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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex flava L.

1677731  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677731)

accepted
Species
Carex echinata Lam. · unaccepted
Carex foliosa All. · unaccepted
Carex patula Host · unaccepted
Carex uetliaca Suter · unaccepted
Carex viridis Honck. · unaccepted

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  1. Forma Carex flava f. brevirostris Junge accepted as Carex flava L.
  2. Forma Carex flava f. demissa (Hornem.) Kük. accepted as Carex demissa Hornem.
  3. Forma Carex flava f. graminis (L.H.Bailey) Scoggan accepted as Carex flava L.
  4. Forma Carex flava f. latifolia Maire & Weiller accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa
  5. Forma Carex flava f. patula (Klett & Richt.) Schur accepted as Carex flava L.
  6. Forma Carex flava f. pygmaea (Hartm.) C.Vicioso accepted as Carex flava L.
  7. Forma Carex flava f. remotiuscula Schur accepted as Carex flava L.
  8. Forma Carex flava f. uetliaca (Suter) Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex flava L.
  9. Forma Carex flava f. umbrosa Kneuck. accepted as Carex flava L.
  10. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. alpina (Kneuck.) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo accepted as Carex flava L.
  11. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. bergrothii (Palmgr.) P.D.Sell accepted as Carex oederi var. bergrothii (Palmgr.) Hedrén & Lassen accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  12. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. brachyrrhyncha Čelak. accepted as Carex lepidocarpa Tausch
  13. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. brevirostrata Kük. accepted as Carex sagei Phil.
  14. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. demissa (Hornem.) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo accepted as Carex demissa Hornem.
  15. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. flavescens Wahlenb. accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  16. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. jemtlandica (Palmgr.) P.D.Sell accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. jemtlandica Palmgr.
  17. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. lepidocarpa (Tausch) Nyman accepted as Carex lepidocarpa Tausch
  18. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. lepidocarpa (Tausch) Andersson accepted as Carex lepidocarpa Tausch
  19. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. macrorrhyncha Čelak. accepted as Carex flava L.
  20. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. marssonii (Auersw.) K.Richt. accepted as Carex demissa subsp. demissa Hornem.
  21. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. marssonii (Auersw.) Callmé accepted as Carex demissa subsp. demissa Hornem.
  22. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. oederi (Retz.) Syme accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  23. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. oedocarpa (Andersson) P.D.Sell accepted as Carex demissa subsp. demissa Hornem.
  24. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. orthorrhyncha Čelak. accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  25. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. pulchella (Lönnr.) P.D.Sell accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  26. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. scotica (E.W.Davies) P.D.Sell accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. scotica E.W.Davies
  27. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. serotina (Mérat) K.Richt. accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  28. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. serotina (Mérat) P.D.Sell accepted as Carex oederi Retz. (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Subspecies Carex flava subsp. viridula (Michx.) O.Bolòs & Vigo accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  30. Subvariety Carex flava subvar. elongata Coss. & Germ. accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  31. Variety Carex flava var. alpina Kneuck. accepted as Carex flava L.
  32. Variety Carex flava var. alpina Kneuck accepted as Carex flava L.
  33. Variety Carex flava var. androgyna Klett & Richt. accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  34. Variety Carex flava var. argillacea Townson accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  35. Variety Carex flava var. barrerae O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo accepted as Carex flava L.
  36. Variety Carex flava var. brachyrhyncha Čelak. accepted as Carex lepidocarpa Tausch (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Variety Carex flava var. brevirostris Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex flava L.
  38. Variety Carex flava var. congesta Neuman accepted as Carex flava L.
  39. Variety Carex flava var. deficiens Peterm. accepted as Carex flava L.
