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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex communis L.H.Bailey

To Genève Herbarium (Carex communis G00191520 type 1)
To Genève Herbarium (Carex communis G00191520 type 1)

1676687  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676687)

  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. Acrocystis (Section)
  15. Carex communis (Species)
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Bailey, L. H. (1889). Notes on Carex. 11. Studies of the types of the various species of the genus Carex. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1: 1-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31679539#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 41 [details] 
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes ascending, reddish brown to purplish brown, 0–3 mm, stout or absent. Culms 20–60 cm,...  
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes ascending, reddish brown to purplish brown, 0–3 mm, stout or absent. Culms 20–60 cm, scabrous distally; bases (remnants of old leaves) slightly or not fibrous. Leaf blades green, 1.8–5 mm wide, widest leaves 3+ mm wide, herbaceous, papillose to scabrous abaxially, papillose to scabrous adaxially. Inflorescences usually with both staminate and pistillate spikes, rarely only pistillate; peduncle of staminate spike 0.7–9.7 mm; proximal nonbasal bracts leaflike, usually shorter than inflorescences. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 2–3 (basal spike 0); cauline spikes usually clearly separated, with 3–10 perigynia; staminate spikes 3.1–15.5 × 1–2.5 mm. Scales: pistillate scales pale brown to dark reddish brown, often with broad white margins, ovate to lanceolate, 2.5–4.8 × 1.2–2 mm, shorter than to exceeding perigynia, apex obtuse to acuminate or short-awned; staminate scales elliptic to obovate, 3.1–5.2 × 0.7–2.2 mm, apex obtuse to acuminate or short-aristate. Anthers 1.8–3 mm. Perigynia pale green, veinless, globose to obovoid, 2.7–3.8 × 1.2–2.6 mm, as long as wide; beak usually straight, occasionally slightly bent, pale green, 0.5–2.3 mm, weakly ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.1–0.5 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes pale brown, globose to obovoid, round to obtusely trigonous in cross section, 1.4–2.3 × 1–1.4 mm. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 41 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 41...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 41 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 41 (1889), 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 communis L.H.Bailey. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676687 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature

original description Bailey, L. H. (1889). Notes on Carex. 11. Studies of the types of the various species of the genus Carex. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1: 1-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31679539#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 41 [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 
   

Syntype G 00191520, geounit New York [details]
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Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes ascending, reddish brown to purplish brown, 0–3 mm, stout or absent. Culms 20–60 cm, scabrous distally; bases (remnants of old leaves) slightly or not fibrous. Leaf blades green, 1.8–5 mm wide, widest leaves 3+ mm wide, herbaceous, papillose to scabrous abaxially, papillose to scabrous adaxially. Inflorescences usually with both staminate and pistillate spikes, rarely only pistillate; peduncle of staminate spike 0.7–9.7 mm; proximal nonbasal bracts leaflike, usually shorter than inflorescences. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 2–3 (basal spike 0); cauline spikes usually clearly separated, with 3–10 perigynia; staminate spikes 3.1–15.5 × 1–2.5 mm. Scales: pistillate scales pale brown to dark reddish brown, often with broad white margins, ovate to lanceolate, 2.5–4.8 × 1.2–2 mm, shorter than to exceeding perigynia, apex obtuse to acuminate or short-awned; staminate scales elliptic to obovate, 3.1–5.2 × 0.7–2.2 mm, apex obtuse to acuminate or short-aristate. Anthers 1.8–3 mm. Perigynia pale green, veinless, globose to obovoid, 2.7–3.8 × 1.2–2.6 mm, as long as wide; beak usually straight, occasionally slightly bent, pale green, 0.5–2.3 mm, weakly ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.1–0.5 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes pale brown, globose to obovoid, round to obtusely trigonous in cross section, 1.4–2.3 × 1–1.4 mm. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 41 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 41 (1889), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (156 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex communis) 
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 13 proteins) 
To Genève Herbarium (Carex communis G00191520 type 1) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_communis_NY11040_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_communis_NY11041_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_communis_NY11042_type_1) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex communis E00976657 possible type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex communis E00976658 possible type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex communis E00976659 possible type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex communis E00976662 possible type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex communis E00976663 possible type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex communis E00976667 possible type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex communis E00976668 possible type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex communis K000907837 type 1) 
To US Herbarium (Carex communis US29677 type 1) 
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