. laeviuscula Sanio ex Asch. & Graebn.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina f. minor Peterm.)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex vulpina E00200912 epitype 1) 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex vulpina E00208334 epitype 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex vulpina K000363610 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex vulpina L. BM001067017 type 1) 
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex muricata Jungh.)
From editor or global species database
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