Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex muricata subsp. muricata
1699872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1699872)
accepted
Subspecies
Carex astracanica Willd. ex Kunth · unaccepted
Carex divulsa subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) K.Richt. · unaccepted
Carex intermedia Retz. · unaccepted
Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak. · unaccepted
Carex muricata subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) Nyman · unaccepted
Carex muricata var. alpina Gaudin · unaccepted
Carex muricata var. gracilis Gray · unaccepted
Carex muricata var. lamprocarpa Wallr. · unaccepted
Carex orsiniana Ten. · unaccepted
Carex pairae subsp. borealis Hyl. · unaccepted
Carex pairae var. javanica Nelmes · unaccepted
Carex serotina Ten. · unaccepted
Carex stellulata M.Bieb. · unaccepted
Carex tenuissima Schur · unaccepted
Carex tergestina Hoppe ex Boott · unaccepted
Carex viridis Spenn. · unaccepted
Carex vulpina Hohen. · unaccepted
Vignea altissima Schur · unaccepted
Vignea muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Soják · unaccepted
Vignea tenuissima Schur · unaccepted
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Tallos muy escábridos, robustos, generalmente rectos. Espiga inferior generalmente separada del resto por una distancia...
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted; roots brown; scales brown with black veins, soon becoming fibrous. Stems 10–85 cm,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated taxonomicStatus from Synonym to Accepted, information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 03...
Description Tallos muy escábridos, robustos, generalmente rectos. Espiga inferior generalmente separada del resto por una distancia igual o mayor que su propia longitud. Glumas femeninas de color pardo oscuro, de longitud mucho menor que los utrículos. Utrículos 3,3–5 mm, ± redondeados, con los bordes estrechamente alados, patentes, verdosos o de color pardo claro en la madurez, muy bruscamente estrechados en el pico. 2n = 58*. [details]
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted; roots brown; scales brown with black veins, soon becoming fibrous. Stems 10–85 cm,...
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted; roots brown; scales brown with black veins, soon becoming fibrous. Stems 10–85 cm, often stout and rough just below inflorescence especially when in fruit, obtusely trigonous and even polygonal below. Leaves 7–45 cm × 2–4 mm, keeled, gradually tapering to a flat tip, mid green; hypostomous; sheaths forming a short false stem; apex straight or concave; ligule 2–3.5 mm, ovate. Inflorescence 1–4 cm × 9–11 mm; bracts glumaceous, lowest setaceous and divaricate, up to 30 mm long. Spikes 4–8, upper contiguous, lowest separated by up to 10 mm, 5–10 mm, globose, sessile, male at top, female below, or lower entirely male. Male glumes 3–4 mm, elliptic, red-brown; apex acute. Female glumes 2.5–3.5 mm, markedly shorter than utricles, dark or red-brown, making, at flowering time and when half-ripe, a strong colour contrast with the green utricles; apex apiculate. Utricles 3.8–4.6 mm, less than twice as long as wide, ovate-orbicular with a broad margin, healthy mid green, becoming dark red-brown to black and shiny as fruit matures; beak c. 0.75 mm, abruptly contracted, minutely toothed; stigmas 2; nut orbicular-compressed. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated taxonomicStatus from Synonym to Accepted, information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 03...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated taxonomicStatus from Synonym to Accepted, information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 03 2021 More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Origin [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex muricata subsp. muricata L.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1699872 on 2026-05-16
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Nomenclature
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 
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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]
[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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Tallos muy escábridos, robustos, generalmente rectos. Espiga inferior generalmente separada del resto por una distancia igual o mayor que su propia longitud. Glumas femeninas de color pardo oscuro, de longitud mucho menor que los utrículos. Utrículos 3,3–5 mm, ± redondeados, con los bordes estrechamente alados, patentes, verdosos o de color pardo claro en la madurez, muy bruscamente estrechados en el pico. 2n = 58*. [details]Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted; roots brown; scales brown with black veins, soon becoming fibrous. Stems 10–85 cm, often stout and rough just below inflorescence especially when in fruit, obtusely trigonous and even polygonal below. Leaves 7–45 cm × 2–4 mm, keeled, gradually tapering to a flat tip, mid green; hypostomous; sheaths forming a short false stem; apex straight or concave; ligule 2–3.5 mm, ovate. Inflorescence 1–4 cm × 9–11 mm; bracts glumaceous, lowest setaceous and divaricate, up to 30 mm long. Spikes 4–8, upper contiguous, lowest separated by up to 10 mm, 5–10 mm, globose, sessile, male at top, female below, or lower entirely male. Male glumes 3–4 mm, elliptic, red-brown; apex acute. Female glumes 2.5–3.5 mm, markedly shorter than utricles, dark or red-brown, making, at flowering time and when half-ripe, a strong colour contrast with the green utricles; apex apiculate. Utricles 3.8–4.6 mm, less than twice as long as wide, ovate-orbicular with a broad margin, healthy mid green, becoming dark red-brown to black and shiny as fruit matures; beak c. 0.75 mm, abruptly contracted, minutely toothed; stigmas 2; nut orbicular-compressed. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated taxonomicStatus from Synonym to Accepted, information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 03 2021 More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Origin [details]
Translation Stems very scabrid, robust, generally erect. The lowest spike is usually separated from the rest by a distance equal to or greater than its own length. Female glumes dark brown, much shorter than the utricles. Utricles 3.3–5 mm, ± rounded, with narrowly winged, spreading margins, greenish or pale brown at maturity, very abruptly narrowed into the beak. 2n = 58*. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vignea tenuissima Schur)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex orsiniana Ten.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex tergestina Hoppe ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex astracanica Willd. ex Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Carex tenuissima Schur)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (298 publications) (from synonym Carex intermedia Retz.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Carex serotina Ten.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Carex viridis Spenn.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (660 publications) (from synonym Carex stellulata M.Bieb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (782 publications) (from synonym Carex vulpina Hohen.