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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex magellanica Lam.

1677603  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677603)

  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. Carex (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. Limosae (Section)
  15. Carex magellanica (Species)
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Lamarck, J. B. P. (1792). <em>Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique.</em> 3(2)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/721828#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): 385 [details] 
Description Rhizomes shortly creeping, often ascending; shoots loosely tufted; roots yellow, felted; scales shiny, red-brown, persistent....  
Description Rhizomes shortly creeping, often ascending; shoots loosely tufted; roots yellow, felted; scales shiny, red-brown, persistent. Stems 12–40 cm, usually smooth, trigonous, ± solid. Leaves up to 25 cm × 1.5–4 mm, soft, thin, with c. 15 veins, ± flat, rough on margins toward abruptly tapered tip, young leaves with waxy bloom, soon becoming mid or apple green; hypostomous; sheaths becoming red-brown, persistent, inner face hyaline; apex concave; ligule 4–5 mm, acute, tubular. Inflorescence c. 1/5 length of stem; bracts leaf-like, yellow-green fading to brownish, lower usually exceeding inflorescence, lowest sheathing to 1 mm or less. Male spike 1, 10–20 mm; male glumes 5–6 mm, lanceolate-elliptic, pale red-brown, hyaline at margins; apex acute to acuminate. Female spikes 2–4, 5–18 mm, ovoid, lax and up to 10(–15)-flowered, upper ± erect at first, lower becoming nodding; peduncles smooth, 5–20 mm; female glumes 3–5(–6.5) mm, narrower than utricle, lanceolate, caducous, red- or purple-brown with slightly paler midrib; apex acuminate or cusped. Utricles 3–3.5 mm, ovoid-globose, ± compressed, ± patent, faintly ribbed, pale apple green; beak ± absent; stigmas 3; nut ellipsoid, trigonous. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Encycl. 3: 385 1792 to Encycl. 3: 385 (1792), information provided by...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Encycl. 3: 385 1792 to Encycl. 3: 385 (1792), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Pla [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex magellanica Lam.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677603 on 2026-05-21
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Nomenclature

original description Lamarck, J. B. P. (1792). <em>Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique.</em> 3(2)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/721828#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): 385 [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 
   

Isotype P 00306873, geounit Chile South [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes shortly creeping, often ascending; shoots loosely tufted; roots yellow, felted; scales shiny, red-brown, persistent. Stems 12–40 cm, usually smooth, trigonous, ± solid. Leaves up to 25 cm × 1.5–4 mm, soft, thin, with c. 15 veins, ± flat, rough on margins toward abruptly tapered tip, young leaves with waxy bloom, soon becoming mid or apple green; hypostomous; sheaths becoming red-brown, persistent, inner face hyaline; apex concave; ligule 4–5 mm, acute, tubular. Inflorescence c. 1/5 length of stem; bracts leaf-like, yellow-green fading to brownish, lower usually exceeding inflorescence, lowest sheathing to 1 mm or less. Male spike 1, 10–20 mm; male glumes 5–6 mm, lanceolate-elliptic, pale red-brown, hyaline at margins; apex acute to acuminate. Female spikes 2–4, 5–18 mm, ovoid, lax and up to 10(–15)-flowered, upper ± erect at first, lower becoming nodding; peduncles smooth, 5–20 mm; female glumes 3–5(–6.5) mm, narrower than utricle, lanceolate, caducous, red- or purple-brown with slightly paler midrib; apex acuminate or cusped. Utricles 3–3.5 mm, ovoid-globose, ± compressed, ± patent, faintly ribbed, pale apple green; beak ± absent; stigmas 3; nut ellipsoid, trigonous. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Encycl. 3: 385 1792 to Encycl. 3: 385 (1792), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Pla [details]
    Definitions

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (174 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex magellanica) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex limosa var. magellanica (Lam.) Fiori)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex atrata var. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex atrata subsp. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex atrata var. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex limosa var. magellanica (Lam.) Fiori)
To Plants of the World Online 
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