Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex hitchcockiana Dewey
1676407 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676407)
accepted
Species
Carex hitchcockiana var. triflora Peck · unaccepted
Carex hitchcockii Eaton · unaccepted
Carex oligocarpa var. hitchcockiana Kük. · unaccepted
Loxotrema hitchcockiana (Dewey) Raf. · unaccepted
- Variety Carex hitchcockiana var. triflora Peck accepted as Carex hitchcockiana Dewey
terrestrial
Dewey, C. (1826). Caricography. <em>The American journal of science and arts.</em> 10: 265-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15902535#page/279/mode/1up
page(s): 274 [details]
page(s): 274 [details]
Holotype GH 00056887, geounit Wyoming
Holotype GH 00056887, geounit Wyoming [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizome internodes 1.8–2.5 mm thick. Culms yellow-brown to dark brown at base, 15–60 cm....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 274 1826 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 274 (1826),...
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizome internodes 1.8–2.5 mm thick. Culms yellow-brown to dark brown at base, 15–60 cm. Leaves: sheaths hispidulous; blades green, widest blades (3–)3.4–5.4(–6.5) mm wide, glabrous abaxially or sparsely hispidulous on midrib. Inflorescences 0.19–0.48 of culm height; peduncles of lateral spikes smooth or barely scaberulous; peduncles of terminal spikes (4.2–)7.5–37(–43) mm, much exceeding lateral spikes; proximal bract with sheath tight, abaxially scabrous, sheath front apex convex, elongated (0.6–)1.6–4.9(–6.6) mm beyond apex; ligules 3.3–5 mm; distal bract usually much exceeding terminal spike. Spikes 3–5, separate or distal 2–4 spikes overlapping; lateral spikes pistillate, with 2–7 perigynia, 6–29 × 3.8–6.8 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number = 3.5–4.8; longest terminal spikes 14–34(–42) × 1.3–3(–3.5) mm. Pistillate scales (4.1–)5.6–9.4(–11.6) × 1.6–2.6(–3.3) mm, margins whitish, denticulate, apex with awn 1.1–6.8 mm. Staminate scales 5.2–6.9 × 1.5–1.7 mm. Anthers 3.4–4.2 mm. Perigynia distichously imbricate, 52–59-veined, unwrinkled, obovoid or narrowly obovoid, obtusely triangular in cross section, (4.5–)4.6–5.6(–6.2) × 1.9–2.2(–2.3) mm, (2.1–)2.3–2.8(–3) times as long as wide, dull, base gradually tapered, apex abruptly contracted; beak excurved, (0.5–)0.8–1.3 mm. Achenes obovoid-ellipsoid, 3.2–3.9(–4.2) × (1.6–)1.8–2.1 mm, tightly enveloped by perigynia; stipe bent 45–70°, 0.4–0.6 mm; beak bent more than 90°, 0.3–0.5 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 274 1826 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 274 (1826),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 274 1826 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 274 (1826), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex hitchcockiana Dewey. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676407 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Dewey, C. (1826). Caricography. <em>The American journal of science and arts.</em> 10: 265-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15902535#page/279/mode/1up
page(s): 274 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 274 [details]
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
Holotype GH 00056887, geounit Wyoming [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizome internodes 1.8–2.5 mm thick. Culms yellow-brown to dark brown at base, 15–60 cm. Leaves: sheaths hispidulous; blades green, widest blades (3–)3.4–5.4(–6.5) mm wide, glabrous abaxially or sparsely hispidulous on midrib. Inflorescences 0.19–0.48 of culm height; peduncles of lateral spikes smooth or barely scaberulous; peduncles of terminal spikes (4.2–)7.5–37(–43) mm, much exceeding lateral spikes; proximal bract with sheath tight, abaxially scabrous, sheath front apex convex, elongated (0.6–)1.6–4.9(–6.6) mm beyond apex; ligules 3.3–5 mm; distal bract usually much exceeding terminal spike. Spikes 3–5, separate or distal 2–4 spikes overlapping; lateral spikes pistillate, with 2–7 perigynia, 6–29 × 3.8–6.8 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number = 3.5–4.8; longest terminal spikes 14–34(–42) × 1.3–3(–3.5) mm. Pistillate scales (4.1–)5.6–9.4(–11.6) × 1.6–2.6(–3.3) mm, margins whitish, denticulate, apex with awn 1.1–6.8 mm. Staminate scales 5.2–6.9 × 1.5–1.7 mm. Anthers 3.4–4.2 mm. Perigynia distichously imbricate, 52–59-veined, unwrinkled, obovoid or narrowly obovoid, obtusely triangular in cross section, (4.5–)4.6–5.6(–6.2) × 1.9–2.2(–2.3) mm, (2.1–)2.3–2.8(–3) times as long as wide, dull, base gradually tapered, apex abruptly contracted; beak excurved, (0.5–)0.8–1.3 mm. Achenes obovoid-ellipsoid, 3.2–3.9(–4.2) × (1.6–)1.8–2.1 mm, tightly enveloped by perigynia; stipe bent 45–70°, 0.4–0.6 mm; beak bent more than 90°, 0.3–0.5 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 274 1826 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 274 (1826), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex hitchcockii Eaton)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex hitchcockiana)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Loxotrema hitchcockiana (Dewey) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hitchcockiana var. triflora Peck)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hitchcockii Eaton)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex oligocarpa var. hitchcockiana Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex oligocarpa var. hitchcockiana (Dewey) Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hitchcockiana var. triflora Peck)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hitchcockii Eaton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Loxotrema hitchcockiana (Dewey) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex oligocarpa var. hitchcockiana Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex hitchcockiana)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Loxotrema hitchcockiana (Dewey) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hitchcockiana var. triflora Peck)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hitchcockii Eaton)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex oligocarpa var. hitchcockiana Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex oligocarpa var. hitchcockiana (Dewey) Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hitchcockiana var. triflora Peck)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hitchcockii Eaton)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Loxotrema hitchcockiana (Dewey) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex oligocarpa var. hitchcockiana Kük.)
