Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex bequaertii De Wild.

First published in Pl. Bequaert. 4: 246 (1927)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/185227/84255752

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Cyperaceae, K Hoenselaar, B. Verdcourt & H. Beentje. Hypolytrum, D Simpson. Fuirena, M Muasya. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2010

Type
Type: Congo-Kinshasa, Ruwenzori, Lanuri Valley, Bequaert 4677 (BR, holo.)
Morphology General Habit
A stout perennial with stems 0.6–2 m tall and short curved stolons, 2–5 cm long, 1 cm thick covered with hard shiny greyish scales
Morphology Leaves
Leaf sheaths 15–20 cm long with distinct rim-like ligule Leaf-blades up to 70–80 cm long, 1.2–1.5 cm wide, flat or slightly plicate, glabrous but minutely papillate, margins scabrid above.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence of 6–9 long and usually pendulous dark brown spikes born singly at the nodes and often widely spaced. Spikes 4–22 cm long, 7–10 mm wide (always some over 8 cm long) Upper inflorescence bracts 5–15 mm long, the lower leafy.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peducles up to 15(–25) cm long; all spikes similar with few male flowers scattered amongst the predominantly female or upper spikes male and lower female.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes brown with distinctly paler midrib, lanceolate-triangular, 4–9 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Utricles green, yellowish brown or brown, with dark brown or reddish dots at maturity, ovoid, 3–4 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, with or without a short stalk-like base; beak very short, 0.5 mm long, glabrous, truncate or with short erect lobes not strongly bifid; utricle with 1 rib on one side and ± 3 on the other.
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0