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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex membranacea Hook.

To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex physochlaena Holm F755322 isolectotype 1)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex physochlaena Holm F755322 isolectotype 1)

1676245  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676245)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cariceae (Tribe)
  12. Carex (Genus)
  13. Carex subg. Carex (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. HirtaClade (Section)
  15. Carex membranacea (Species)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
(1827). App. Parry J. Sec. Voy.
page(s): 406 [details] 
Lectotype  (of Carex physochlaena Holm) NY 00011277,...  
Lectotype (of Carex physochlaena Holm) NY 00011277, geounit Yukon [details]
Description Plants cespitose; rhizomes long, lax. Culms trigonous in cross section, 13–55 cm, scabrous distally. Leaves: basal sheaths...  
Description Plants cespitose; rhizomes long, lax. Culms trigonous in cross section, 13–55 cm, scabrous distally. Leaves: basal sheaths reddish brown; ligules shorter than wide; blades mid to dark green, V-shaped, 2.5–5(–6.2) mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescences 2.5–10(–13) cm; proximal bract 0.6–19 cm, shorter than or equaling inflorescence; proximal 1–3 spikes pistillate, erect; terminal 1–3 spikes staminate. Pistillate scales ovate, 2.2–4.5 × 1–1.7 mm, as long as or shorter than perigynia, margins entire, apex obtuse or acute, awnless. Perigynia spreading or reflexed, often dark-colored, obscurely few-veined, veins not running into beak, elliptic, 2.2–4.1 × 1.3–2.2 mm, abruptly contracted; beak 0.2–0.8 mm, obscurely bidentulate, smooth, teeth straight, to 0.3 mm. Achenes yellow, trigonous, smooth. Stigmas 3. 2n = 74, 76–80. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Brief Narrative Attempt Reach Repulse Bay 195 1824 publ. 1825 to...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Brief Narrative Attempt Reach Repulse Bay 195 1824 publ. 1825 to Brief Narrative Attempt Reach Repulse Bay : 195 (1824 publ. 1825), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details c [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex membranacea Hook.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676245 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature

original description (1827). App. Parry J. Sec. Voy.
page(s): 406 [details] 

original description (of Carex physochlaena Holm) Holm, T. (1904). Studies in the Cyperaceae. XXI. New or little known species of Carex. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> s4-17(100): 301-317., available online at https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s4-17.100.301
page(s): 317 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Isolectotype (of Carex physochlaena Holm) F 0045425, geounit Yukon [details]
Isolectotype (of Carex physochlaena Holm) MO 357131, geounit Yukon [details]
Isolectotype MO 357131, geounit Alaska [details]
Lectotype (of Carex physochlaena Holm) NY 00011277, geounit Yukon [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants cespitose; rhizomes long, lax. Culms trigonous in cross section, 13–55 cm, scabrous distally. Leaves: basal sheaths reddish brown; ligules shorter than wide; blades mid to dark green, V-shaped, 2.5–5(–6.2) mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescences 2.5–10(–13) cm; proximal bract 0.6–19 cm, shorter than or equaling inflorescence; proximal 1–3 spikes pistillate, erect; terminal 1–3 spikes staminate. Pistillate scales ovate, 2.2–4.5 × 1–1.7 mm, as long as or shorter than perigynia, margins entire, apex obtuse or acute, awnless. Perigynia spreading or reflexed, often dark-colored, obscurely few-veined, veins not running into beak, elliptic, 2.2–4.1 × 1.3–2.2 mm, abruptly contracted; beak 0.2–0.8 mm, obscurely bidentulate, smooth, teeth straight, to 0.3 mm. Achenes yellow, trigonous, smooth. Stigmas 3. 2n = 74, 76–80. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Brief Narrative Attempt Reach Repulse Bay 195 1824 publ. 1825 to Brief Narrative Attempt Reach Repulse Bay : 195 (1824 publ. 1825), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details c [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Carex membranopacta L.H.Bailey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Carex physochlaena Holm)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications) (from synonym Carex compacta R.Br.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex membranacea) 
To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex physochlaena Holm F755322 isolectotype 1) (from synonym Carex physochlaena Holm)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex rotundata var. compacta (R.Br.) B.Boivin)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vesicaria var. compacta (R.Br.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex compacta R.Br.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex membranopacta L.H.Bailey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex physochlaena Holm)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_compacta_NY79839_lectotype_1) (from synonym Carex compacta R.Br.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_physochlaena_NY11277_lectotype_1) (from synonym Carex physochlaena Holm)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_physochlaena_NY11278_type_1) (from synonym Carex physochlaena Holm)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_physochlaena_NY11279_type_1) (from synonym Carex physochlaena Holm)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vesicaria var. compacta Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex rotundata var. compacta (R.Br.) B.Boivin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex membranopacta L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex compacta R.Br.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex physochlaena Holm)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex membranacea K001067591 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex membranacea K001079116 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex membranacea K001079144 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex membranacea Hook. BM001042062 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex membranacea Hook. BM001042063 type 1) 
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex membranacea Hook. BM001042064 type 1) 
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex vesicaria var. compacta (R.Br.) Kük.)
From editor or global species database
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