Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex capilliformis Franch.
1678238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678238)
accepted
Species
Carex capilliformis var. major Kük. · unaccepted
Carex pisiformis var. major (Kük.) T.Koyama · unaccepted
- Variety Carex capilliformis var. major Kük. accepted as Carex capilliformis Franch.
terrestrial
Franchet, M. A. (1895). Additions aux <i>Carex</i> nouveaux pour la flore de l'Asie Orientale. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris.</em> 8(7): 84-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31967309
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 89 [details]
Holotype P 00280711, geounit Sichuan
Holotype P 00280711, geounit Sichuan [details]
Description Rhizome short, slender. Culms tufted, median, 10–30 cm tall, trigonous, filiform, smooth or slightly scabrous, basal...
Description Rhizome slender. Culms tufted, (6-)10-50 cm tall, hairlike, trigonous, soft, smooth or slightly scabrid. Basal sheaths...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris sér. 8, vii. (1895) 89. to Bull....
Description Rhizome short, slender. Culms tufted, median, 10–30 cm tall, trigonous, filiform, smooth or slightly scabrous, basal parts with purple-brown persistent leaf sheaths splitting into fibers. Leaves longer than or shorter than culms; blades 0.5–2.5 mm wide, herbaceous, inrolled, margins scabrous. Bracts spathe-like or bristle-like, shorter than spikes, with sheaths 0.6–1.2 cm long. Spikes 2 or 3, distant; terminal spike male, clavate, 0.8–1.2 cm long, ca. 1 mm wide, with a peduncle at base; lateral spikes female, slender cylindric, 0.7–1.5 cm long, ca. 2 mm wide, flowers somewhat densely arranged, peduncles filiform, exserted beyond bract sheaths. Male glumes oblong-oblanceolate, 5.5–6.5 mm long, pale purple-brown or yellow-brown, apex obtuse with a small point, with 1 green midvein on the back. Female glumes obovate or obovate-oblong, 2.6–3 mm long, pale yellow, apex acute, sometimes with a short awn, with 3 green midveins on the back. Utricles obovoid, obtusely trigonous, 3–3.2 mm long, nearly as long as female glumes, pale yellow-green, membranous, with indistinct fine veins, pubescent with short hairs, base gradually narrowed into a short stipe, apex gradually contracted into a beak ca. 0.6 mm long, mouth truncate. Nutlet tightly enclosed in utricle, obovoid, trigonous, ca. 2 mm long, chestnut-brown, apex abruptly contracted into an annulus, base with a short stipe; base of style thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
Description Rhizome slender. Culms tufted, (6-)10-50 cm tall, hairlike, trigonous, soft, smooth or slightly scabrid. Basal sheaths...
Description Rhizome slender. Culms tufted, (6-)10-50 cm tall, hairlike, trigonous, soft, smooth or slightly scabrid. Basal sheaths purple-brown, split into reticulate fibers. Leaves longer or shorter than culm, blades hairlike, 0.5-3 mm wide, involute at margins, scabrid. Involucral bracts ± spathelike, shorter than subtending spike, sheathed. Spikes 2 or 3, spaced; terminal spike male, pale brown, linear, ca. 10 × 1 mm, with peduncle 2.8-3.3 cm; lateral spikes female, narrowly cylindric, 7-14 × ca. 2 mm, with a few rather loose flowers, with hairlike peduncle 1.5-2.5 cm. Female glumes yellow-brown, oblong or oblong-ovate, ca. 3 mm (including mucro), costa scabrid, excurrent into a mucro, apex obtuse or truncate. Utricles dark green, equaling glume, elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic, obtusely trigonous, ca. 3 mm, densely and shortly hirsute, indistinctly veined, base shortly stipitate, apex abruptly contracted into a beak, orifice truncate. Nutlet gray-black at maturity, tightly enveloped, obovate-oblong, obtusely trigonous, ca. 2 mm, base shortly stipitate, apex discoid-annulate; style base thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris sér. 8, vii. (1895) 89. to Bull....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris sér. 8, vii. (1895) 89. to Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris , sér. 8, 7: 89 (1895), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found i [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex capilliformis Franch.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678238 on 2026-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Franchet, M. A. (1895). Additions aux <i>Carex</i> nouveaux pour la flore de l'Asie Orientale. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris.</em> 8(7): 84-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31967309