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Vignea altissima Schur)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex muricata subsp. muricata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex vulpina) (from synonym Carex vulpina Hohen.)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex viridis Spenn.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pairae subsp. borealis Hyl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex divulsa subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) K.Richt.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) Nyman)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muricata var. alpina Gaudin)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pairae var. javanica Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex serotina Ten.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex tergestina Hoppe ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina Hohen.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex stellulata M.Bieb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex tenuissima Schur)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea altissima Schur)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea tenuissima Schur)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex astracanica Willd. ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex intermedia Retz.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex orsiniana Ten.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex tergestina Hoppe ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex orsiniana Ten.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex intermedia Retz.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex astracanica Willd. ex Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea altissima Schur)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea tenuissima Schur)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex viridis Spenn.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex tenuissima Schur)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex stellulata M.Bieb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina Hohen.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex serotina Ten.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. gracilis Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. lamprocarpa Wallr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pairae var. javanica Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pairae subsp. borealis Hyl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. alpina Gaudin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) Nyman)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex divulsa subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) K.Richt.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Soják)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa ÄŒelak. BM001067011 type 1) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa ÄŒelak. BM001067012 type 1) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa ÄŒelak. BM001067013 type 1) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa ÄŒelak. BM001067014 type 1) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex orsiniana Ten.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex tergestina Hoppe ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex astracanica Willd. ex Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Carex tenuissima Schur)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (298 publications) (from synonym Carex intermedia Retz.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Carex serotina Ten.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Carex viridis Spenn.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (660 publications) (from synonym Carex stellulata M.Bieb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (782 publications) (from synonym Carex vulpina Hohen.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Vignea altissima Schur)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex muricata subsp. muricata)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex vulpina) (from synonym Carex vulpina Hohen.)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex viridis Spenn.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pairae subsp. borealis Hyl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex divulsa subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) K.Richt.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) Nyman)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muricata var. alpina Gaudin)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pairae var. javanica Nelmes)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex serotina Ten.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex tergestina Hoppe ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpina Hohen.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex stellulata M.Bieb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex tenuissima Schur)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea altissima Schur)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea tenuissima Schur)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex astracanica Willd. ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex intermedia Retz.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex orsiniana Ten.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex tergestina Hoppe ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex orsiniana Ten.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex intermedia Retz.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex astracanica Willd. ex Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea altissima Schur)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea tenuissima Schur)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex viridis Spenn.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex tenuissima Schur)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex stellulata M.Bieb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpina Hohen.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex serotina Ten.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. gracilis Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. lamprocarpa Wallr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pairae var. javanica Nelmes)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pairae subsp. borealis Hyl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. alpina Gaudin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) Nyman)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex divulsa subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) K.Richt.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Soják)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa ÄŒelak. BM001067011 type 1) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa ÄŒelak. BM001067012 type 1) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa ÄŒelak. BM001067013 type 1) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa ÄŒelak. BM001067014 type 1) (from synonym Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Čelak.)