  40. Variety Carex flava var. densa Gaudin accepted as Carex flava L.
  41. Variety Carex flava var. dispersa Neuman accepted as Carex flava L.
  42. Variety Carex flava var. elatior Schltdl. accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa
  43. Variety Carex flava var. fertilis Peck accepted as Carex flava L.
  44. Variety Carex flava var. flava accepted as Carex flava L.
  45. Variety Carex flava var. gaspensis Fernald accepted as Carex flava L.
  46. Variety Carex flava var. graminis L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex flava L.
  47. Variety Carex flava var. intermedia Coss. & Germ. accepted as Carex flava L.
  48. Variety Carex flava var. laevigata Peterm. accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa
  49. Variety Carex flava var. laxior (Kük.) Gleason accepted as Carex flava L.
  50. Variety Carex flava var. lepidocarpa (Tausch) Godr. accepted as Carex lepidocarpa Tausch
  51. Variety Carex flava var. lepidocarpa (Tausch) Dewey in Alph.Wood accepted as Carex lepidocarpa Tausch (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  52. Variety Carex flava var. loscosii (Lange) Pau ex Marcet accepted as Carex mairei Coss. & Germ.
  53. Variety Carex flava var. lutescens Wahlenb. accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  54. Variety Carex flava var. marssonii (Auersw.) T.Marsson accepted as Carex demissa subsp. demissa Hornem.
  55. Variety Carex flava var. minor Peterm. accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa
  56. Variety Carex flava var. minor Wahlenb. accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  57. Variety Carex flava var. minor Mérat accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  58. Variety Carex flava var. minuta (Foucaud & Rotgès) Briq. accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  59. Variety Carex flava var. nelmesiana (Raymond) B.Boivin accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa
  60. Variety Carex flava var. nevadensis (Boiss. & Reut.) Briq. accepted as Carex nevadensis Boiss. & Reut.
  61. Variety Carex flava var. oederi (Retz.) DC. accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  62. Variety Carex flava var. oedocarpa (Andersson) Blytt accepted as Carex demissa subsp. demissa Hornem.
  63. Variety Carex flava var. patula Klett & Richt. accepted as Carex flava L.
  64. Variety Carex flava var. polystachya Gaudin accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa
  65. Variety Carex flava var. pumila Coss. & Germ. accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  66. Variety Carex flava var. pygmaea Hartm. accepted as Carex flava L.
  67. Variety Carex flava var. pygmaea Andersson accepted as Carex flava L.
  68. Variety Carex flava var. rectirostra Gaudin accepted as Carex flava L.
  69. Variety Carex flava var. rectirostrata L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  70. Variety Carex flava var. rectirostris Peterm. accepted as Carex flava L.
  71. Variety Carex flava var. serotina (Mérat) Lej. accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  72. Variety Carex flava var. uetliaca (Suter) Nyman accepted as Carex flava L.
  73. Variety Carex flava var. viridula (Michx.) L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex oederi var. oederi accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  74. Variety Carex flava var. vulgaris Döll accepted as Carex flava 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): 975; note: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358996#page/417/mode/1up [details] 
Description Rhizomes short, with 2–4 tufted shoots; roots pale buff-brown and bleached scales that become fibrous. Stems 20–70 cm,...  
Description Rhizomes short, with 2–4 tufted shoots; roots pale buff-brown and bleached scales that become fibrous. Stems 20–70 cm, trigonous and usually solid. Leaves 25–70 cm × 3–7(–10) mm, ± as long as the stem, almost erect, flat, ± abruptly tapered to a rough tip, bright yellow-green, rapidly bleaching to straw colour on dying; hypostomous; sheaths thin, ribbed, pale, becoming bleached pink-brown and fibrous, inner face hyaline, apex ± straight; ligule 2–5 mm, obtuse, tubular. The inflorescence is 1/5–1/6(–1/4) the length of the stem, with leaf-like bracts often patent or reflexed, far exceeding the inflorescence. Male spike 1, 4–15(–22) mm, with male glumes 3.5–4 mm, lanceolate-elliptic, orange-brown with pale midrib, apex subacute. Female spikes 2–3(–4), mostly clustered around the male spike, 8–15(–20) mm, ovoid, ± sessile except for occasional lowest distant spikes with partly ensheathed peduncles 4–5 cm long; female glumes 3.5–4.5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, orange-brown with green midrib and ± hyaline margin, apex acute. Utricles (3.5–)4.4–6.5 mm, broadly ellipsoid, trigonous, ribbed, yellow-green to golden, patent, lower ones deflexed when ripe; beak 2–2.8 mm, conspicuously scabrous with 6–11 bristles on each side, notched and deflexed; stigmas 3; nut obovoid, trigonous. [details]

