Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex cusickii Mack.
1676766 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676766)
accepted
Species
Carex obovoidea Cronquist · unaccepted
terrestrial
Piper, C. (1915). Flora of the Northwest Coast Including the Areas West of the Cascade Mountains Forty-ninth Parallel South to the Calapooia Mountains on the South Border of Lane County, Oregon. , available online at https://archive.org/details/cu31924001318322
page(s): 72 [details]
page(s): 72 [details]
Holotype MO 357126, geounit Colorado
Holotype MO 357126, geounit Colorado [details]
Description Culms 3–130 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially red dotted and usually copper colored at mouth, concave at mouth, prolonged...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Fl. N.W. Coast 72 1915 to Piper & Beattie, Fl. N. W. Coast 72...
Description Culms 3–130 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially red dotted and usually copper colored at mouth, concave at mouth, prolonged 1–4(–6) mm beyond base of blade; ligules 4.1–13.7 mm; foliage leaf blades 10–90 cm × 2.5–5(–6) mm. Inflorescences bisexual or, occasionally, nearly or wholly unisexual, flexuous and interrupted, proximal 0–5 branches (or spikes) often separated, decompound, (2–)3–8 × 1–2 cm; basal branch (when present) with 5–21 spikes (or ca. 40 spikes in very condensed inflorescences); proximal internode 4–12 mm. Pistillate scales straw colored or reddish brown, 2.5–3.4 × 1.5–2.1 mm, as wide as and equaling perigynia. Perigynia spreading, straw colored to light or dark brown, strongly 7–11-veined abaxially, with median lengthwise groove near base, with or without membranous flap toward apex, lance-ovate (body widely ovate to oblate) in outline, plano- to biconvex, 2.4–3 × 1.3–1.8 mm, shiny; beak 1–1.3 mm. Achenes broadly ellipsoid to broadly trullate-ovate or obovate in outline, 1.4–1.6 × 0.7–1.1 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Fl. N.W. Coast 72 1915 to Piper & Beattie, Fl. N. W. Coast 72...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Fl. N.W. Coast 72 1915 to Piper & Beattie, Fl. N. W. Coast 72 (1915). , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex cusickii Mack.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676766 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Piper, C. (1915). Flora of the Northwest Coast Including the Areas West of the Cascade Mountains Forty-ninth Parallel South to the Calapooia Mountains on the South Border of Lane County, Oregon. , available online at https://archive.org/details/cu31924001318322
page(s): 72 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 72 [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 MO 357126, geounit Colorado [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms 3–130 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially red dotted and usually copper colored at mouth, concave at mouth, prolonged 1–4(–6) mm beyond base of blade; ligules 4.1–13.7 mm; foliage leaf blades 10–90 cm × 2.5–5(–6) mm. Inflorescences bisexual or, occasionally, nearly or wholly unisexual, flexuous and interrupted, proximal 0–5 branches (or spikes) often separated, decompound, (2–)3–8 × 1–2 cm; basal branch (when present) with 5–21 spikes (or ca. 40 spikes in very condensed inflorescences); proximal internode 4–12 mm. Pistillate scales straw colored or reddish brown, 2.5–3.4 × 1.5–2.1 mm, as wide as and equaling perigynia. Perigynia spreading, straw colored to light or dark brown, strongly 7–11-veined abaxially, with median lengthwise groove near base, with or without membranous flap toward apex, lance-ovate (body widely ovate to oblate) in outline, plano- to biconvex, 2.4–3 × 1.3–1.8 mm, shiny; beak 1–1.3 mm. Achenes broadly ellipsoid to broadly trullate-ovate or obovate in outline, 1.4–1.6 × 0.7–1.1 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Fl. N.W. Coast 72 1915 to Piper & Beattie, Fl. N. W. Coast 72 (1915). , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex obovoidea Cronquist)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex cusickii)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex obovoidea Cronquist)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex obovoidea Cronquist)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex cusickii)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex obovoidea Cronquist)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex obovoidea Cronquist)
To Plants of the World Online
