Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex mildbraediana Kük.

First published in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 767 (1909)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. DR Congo to SW. Rwanda and NW. Burundi. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/111318948/111318951

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: threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

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

Type
Type: Rwanda, [Rukarara] (Lukarara), Rugege Forest, Mildbraed 966 (B†, holo.; K!, fragment)
Morphology General Habit
Tufted perennial 0.3–1.7 m tall with woody rhizome
Morphology Leaves
Leaves up to as long as the stems, 4–9(–16) mm wide.
Morphology Leaves Leaf sheaths
Lower sheaths purplish
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences panicles up to 30 cm long with 15–25 dark brown spikes, the lower single or paired. Upper all or half male with female flowers at base, 4–7 cm long, 7–9 mm wide.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Lower peduncles 5–7 cm long, upper short.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes dark brown with narrow pale midrib, lanceolate, 4–5.5 mm long, glabrous, shortly aristate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Utricles speckled, (3–)3.5–5 mm long including (0.3–)0.5–1 mm long beak which is obliquely truncate with small erect teeth, not conspicuously two-toothed.
Ecology
No data; 3000 m
Distribution
Range: Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda Flora districts: U2
[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

    • 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 2026. 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 2026. 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