Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
1677376 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677376)
accepted
Species
Carex bracteosa Schwein. · unaccepted
Carex microsperma Wahlenb. · unaccepted
Carex microspherma Wahl · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Lapsus)
Carex moniezii Lagrange · unaccepted
Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott · unaccepted
Carex multiflora Muhl. ex Willd. · unaccepted
Carex multiflora var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey · unaccepted
Carex polymorpha Schwein. ex Boott · unaccepted
Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Boott · unaccepted
Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Dewey · unaccepted
Carex setacea Dewey · unaccepted
Carex vaginiformis Tuck. · unaccepted
Carex vulpiniformis Tuck. · unaccepted
Carex vulpinoidea f. segregata (Farw.) Raymond · unaccepted
Carex vulpinoidea f. vulpinoidea Michx. · unaccepted
Carex vulpinoidea var. glomerata Barratt · unaccepted
Carex vulpinoidea var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey · unaccepted
Carex vulpinoidea var. pycnocephala F.J.Herm. · unaccepted
Carex vulpinoidea var. segregata Farw. · unaccepted
Carex vulpinoidea var. setacea (Dewey) Kük. · unaccepted
Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea Michx. · unaccepted
Vignea multiflora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb. · unaccepted
Vignea setacea (Dewey) Raf. · unaccepted
Vignea vulpinoidea (Michx.) Soják · unaccepted
- Forma Carex vulpinoidea f. annectens (E.P.Bicknell) Kük. accepted as Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell
- Forma Carex vulpinoidea f. costata (L.H.Bailey) Kük. accepted as Carex densa (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Forma Carex vulpinoidea f. segregata (Farw.) Raymond accepted as Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
- Forma Carex vulpinoidea f. vulpinoidea Michx. accepted as Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. ambigua Barratt accepted as Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. annectens (E.P.Bicknell) Farw. accepted as Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. drummondiana Boeckeler accepted as Carex triangularis Boeckeler
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. glomerata Barratt accepted as Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey accepted as Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. platycarpa Olney accepted as Carex triangularis Boeckeler
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. pycnocephala F.J.Herm. accepted as Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. scabrior (Sartwell ex Dewey) Alph.Wood accepted as Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. segregata Farw. accepted as Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. setacea (Dewey) Kük. accepted as Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. triangularis (Boeckeler) Kük. accepted as Carex triangularis Boeckeler
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. vicaria (L.H.Bailey) Kük. accepted as Carex densa (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea Michx. accepted as Carex vulpinoidea Michx.
- Variety Carex vulpinoidea var. xanthocarpa Kük. accepted as Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell
terrestrial
Michaux, A. (1803). Flora boreali-americana. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/410840#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): 169 [details]
page(s): 169 [details]
Description Culms to 100 cm × 2 mm, scabrous. Leaves: sheath fronts spotted red-brown or pale brown, apex truncate or short-convex,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 169 1803 to Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 169 (1803),...
Description Culms to 100 cm × 2 mm, scabrous. Leaves: sheath fronts spotted red-brown or pale brown, apex truncate or short-convex, membranous or hyaline, rugose; ligule retuse or rounded, to 2 mm, free limb to 0.2 mm; blades 120 cm × 5 mm, longer than flowering stem. Inflorescences spicate, (3–)7–10 cm × 15 mm, with 10–15 branches, the proximal branches distinctly separate; the proximal internode to 25 mm; bracts setaceous, those subtending at least the proximal lateral branches conspicuous. Scales pale brown, hyaline, awn to 3 mm. Perigynia green to pale brown, veinless on both faces or 3-veined abaxially, body ovate or elliptic, 2–3.2 × 1.3–1.8 mm, base obtuse; beak 0.8–1.2 mm, 1/3–1/2 length of perigynium. Achenes red-brown, ovate, 1.2–1.4 × 1 mm, glossy. 2n = 52. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 169 1803 to Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 169 (1803),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 169 1803 to Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 169 (1803), 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 vulpinoidea Michx.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677376 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Michaux, A. (1803). Flora boreali-americana. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/410840#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): 169 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 169 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]




Isotype MO 1334372, geounit New York [details]
Syntype (of Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Dewey) LE 00010386, geounit New York [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms to 100 cm × 2 mm, scabrous. Leaves: sheath fronts spotted red-brown or pale brown, apex truncate or short-convex, membranous or hyaline, rugose; ligule retuse or rounded, to 2 mm, free limb to 0.2 mm; blades 120 cm × 5 mm, longer than flowering stem. Inflorescences spicate, (3–)7–10 cm × 15 mm, with 10–15 branches, the proximal branches distinctly separate; the proximal internode to 25 mm; bracts setaceous, those subtending at least the proximal lateral branches conspicuous. Scales pale brown, hyaline, awn to 3 mm. Perigynia green to pale brown, veinless on both faces or 3-veined abaxially, body ovate or elliptic, 2–3.2 × 1.3–1.8 mm, base obtuse; beak 0.8–1.2 mm, 1/3–1/2 length of perigynium. Achenes red-brown, ovate, 1.2–1.4 × 1 mm, glossy. 2n = 52. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 169 1803 to Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 169 (1803), 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 Vignea setacea (Dewey) Raf.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex multiflora var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. glomerata Barratt)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (116 publications) (from synonym Carex polymorpha Schwein. ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Carex microsperma Wahlenb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Vignea multiflora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex vulpiniformis Tuck.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Carex bracteosa Schwein.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (476 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Carex multiflora Muhl. ex Willd.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) (from synonym Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications) (from synonym Carex setacea Dewey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex bracteosa) (from synonym Carex bracteosa Schwein.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex polymorpha) (from synonym Carex polymorpha Schwein. ex Boott)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex vulpinoidea)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex microspherma Wahl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea multiflora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea setacea (Dewey) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex multiflora Muhl. ex Willd.