Cyperaceae name details
Carex divulsa subsp. divulsa
1704204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1704204)
unaccepted
Subspecies
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Rhizomes short; shoots in ± dense tufts 10–20 cm across; roots thick, grey brown; scales dark brown with black veins,...
Description Inflorescencia (4,5)8–17 cm, con las espigas separadas a lo largo de la parte final del tallo. Utrículos...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0
Description Rhizomes short; shoots in ± dense tufts 10–20 cm across; roots thick, grey brown; scales dark brown with black veins, soon becoming fibrous. Stems 25–75 cm, slender, trigonous, striate, often drooping. Leaves up to 75 cm × 2–3 mm, flat or channelled, flaccid, gradually tapered to a fine, flat apex, grey, the upper face yellowish-green when young, bronze- or grey-green and usually very glossy when mature, often overwintering; hypostomous; sheaths forming false stems in sterile shoots, lower pale brown, ribbed; inner face hyaline; apex straight or ± concave; ligule c. 2 mm, obtuse, with free tissue hyaline, c. 0.3 mm wide. Inflorescence 6–18 cm; lower bracts setaceous, 2–3 cm, sometimes much longer, upper glumaceous. Spikes 5–8, the upper contiguous, unbranched, ovoid, 3–8 mm, with 4–10 florets, all female (or male in late-season specimens), the lower distant from each other by 2 cm or more, 5–15 mm, often branched, male at top and female below, then with fewer utricles. Male glumes 3.5–4 mm, lanceolate, ± hyaline; apex acute. Female glumes 3–3.5 mm, ovate-elliptic, ± hyaline or pale brown with hyaline margins and green midrib; apex acute, often attenuate. Utricles 3.5–4(–4.5) mm, ± erect or appressed to stem axis, ellipsoid to diamond-shaped (i.e. tapered and ± straight-sided), faintly nerved at base, shiny, pale yellow or whitish-green, turning dull greyish-black; beak c. 1 mm, rough, split; stigmas 2; nut obovoid, biconvex.
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Description Inflorescencia (4,5)8–17 cm, con las espigas separadas a lo largo de la parte final del tallo. Utrículos...
Description Inflorescencia (4,5)8–17 cm, con las espigas separadas a lo largo de la parte final del tallo. Utrículos (3,2)3,5–4(4,5) mm, generalmente suberectos o erectopatentes. Aquenios de contorno anchamente elíptico u orbicular. 2n = 56, 58. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex divulsa subsp. divulsa Stokes. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1704204 on 2026-05-29
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Nomenclature
basis of record
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet., available online at http://www.theplantlist.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]
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Description Rhizomes short; shoots in ± dense tufts 10–20 cm across; roots thick, grey brown; scales dark brown with black veins, soon becoming fibrous. Stems 25–75 cm, slender, trigonous, striate, often drooping. Leaves up to 75 cm × 2–3 mm, flat or channelled, flaccid, gradually tapered to a fine, flat apex, grey, the upper face yellowish-green when young, bronze- or grey-green and usually very glossy when mature, often overwintering; hypostomous; sheaths forming false stems in sterile shoots, lower pale brown, ribbed; inner face hyaline; apex straight or ± concave; ligule c. 2 mm, obtuse, with free tissue hyaline, c. 0.3 mm wide. Inflorescence 6–18 cm; lower bracts setaceous, 2–3 cm, sometimes much longer, upper glumaceous. Spikes 5–8, the upper contiguous, unbranched, ovoid, 3–8 mm, with 4–10 florets, all female (or male in late-season specimens), the lower distant from each other by 2 cm or more, 5–15 mm, often branched, male at top and female below, then with fewer utricles. Male glumes 3.5–4 mm, lanceolate, ± hyaline; apex acute. Female glumes 3–3.5 mm, ovate-elliptic, ± hyaline or pale brown with hyaline margins and green midrib; apex acute, often attenuate. Utricles 3.5–4(–4.5) mm, ± erect or appressed to stem axis, ellipsoid to diamond-shaped (i.e. tapered and ± straight-sided), faintly nerved at base, shiny, pale yellow or whitish-green, turning dull greyish-black; beak c. 1 mm, rough, split; stigmas 2; nut obovoid, biconvex.[details]
Description Inflorescencia (4,5)8–17 cm, con las espigas separadas a lo largo de la parte final del tallo. Utrículos (3,2)3,5–4(4,5) mm, generalmente suberectos o erectopatentes. Aquenios de contorno anchamente elíptico u orbicular. 2n = 56, 58. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: tro More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0 [details]
Translation Inflorescence (4.5)8–17 cm, with the spikes spaced along the distal part of the stem. Utricles (3.2)3.5–4(4.5) mm, generally suberect or spreading-erect. Achenes broadly elliptic or orbicular in outline. 2n = 56, 58. [details]