page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 89 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [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 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Rhizome short, slender. Culms tufted, median, 10–30 cm tall, trigonous, filiform, smooth or slightly scabrous, basal parts with purple-brown persistent leaf sheaths splitting into fibers. Leaves longer than or shorter than culms; blades 0.5–2.5 mm wide, herbaceous, inrolled, margins scabrous. Bracts spathe-like or bristle-like, shorter than spikes, with sheaths 0.6–1.2 cm long. Spikes 2 or 3, distant; terminal spike male, clavate, 0.8–1.2 cm long, ca. 1 mm wide, with a peduncle at base; lateral spikes female, slender cylindric, 0.7–1.5 cm long, ca. 2 mm wide, flowers somewhat densely arranged, peduncles filiform, exserted beyond bract sheaths. Male glumes oblong-oblanceolate, 5.5–6.5 mm long, pale purple-brown or yellow-brown, apex obtuse with a small point, with 1 green midvein on the back. Female glumes obovate or obovate-oblong, 2.6–3 mm long, pale yellow, apex acute, sometimes with a short awn, with 3 green midveins on the back. Utricles obovoid, obtusely trigonous, 3–3.2 mm long, nearly as long as female glumes, pale yellow-green, membranous, with indistinct fine veins, pubescent with short hairs, base gradually narrowed into a short stipe, apex gradually contracted into a beak ca. 0.6 mm long, mouth truncate. Nutlet tightly enclosed in utricle, obovoid, trigonous, ca. 2 mm long, chestnut-brown, apex abruptly contracted into an annulus, base with a short stipe; base of style thickened; stigmas 3. [details]Description Rhizome slender. Culms tufted, (6-)10-50 cm tall, hairlike, trigonous, soft, smooth or slightly scabrid. Basal sheaths purple-brown, split into reticulate fibers. Leaves longer or shorter than culm, blades hairlike, 0.5-3 mm wide, involute at margins, scabrid. Involucral bracts ± spathelike, shorter than subtending spike, sheathed. Spikes 2 or 3, spaced; terminal spike male, pale brown, linear, ca. 10 × 1 mm, with peduncle 2.8-3.3 cm; lateral spikes female, narrowly cylindric, 7-14 × ca. 2 mm, with a few rather loose flowers, with hairlike peduncle 1.5-2.5 cm. Female glumes yellow-brown, oblong or oblong-ovate, ca. 3 mm (including mucro), costa scabrid, excurrent into a mucro, apex obtuse or truncate. Utricles dark green, equaling glume, elliptic or oblanceolate-elliptic, obtusely trigonous, ca. 3 mm, densely and shortly hirsute, indistinctly veined, base shortly stipitate, apex abruptly contracted into a beak, orifice truncate. Nutlet gray-black at maturity, tightly enveloped, obovate-oblong, obtusely trigonous, ca. 2 mm, base shortly stipitate, apex discoid-annulate; style base thickened; stigmas 3. [details]
Habitat Growing in thickets on mountain slopes, in forested valleys and in grasslands on mountaintops, at 1050–3000 m. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris sér. 8, vii. (1895) 89. to Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris , sér. 8, 7: 89 (1895), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found i [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex capilliformis var. major Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pisiformis var. major (Kük.) T.Koyama)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex capilliformis var. major Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex capilliformis E00386816 isotype 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex capilliformis var. major Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pisiformis var. major (Kük.) T.Koyama)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex capilliformis var. major Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex capilliformis E00386816 isotype 1)
From editor or global species database
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