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex moniezii Lagrange)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex microsperma Wahlenb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bracteosa Schwein.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea vulpinoidea (Michx.) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex polymorpha Schwein. ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex setacea Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vaginiformis Tuck.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpiniformis Tuck.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex multiflora var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. pycnocephala F.J.Herm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. setacea (Dewey) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. segregata Farw.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. scabrior (Sartwell ex Dewey) Alph.Wood)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. glomerata Barratt)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea f. segregata (Farw.) Raymond)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To LE Herbarium (Carex scabrior LE00010386 type 1) (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Boott)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_bracteosa_NY688238_type_1) (from synonym Carex bracteosa Schwein.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_setacea_NY11326_type_1) (from synonym Carex setacea Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpiniformis Tuck.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vaginiformis Tuck.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex setacea Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex polymorpha Schwein. ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. scabrior (Sartwell ex Dewey) Alph.Wood)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. segregata Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. glomerata Barratt)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. setacea (Dewey) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. pycnocephala F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex multiflora var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex microsperma Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex moniezii Lagrange)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bracteosa Schwein.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex multiflora Muhl. ex Willd.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea vulpinoidea (Michx.) Soják)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea multiflora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea setacea (Dewey) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea f. segregata (Farw.) Raymond)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex vulpinoidea K000960395 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex vulpinoidea Michx. BM001067015 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Dewey)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea Michx.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea f. vulpinoidea Michx.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex multiflora var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. glomerata Barratt)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (116 publications) (from synonym Carex polymorpha Schwein. ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Carex microsperma Wahlenb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Vignea multiflora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex vulpiniformis Tuck.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Carex bracteosa Schwein.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (476 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Carex multiflora Muhl. ex Willd.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (86 publications) (from synonym Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications) (from synonym Carex setacea Dewey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex bracteosa) (from synonym Carex bracteosa Schwein.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex polymorpha) (from synonym Carex polymorpha Schwein. ex Boott)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex vulpinoidea)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex microspherma Wahl)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea multiflora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea setacea (Dewey) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex multiflora Muhl. ex Willd.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex moniezii Lagrange)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex microsperma Wahlenb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bracteosa Schwein.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea vulpinoidea (Michx.) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex polymorpha Schwein. ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex setacea Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vaginiformis Tuck.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpiniformis Tuck.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex multiflora var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. pycnocephala F.J.Herm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. setacea (Dewey) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. segregata Farw.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. scabrior (Sartwell ex Dewey) Alph.Wood)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. glomerata Barratt)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea f. segregata (Farw.) Raymond)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To LE Herbarium (Carex scabrior LE00010386 type 1) (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Boott)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_bracteosa_NY688238_type_1) (from synonym Carex bracteosa Schwein.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_setacea_NY11326_type_1) (from synonym Carex setacea Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpiniformis Tuck.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vaginiformis Tuck.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex setacea Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex polymorpha Schwein. ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. scabrior (Sartwell ex Dewey) Alph.Wood)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. segregata Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. glomerata Barratt)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. setacea (Dewey) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. pycnocephala F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex multiflora var. microsperma (Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex microsperma Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex moniezii Lagrange)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bracteosa Schwein.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex multiflora Muhl. ex Willd.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea vulpinoidea (Michx.) Soják)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea multiflora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea setacea (Dewey) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea f. segregata (Farw.) Raymond)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex vulpinoidea K000960395 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex vulpinoidea Michx. BM001067015 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex scabrior Sartwell ex Dewey)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea var. vulpinoidea Michx.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex vulpinoidea f. vulpinoidea Michx.)