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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex leporina L.

1677502  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677502)

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Species
Carex mollis Gilib. · unaccepted
Carex nuda Lam. · unaccepted
Carex ovalis Gooden. · unaccepted
Carex sicula Tineo · unaccepted
Carex tracyi Mack. · unaccepted

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  1. Variety Carex leporina var. alpina L. (uncertain > unassessed)
  2. Forma Carex leporina f. argyroglochin (Hornem.) W.D.J.Koch accepted as Carex leporina L.
  3. Forma Carex leporina f. longibracteata Peterm. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  4. Forma Carex leporina f. minor Kuntze accepted as Carex leporina L.
  5. Forma Carex leporina f. monostachya Peterm. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  6. Forma Carex leporina f. nana Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  7. Forma Carex leporina f. robusta Fiek accepted as Carex leporina L.
  8. Subspecies Carex leporina subsp. americana Olney ex L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex petasata Dewey
  9. Subspecies Carex leporina subsp. argyroglochin (Hornem.) P.Fourn. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  10. Subspecies Carex leporina subsp. atlasica H.Lindb. accepted as Carex atlasica (H.Lindb.) Tattou
  11. Subspecies Carex leporina subsp. ovalis (Gooden.) Maire accepted as Carex leporina L.
  12. Subspecies Carex leporina subsp. sicula (Tineo) Nyman accepted as Carex leporina L.
  13. Variety Carex leporina var. alpina Gaudin accepted as Carex leporina L.
  14. Variety Carex leporina var. americana Olney accepted as Carex petasata Dewey
  15. Variety Carex leporina var. argyroglochin (Hornem.) W.D.J.Koch accepted as Carex leporina L.
  16. Variety Carex leporina var. argyrolepis Peterm. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  17. Variety Carex leporina var. atrofusca Christ accepted as Carex leporina L.
  18. Variety Carex leporina var. bracteata Liebm. accepted as Carex longii Mack.
  19. Variety Carex leporina var. capitata Sond. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  20. Variety Carex leporina var. conferta Arbost ex Merino accepted as Carex leporina L.
  21. Variety Carex leporina var. elatior Boeckeler accepted as Carex macloviana var. pseudoleporina Kük.
  22. Variety Carex leporina var. laucheana Bornm. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  23. Variety Carex leporina var. malvernensis (S.Gibson) Lousley accepted as Carex leporina L.
  24. Variety Carex leporina var. nemoralis Trevir. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  25. Variety Carex leporina var. ovata Hartm. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  26. Variety Carex leporina var. ovata Laest. accepted as Carex macloviana d'Urv.
  27. Variety Carex leporina var. pallescens Godr. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  28. Variety Carex leporina var. radicans Zabel ex Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex leporina L.
  29. Variety Carex leporina var. subfestiva Lange accepted as Carex leporina L.
  30. Variety Carex leporina var. virescens Andersson accepted as Carex leporina 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 2. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358580
page(s): 973 [details] 
Description Cespitosa. Tallos (6)20–40(70) cm, trígonos, con los ángulos agudos, escábridos en la parte superior. Hojas...  
Description Cespitosa. Tallos (6)20–40(70) cm, trígonos, con los ángulos agudos, escábridos en la parte superior. Hojas 1,5–3,5(4,5) mm de anchura, de longitud menor que los tallos, planas, ásperas en los bordes, no muy rígidas; lígula 1,3–3 mm, de anchura menor que el limbo, de ápice obtuso o subagudo, libre en los bordes; vaina basal con limbo desarrollado, las más basales escuamiformes, de color pardo ± oscuro, enteras o ± fibrosas. Bráctea inferior de longitud menor que la inflorescencia, excepto en la inflorescencia caputiforme de ápice setáceo, rara vez foliácea. Espigas aproximadas, dispuestas en espiga simple de (1,2)2–2,5(4,3) cm, ovoide, oblonga o raramente caputiforme, lobulada. Glumas ovadas, agudas, de color pardo muy oscuro o pálido, raramente verdosas o hialinas, con el nervio central verde, las femeninas de longitud similar a la de los utrículos. Utrículos (3,2)3,5–4(4,5) × 0,8–1,4 mm, de contorno oval, plano-convexos o cóncavo-convexos, anchamente alados en los bordes, no esponjosos, con los nervios bien perceptibles pero no muy prominentes, verdosos o parduscos, gradualmente atenuados en un pico de 0,8–1,4 mm, escábrido, bífido, bidentado u oblicuamente truncado, con una corta fisura abaxial. Aqueños 1,5–1,9 × 0,9–1,1 mm, de contorno oval o elíptico, plano-convexos o un poco cóncavos, ovoides o elipsoidales, de color pardo, con la base del estilo persistente en forma de una corta columna. 2n = 64, 73, 74, 76, 68, 72*.* [details]

Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted, often ± prostrate; roots pale brown or purple-brown; scales dark brown, becoming...  
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted, often ± prostrate; roots pale brown or purple-brown; scales dark brown, becoming fibrous. Stems 10–90 cm, ± solid, rough at top, stiff, trigonous, usually spreading at an angle of 45°. Leaves up to 50 cm × 1–3 mm, thin, ± soft, with rough margins, ± flat, gradually tapering to a ± fine trigonous point, mid to dark green, often overwintering; hypostomous; sheaths forming a false stem in sterile shoots, becoming pink- or grey-brown, persistent, with inner face narrow, hyaline; apex ± straight; ligule c. 1 mm, obtuse, tubular. Inflorescence a compact, yellow-brown, ovoid head; lower bracts often setaceous, occasionally longer than head, upper bracts glumaceous. Spikes 2–9, contiguous or overlapping, 5–15 mm, sessile, upper female at top, male at base, lower all female or with a few male flowers at very base. Male glumes 4–5 mm, broadly lanceolate, pale orange-brown, with keeled midrib and broadly hyaline margin; apex acute. Female glumes 3–4.5 mm, lanceolate-elliptic, dark brown or red-brown, with green or paler midrib and narrowly hyaline margin; apex acute. Utricles 4–5 mm, ellipsoid-ovoid, plano-convex, narrowly winged at top, distinctly nerved, light brown, very divaricate on maturity; beak c. 1 mm, winged, rough, bifid; stigmas 2; nut obovoid to elipsoid, biconvex, shortly stalked. [details]

Description Rhizome not seen. Culms slender, 50-80 cm tall, 0.8-1 mm thick, trigonous, smooth below, scabrous above, leaflike near...  
Description Rhizome not seen. Culms slender, 50-80 cm tall, 0.8-1 mm thick, trigonous, smooth below, scabrous above, leaflike near base. Leaves 3 or 4, flat, ca. 1.5 mm wide, much shorter than culm, margins scabrous. Involucral bracts glumelike, lowest long awned. Inflorescence 2-2.5 × 0.8-1.3 cm; spikes 4-7, gynaecandrous, brown, ovate to oblong, 5-10 × 3-6 mm, contiguous, sessile. Female glumes yellowish [or reddish] brown, ovate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, 1-veined, with pale yellow midrib and broadly hyaline margins, apex acute. Utricles light brown, ovate, plano-convex, 3.5-4 × 1-1.5 mm, smooth, 4-6-veined abaxially, rather broadly winged from shoulder to top, margins scabrous near top, spongy-thickened below, beak ca. 1 mm, deeply bifid abaxially. Nutlets brown, obovoid-oblong, compressed biconvex, ca. 2 × 1 mm, smooth, slightly shiny, shortly beaked and stipitate; stigmas 2. Fr. Aug. 2n = 66, 74. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 2: 973. 1753 [1 May 1753] to Sp. Pl. : 973 (1753),...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 2: 973. 1753 [1 May 1753] to Sp. Pl. : 973 (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 leporina L.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677502 on 2026-05-19
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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): 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]

taxonomy source Luceño, M., Castroviejo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2008). Cyperaceae. In: Castroviejo, Luceño, M., Galán, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Cabezas, F., Medina, L. (eds). Flora iberica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVIII. Madrid: CSIC., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/12958-flora-iberica-vol-18-cyperaceae-pontederiaceae?offset=, http://www.floraiberica.es/PHP/familias_lista_.php?familia=Cyperaceae [details] 

taxonomy source Muñoz-Schüler, P.; García-Moro, P.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Penneckamp, D.; Sanz-Arnal, M.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2023). The genus Carex (Cyperaceae) in Chile: a general update of its knowledge, with an identification key [El género Carex (Cyperaceae) en Chile: una actualización general de su conocimiento, con una clave de identificación]. Gayana - Botanica, 80(2): 103-132., available online at https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-66432023000200103 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Martín-Bravo, S.; Benítez-Benítez, C.; Buira, A.; García-Moro, P.; Gutiérrez, L.; Marco-Rosado, N.; Morales-Alonso, A.; Míguez, M.; Salazar-Mendías, C.; Sanz-Arnal, M.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2023). Chorological news for Carex (Cyperaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula. <em>Anales de Biología.</em> (45): 53-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.6018/analesbio.45.06 [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  PDF available [request]

 
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Syntype (of Carex argyroglochin Hornem.) LE 00010165, geounit Germany [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Cespitosa. Tallos (6)20–40(70) cm, trígonos, con los ángulos agudos, escábridos en la parte superior. Hojas 1,5–3,5(4,5) mm de anchura, de longitud menor que los tallos, planas, ásperas en los bordes, no muy rígidas; lígula 1,3–3 mm, de anchura menor que el limbo, de ápice obtuso o subagudo, libre en los bordes; vaina basal con limbo desarrollado, las más basales escuamiformes, de color pardo ± oscuro, enteras o ± fibrosas. Bráctea inferior de longitud menor que la inflorescencia, excepto en la inflorescencia caputiforme de ápice setáceo, rara vez foliácea. Espigas aproximadas, dispuestas en espiga simple de (1,2)2–2,5(4,3) cm, ovoide, oblonga o raramente caputiforme, lobulada. Glumas ovadas, agudas, de color pardo muy oscuro o pálido, raramente verdosas o hialinas, con el nervio central verde, las femeninas de longitud similar a la de los utrículos. Utrículos (3,2)3,5–4(4,5) × 0,8–1,4 mm, de contorno oval, plano-convexos o cóncavo-convexos, anchamente alados en los bordes, no esponjosos, con los nervios bien perceptibles pero no muy prominentes, verdosos o parduscos, gradualmente atenuados en un pico de 0,8–1,4 mm, escábrido, bífido, bidentado u oblicuamente truncado, con una corta fisura abaxial. Aqueños 1,5–1,9 × 0,9–1,1 mm, de contorno oval o elíptico, plano-convexos o un poco cóncavos, ovoides o elipsoidales, de color pardo, con la base del estilo persistente en forma de una corta columna. 2n = 64, 73, 74, 76, 68, 72*.* [details]

Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted, often ± prostrate; roots pale brown or purple-brown; scales dark brown, becoming fibrous. Stems 10–90 cm, ± solid, rough at top, stiff, trigonous, usually spreading at an angle of 45°. Leaves up to 50 cm × 1–3 mm, thin, ± soft, with rough margins, ± flat, gradually tapering to a ± fine trigonous point, mid to dark green, often overwintering; hypostomous; sheaths forming a false stem in sterile shoots, becoming pink- or grey-brown, persistent, with inner face narrow, hyaline; apex ± straight; ligule c. 1 mm, obtuse, tubular. Inflorescence a compact, yellow-brown, ovoid head; lower bracts often setaceous, occasionally longer than head, upper bracts glumaceous. Spikes 2–9, contiguous or overlapping, 5–15 mm, sessile, upper female at top, male at base, lower all female or with a few male flowers at very base. Male glumes 4–5 mm, broadly lanceolate, pale orange-brown, with keeled midrib and broadly hyaline margin; apex acute. Female glumes 3–4.5 mm, lanceolate-elliptic, dark brown or red-brown, with green or paler midrib and narrowly hyaline margin; apex acute. Utricles 4–5 mm, ellipsoid-ovoid, plano-convex, narrowly winged at top, distinctly nerved, light brown, very divaricate on maturity; beak c. 1 mm, winged, rough, bifid; stigmas 2; nut obovoid to elipsoid, biconvex, shortly stalked. [details]

Description Rhizome not seen. Culms slender, 50-80 cm tall, 0.8-1 mm thick, trigonous, smooth below, scabrous above, leaflike near base. Leaves 3 or 4, flat, ca. 1.5 mm wide, much shorter than culm, margins scabrous. Involucral bracts glumelike, lowest long awned. Inflorescence 2-2.5 × 0.8-1.3 cm; spikes 4-7, gynaecandrous, brown, ovate to oblong, 5-10 × 3-6 mm, contiguous, sessile. Female glumes yellowish [or reddish] brown, ovate, ca. 3 × 1.5 mm, 1-veined, with pale yellow midrib and broadly hyaline margins, apex acute. Utricles light brown, ovate, plano-convex, 3.5-4 × 1-1.5 mm, smooth, 4-6-veined abaxially, rather broadly winged from shoulder to top, margins scabrous near top, spongy-thickened below, beak ca. 1 mm, deeply bifid abaxially. Nutlets brown, obovoid-oblong, compressed biconvex, ca. 2 × 1 mm, smooth, slightly shiny, shortly beaked and stipitate; stigmas 2. Fr. Aug. 2n = 66, 74. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 2: 973. 1753 [1 May 1753] to Sp. Pl. : 973 (1753), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]

Translation Tufted. Stems (6)20–40(70) cm, trigonous, with acute angles, scabrid in the upper part. Leaves 1.5–3.5(4.5) mm wide, shorter than the stems, flat, rough along the margins, not very rigid; ligule 1.3–3 mm long, narrower than the blade, with an obtuse to subacute apex, free at the margins; basal sheaths with a developed blade, the lowest ones scale-like, dark brown to brownish, entire or ± fibrous. Lower bract shorter than the inflorescence, except in the capitate inflorescence with a setaceous apex, rarely leaf-like. Spikes approximate, arranged in a simple spike (1.2)2–2.5(4.3) cm long, ovoid, oblong or rarely capitate, lobed. Glumes ovate, acute, very dark brown to pale brown, rarely greenish or hyaline, with a green central nerve; female glumes similar in length to the utricles. Utricles (3.2)3.5–4(4.5) × 0.8–1.4 mm, oval in outline, plano-convex or concavo-convex, broadly winged along the margins, not spongy, with veins clearly visible but not very prominent, greenish or brownish, gradually narrowed into a beak 0.8–1.4 mm long, scabrid, bifid, bidentate or obliquely truncate, with a short abaxial slit. Achenes 1.5–1.9 × 0.9–1.1 mm, oval or elliptic in outline, plano-convex or slightly concave, ovoid or ellipsoid, brown, with the persistent style base forming a short column. 2n = 64, 73, 74, 76, 68, 72*.* [details]
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