Description Cespitosa. Tallos fértiles 10–20 cm, obtusamente trígonos, lisos o ligeramente escábridos bajo la inflorescencia....  
Description Cespitosa. Tallos fértiles 10–20 cm, obtusamente trígonos, lisos o ligeramente escábridos bajo la inflorescencia. Hojas 3–4 mm de anchura, de menor longitud que los tallos, planas, de color verde pálido, ± lisas, poco rígidas; lígula hasta 3 mm, de ápice truncado, de menor anchura que el limbo; antelígula hasta 2 mm, de ápice truncado o redondeado, a veces inexistente; vainas basales enteras, de color pardo claro. Bráctea inferior foliácea, de c. 5 cm × 2,5–3 mm, de longitud mayor que la inflorescencia. Espiga masculina solitaria, de 1–1,8 cm × 2 mm, ± fusiforme, sésil o con un pedúnculo hasta de 5 mm; espigas femeninas 2–3, de 7–8 × 8–9 mm, aproximadamente, subsésiles. Glumas masculinas obovadas, de ápice obtuso, de color pardo rojizo claro u obscuro; glumas femeninas ovales, obtusas, agudas o acuminadas, de color pardo rojizo con estrecho margen escarioso, uninervias. Utrículos 3,8–4,5 × 1–1,8 mm, los inferiores reflejos, de la mitad superior de patentes a erecto-patentes y los apicales generalmente erectos, de contorno oval, trígonos, inflados, plurinerviados, estrechados bruscamente en un pico de 1,5–1,8 mm, reflejo en los utrículos de la mitad inferior de la espiga (20–60° respecto del cuerpo del utrículo), recto o casi en los de la mitad superior, bífido, liso. Aquenios 1,8 × 0,9 mm, de contorno no obovado, trígonos. 2n = 58*, 60*, 62. [details]

Description Stems (10-)20-50(-90) cm, erect. Leaves about equalling or slightly shorter than stems, 3-7 mm wide, yellowish-green, flat....  
Description Stems (10-)20-50(-90) cm, erect. Leaves about equalling or slightly shorter than stems, 3-7 mm wide, yellowish-green, flat. Male spikes usually subsessile, sometimes with a peduncle up to 20 mm. Female spikes 10-15 x 10-12 mm, crowded, the lowest usually somewhat remote; lowest bract greatly exceeding inflorescence, patent or deflexed. Utricles 5-7 mm, broadly ellipsoid, yellowish-green to yellow, prominently veined, the central ones patent, the lower deflexed, all curved and gradually narrowed into a curved beak 1-5-2-5 mm usually comprising at least 1 of the length of the utricle. 2« = 30, 33,60, 64.  [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex flava L.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677731 on 2025-11-27
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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): 975; note: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358996#page/417/mode/1up [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

biology source Blackstock, N.; Ashton, P. A. (2010). Genetic markers and morphometric analysis reveal past hybridization and introgression in putative Carex flava L. s.str. (Cyperaceae) hybrid populations. <em>Plant Systematics and Evolution.</em> 287(1-2): 37-47., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-010-0287-0
note: Hybridization in Great Britain [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Isotype (of Carex patula Host) LE 00010355, geounit Austria [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes short, with 2–4 tufted shoots; roots pale buff-brown and bleached scales that become fibrous. Stems 20–70 cm, trigonous and usually solid. Leaves 25–70 cm × 3–7(–10) mm, ± as long as the stem, almost erect, flat, ± abruptly tapered to a rough tip, bright yellow-green, rapidly bleaching to straw colour on dying; hypostomous; sheaths thin, ribbed, pale, becoming bleached pink-brown and fibrous, inner face hyaline, apex ± straight; ligule 2–5 mm, obtuse, tubular. The inflorescence is 1/5–1/6(–1/4) the length of the stem, with leaf-like bracts often patent or reflexed, far exceeding the inflorescence. Male spike 1, 4–15(–22) mm, with male glumes 3.5–4 mm, lanceolate-elliptic, orange-brown with pale midrib, apex subacute. Female spikes 2–3(–4), mostly clustered around the male spike, 8–15(–20) mm, ovoid, ± sessile except for occasional lowest distant spikes with partly ensheathed peduncles 4–5 cm long; female glumes 3.5–4.5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, orange-brown with green midrib and ± hyaline margin, apex acute. Utricles (3.5–)4.4–6.5 mm, broadly ellipsoid, trigonous, ribbed, yellow-green to golden, patent, lower ones deflexed when ripe; beak 2–2.8 mm, conspicuously scabrous with 6–11 bristles on each side, notched and deflexed; stigmas 3; nut obovoid, trigonous. [details]

