Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex pseudorufa Luceño & Martín-Bravo
1678064 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678064)
accepted
Species
Schoenoxiphium burttii Kukkonen · unaccepted
terrestrial
(of Schoenoxiphium burttii Kukkonen) Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. (1986). Notes on some plants of southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XIII. <em>Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.</em> 43(3): 345-405., available online at https://archive.org/details/notes-from-royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-43-003-345-405/mode/2up
page(s): 365; note: New species published by Kukkonen in Hilliard & Burtt, 1986. [details]
page(s): 365; note: New species published by Kukkonen in Hilliard & Burtt, 1986. [details]
Description Rhizome caespitose, with short internodes, very stout, pale-brown to dark-brown. Flowering culms (55)72–111(118) 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 short internodes, very stout, pale-brown to dark-brown. Flowering culms (55)72–111(118) cm long, obtusely trigonous, smooth, leafy up to half its length, (2.3)2.5–4.3(5) mm wide at the middle. Leaves (5.5)8.3–13.9(17) mm wide, shorter than the inflorescence, moderately rigid, straight at the apex, light green, flat in cross-section, slightly scabrous along the margins and usually along the upper half of the abaxial midrib; adaxial surface usually finely papillose near the margins; ligule (1)3–6(8) mm long. Basal sheaths with lamina, entire or, rarely, the lowermost somewhat fibrous. Lowest bract of the inflorescence leaf-like, from half of the inflorescence length to, more rarely, equaling it, with a sheath (37)39–69 mm long. Inflorescence up to the upper ¾ of the length of the culm, branching up to 4 times; partial inflorescences 7–13, very dense, ovoid to ellipsoid, the (3)4–6 lowermost distant and nodding, the uppermost overlapping, nodding to suberect. Glumiform perigynia and glumiform cladoprophylls absent. Tubular cladoprophylls always present. Utriculiform cladoprophylls absent. Male glumes (2.8)3.3–4.7(5.3) × (1)1.4–1.9(2.2) mm, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, brown to reddish-brown, with a green central band, ending in an aculeate mucro up to 0.8 mm long. Female glumes (2.7)3–4.5(5.5) × 1.7–2.7(3.8) mm, widely ovate to suborbicular, brown to reddish-brown, with a green central band, ending in a prominent aculeate mucro up to 1.1 mm long. Unisexual utricles (5.3)6.5–8(8.4) × (1.1)1.3–1.7(1.8) mm, linear, lanceolate or narrowly ellipsoid, stipitate, straight to slightly arcuate, straw-coloured to reddish-brown, sometimes red-spotted when mature, dispersely aculeate to hispid in the upper third, with conspicuous prominent veins over the entire surface, suberect to erecto-patent, gradually attenuate, rarely somewhat contracted, into an asymmetrically bidentate to bifid or irregular beak 1.3–3.2 mm long; rachilla usually reaching the apex of the utricle, rarely protruding from it up to 0.5 mm. Bisexual utricles usually present, widely and obliquely truncate at the apex. Achenes (3.6)3.7–4.6(4.9) × (0.9)1.1–1.4(1.5) mm, more or less oblong-trigonous, straw-coloured to yellowish-brown when mature, tipped by a very short, obtusely trigonous, frequently somewhat asymmetric, 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 pseudorufa Luceño & Martín-Bravo. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678064 on 2026-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Schoenoxiphium burttii Kukkonen) Hilliard, O.M.; Burtt, B.L. (1986). Notes on some plants of southern Africa chiefly from Natal: XIII. <em>Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.</em> 43(3): 345-405., available online at https://archive.org/details/notes-from-royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-43-003-345-405/mode/2up
page(s): 365; note: New species published by Kukkonen in Hilliard & Burtt, 1986. [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): 365; note: New species published by Kukkonen in Hilliard & Burtt, 1986. [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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Description Rhizome caespitose, with short internodes, very stout, pale-brown to dark-brown. Flowering culms (55)72–111(118) cm long, obtusely trigonous, smooth, leafy up to half its length, (2.3)2.5–4.3(5) mm wide at the middle. Leaves (5.5)8.3–13.9(17) mm wide, shorter than the inflorescence, moderately rigid, straight at the apex, light green, flat in cross-section, slightly scabrous along the margins and usually along the upper half of the abaxial midrib; adaxial surface usually finely papillose near the margins; ligule (1)3–6(8) mm long. Basal sheaths with lamina, entire or, rarely, the lowermost somewhat fibrous. Lowest bract of the inflorescence leaf-like, from half of the inflorescence length to, more rarely, equaling it, with a sheath (37)39–69 mm long. Inflorescence up to the upper ¾ of the length of the culm, branching up to 4 times; partial inflorescences 7–13, very dense, ovoid to ellipsoid, the (3)4–6 lowermost distant and nodding, the uppermost overlapping, nodding to suberect. Glumiform perigynia and glumiform cladoprophylls absent. Tubular cladoprophylls always present. Utriculiform cladoprophylls absent. Male glumes (2.8)3.3–4.7(5.3) × (1)1.4–1.9(2.2) mm, ovate-lanceolate to ovate, brown to reddish-brown, with a green central band, ending in an aculeate mucro up to 0.8 mm long. Female glumes (2.7)3–4.5(5.5) × 1.7–2.7(3.8) mm, widely ovate to suborbicular, brown to reddish-brown, with a green central band, ending in a prominent aculeate mucro up to 1.1 mm long. Unisexual utricles (5.3)6.5–8(8.4) × (1.1)1.3–1.7(1.8) mm, linear, lanceolate or narrowly ellipsoid, stipitate, straight to slightly arcuate, straw-coloured to reddish-brown, sometimes red-spotted when mature, dispersely aculeate to hispid in the upper third, with conspicuous prominent veins over the entire surface, suberect to erecto-patent, gradually attenuate, rarely somewhat contracted, into an asymmetrically bidentate to bifid or irregular beak 1.3–3.2 mm long; rachilla usually reaching the apex of the utricle, rarely protruding from it up to 0.5 mm. Bisexual utricles usually present, widely and obliquely truncate at the apex. Achenes (3.6)3.7–4.6(4.9) × (0.9)1.1–1.4(1.5) mm, more or less oblong-trigonous, straw-coloured to yellowish-brown when mature, tipped by a very short, obtusely trigonous, frequently somewhat asymmetric, 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 European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex pseudorufa)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium burttii Kukkonen)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenoxiphium burttii Kukkonen)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Schoenoxiphium burttii E00200232 isotype 1) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium burttii Kukkonen)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium burttii Kukkonen)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenoxiphium burttii Kukkonen)
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Schoenoxiphium burttii E00200232 isotype 1) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium burttii Kukkonen)
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