Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex comosa Boott
1676688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676688)
accepted
Species
Carex furcata Elliott · unaccepted
Carex pseudocyperus var. comosa (Boott) Boott · unaccepted
terrestrial
Boott, F. (1846). Caricis species novae vel minus cognatae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 20: 115-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2246149#page/151/mode/1up
page(s): 117 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
Description Plants densely to loosely cespitose; rhizomes short, no more than 10 cm. Culms trigonous in cross section, 50–120 cm,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 117. 1846 [1851 publ. 29 Aug 1846] to...
Description Plants densely to loosely cespitose; rhizomes short, no more than 10 cm. Culms trigonous in cross section, 50–120 cm, scabrous distally. Leaves: basal sheaths pale brown; ligules usually much longer than wide; blades mid to dark green, flat to W-shaped, 5–16 mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescences 4–35 cm; proximal bract 15–85 cm, much longer than inflorescence; proximal (2–)3–6 spikes pistillate, erect or the proximal pendent, cylindric, 12–18 mm thick; terminal staminate or, sometimes, gynaecandrous, androgynous, or mixed. Pistillate scales lanceolate-acuminate, 2.8–12 × 0.4–1 mm, all but the proximal shorter than perigynia, margins ciliate, apex tapering to long scabrous awn. Staminate scales scabrous-awned, sometimes ciliate-margined. Perigynia spreading to reflexed when mature, strongly 14–22-veined, most veins separated by less than 2 times their width, confluent at or proximal to mid beak, tightly investing achene, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, (4.8–)6.2–8.7 × 1.1–1.8 mm, leathery, apex gradually tapered; beak poorly defined, 2–3.8 mm, bidentate, teeth outcurved, 1.3–2.1(–2.8) mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes pale brown, trigonous, smooth. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 117. 1846 [1851 publ. 29 Aug 1846] to...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 117. 1846 [1851 publ. 29 Aug 1846] to Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 117 (1846), 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 comosa Boott. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676688 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Boott, F. (1846). Caricis species novae vel minus cognatae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 20: 115-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2246149#page/151/mode/1up
page(s): 117 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 117 [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 NY 00431893, geounit Kentucky [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely to loosely cespitose; rhizomes short, no more than 10 cm. Culms trigonous in cross section, 50–120 cm, scabrous distally. Leaves: basal sheaths pale brown; ligules usually much longer than wide; blades mid to dark green, flat to W-shaped, 5–16 mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescences 4–35 cm; proximal bract 15–85 cm, much longer than inflorescence; proximal (2–)3–6 spikes pistillate, erect or the proximal pendent, cylindric, 12–18 mm thick; terminal staminate or, sometimes, gynaecandrous, androgynous, or mixed. Pistillate scales lanceolate-acuminate, 2.8–12 × 0.4–1 mm, all but the proximal shorter than perigynia, margins ciliate, apex tapering to long scabrous awn. Staminate scales scabrous-awned, sometimes ciliate-margined. Perigynia spreading to reflexed when mature, strongly 14–22-veined, most veins separated by less than 2 times their width, confluent at or proximal to mid beak, tightly investing achene, narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, (4.8–)6.2–8.7 × 1.1–1.8 mm, leathery, apex gradually tapered; beak poorly defined, 2–3.8 mm, bidentate, teeth outcurved, 1.3–2.1(–2.8) mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes pale brown, trigonous, smooth. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 117. 1846 [1851 publ. 29 Aug 1846] to Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 117 (1846), 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 pseudocyperus var. comosa (Boott) Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Carex furcata Elliott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (293 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex comosa)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex furcata Elliott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pseudocyperus var. comosa (Boott) Boott)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_comosa_NY431893_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex furcata Elliott)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pseudocyperus var. comosa (Boott) Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Carex furcata Elliott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (293 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex comosa)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex furcata Elliott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pseudocyperus var. comosa (Boott) Boott)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_comosa_NY431893_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex furcata Elliott)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pseudocyperus var. comosa (Boott) Boott)
From editor or global species database
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