Description Cespitosa. Tallos fértiles 10–20 cm, obtusamente trígonos, lisos o ligeramente escábridos bajo la inflorescencia. Hojas 3–4 mm de anchura, de menor longitud que los tallos, planas, de color verde pálido, ± lisas, poco rígidas; lígula hasta 3 mm, de ápice truncado, de menor anchura que el limbo; antelígula hasta 2 mm, de ápice truncado o redondeado, a veces inexistente; vainas basales enteras, de color pardo claro. Bráctea inferior foliácea, de c. 5 cm × 2,5–3 mm, de longitud mayor que la inflorescencia. Espiga masculina solitaria, de 1–1,8 cm × 2 mm, ± fusiforme, sésil o con un pedúnculo hasta de 5 mm; espigas femeninas 2–3, de 7–8 × 8–9 mm, aproximadamente, subsésiles. Glumas masculinas obovadas, de ápice obtuso, de color pardo rojizo claro u obscuro; glumas femeninas ovales, obtusas, agudas o acuminadas, de color pardo rojizo con estrecho margen escarioso, uninervias. Utrículos 3,8–4,5 × 1–1,8 mm, los inferiores reflejos, de la mitad superior de patentes a erecto-patentes y los apicales generalmente erectos, de contorno oval, trígonos, inflados, plurinerviados, estrechados bruscamente en un pico de 1,5–1,8 mm, reflejo en los utrículos de la mitad inferior de la espiga (20–60° respecto del cuerpo del utrículo), recto o casi en los de la mitad superior, bífido, liso. Aquenios 1,8 × 0,9 mm, de contorno no obovado, trígonos. 2n = 58*, 60*, 62. [details]

Description Stems (10-)20-50(-90) cm, erect. Leaves about equalling or slightly shorter than stems, 3-7 mm wide, yellowish-green, flat. Male spikes usually subsessile, sometimes with a peduncle up to 20 mm. Female spikes 10-15 x 10-12 mm, crowded, the lowest usually somewhat remote; lowest bract greatly exceeding inflorescence, patent or deflexed. Utricles 5-7 mm, broadly ellipsoid, yellowish-green to yellow, prominently veined, the central ones patent, the lower deflexed, all curved and gradually narrowed into a curved beak 1-5-2-5 mm usually comprising at least 1 of the length of the utricle. 2« = 30, 33,60, 64.  [details]

Translation Tufted. Fertile stems 10–20 cm tall, obtusely trigonous, smooth or slightly scabrid below the inflorescence. Leaves 3–4 mm wide, shorter than the stems, flat, pale green, ± smooth, rather lax; ligule up to 3 mm, with a truncate apex, narrower than the blade; anteligule up to 2 mm, with a truncate or rounded apex, sometimes absent; basal sheaths entire, light brown. Lower bract leaf-like, c. 5 cm × 2.5–3 mm, longer than the inflorescence. Male spike solitary, 1–1.8 cm × 2 mm, ± fusiform, sessile or with a peduncle up to 5 mm; female spikes 2–3, c. 7–8 × 8–9 mm, subsessile. Male glumes obovate, apex obtuse, light to dark reddish-brown; female glumes oval, obtuse, acute or acuminate, reddish-brown with a narrow scarious margin, one-nerved. Utricles 3.8–4.5 × 1–1.8 mm, the lower reflexed, those of the upper half patent to erect-patent and the apical ones generally erect, oval in outline, trigonous, inflated, many-nerved, abruptly narrowed into a 1.5–1.8 mm beak, reflexed in the utricles of the lower half of the spike (20–60° relative to the body of the utricle), straight or nearly so in the upper half, bifid, smooth. Achenes 1.8 × 0.9 mm, outline not obovate, trigonous. 2n = 58*, 60*, 62. [details]
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