Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex xerantica L.H.Bailey
1677401 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677401)
accepted
Species
Carex foenea var. xerantica (L.H.Bailey) Kük. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Bailey, L. H. (1892). Notes on Carex XVI. <em>Botanical Gazette.</em> 17: 148-154., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29219516#page/169/mode/1up
page(s): 151 [details]
page(s): 151 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 15–70 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped, occasionally shortly...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Gaz. 17: 151 1892 to Bot. Gaz. 17: 151 (1892), information...
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 15–70 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped, occasionally shortly prolonged beyond collar; distal ligules 0.8–1 mm; blades 3–5 per fertile culm, often folded, 3.5–20 cm × 1–3 mm. Inflorescences stiffly erect, open or spikes loosely aggregate, if open, sometimes arching, whitish to pale brown, 1.5–5 cm × 5–10 mm; proximal internode 5–10 mm; 2d internode 4–8 mm; proximal bracts scalelike to bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes 3–5, distant, distinct, ovoid-ellipsoid, 7–14 × 3–8 mm, base tapered to attenuate, apex acute. Pistillate scales whitish to yellowish, with 1-veined, green to gold midstripe, or white almost throughout at maturity, ovate, 4.4–6 mm, longer and as wide as and concealing perigynia, margin hyaline, 0.3–0.7 mm wide, apex acute. Perigynia essentially erect, pale yellowish brown, often with green beak, 8–10-veined abaxially, veinless or indistinctly 8–10-veined adaxially, ovate to broadly ovate, plano-convex or thickly concavo-convex, 3.8–4.8 × 1.4–2.2 mm, 0.5–0.6 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.2–0.4 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least on distal body; beak white-hyaline at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate to the bidentate apex, abaxial suture inconspicuous or white-hyaline, distance from beak tip to achene 1.4–2.2 mm. Achenes ovate-oblong, 1.7–2.1 × 1.2–1.4 mm, 0.5–0.6 mm thick. 2n = 68. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Gaz. 17: 151 1892 to Bot. Gaz. 17: 151 (1892), information...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Gaz. 17: 151 1892 to Bot. Gaz. 17: 151 (1892), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in T [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex xerantica L.H.Bailey. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677401 on 2025-09-12
Date
action
by
2024-12-10 11:47:54Z
unchecked
db_admin
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Bailey, L. H. (1892). Notes on Carex XVI. <em>Botanical Gazette.</em> 17: 148-154., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29219516#page/169/mode/1up
page(s): 151 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 151 [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
Isotype NY 00231126, geounit Canada [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 15–70 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped, occasionally shortly prolonged beyond collar; distal ligules 0.8–1 mm; blades 3–5 per fertile culm, often folded, 3.5–20 cm × 1–3 mm. Inflorescences stiffly erect, open or spikes loosely aggregate, if open, sometimes arching, whitish to pale brown, 1.5–5 cm × 5–10 mm; proximal internode 5–10 mm; 2d internode 4–8 mm; proximal bracts scalelike to bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes 3–5, distant, distinct, ovoid-ellipsoid, 7–14 × 3–8 mm, base tapered to attenuate, apex acute. Pistillate scales whitish to yellowish, with 1-veined, green to gold midstripe, or white almost throughout at maturity, ovate, 4.4–6 mm, longer and as wide as and concealing perigynia, margin hyaline, 0.3–0.7 mm wide, apex acute. Perigynia essentially erect, pale yellowish brown, often with green beak, 8–10-veined abaxially, veinless or indistinctly 8–10-veined adaxially, ovate to broadly ovate, plano-convex or thickly concavo-convex, 3.8–4.8 × 1.4–2.2 mm, 0.5–0.6 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.2–0.4 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least on distal body; beak white-hyaline at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate to the bidentate apex, abaxial suture inconspicuous or white-hyaline, distance from beak tip to achene 1.4–2.2 mm. Achenes ovate-oblong, 1.7–2.1 × 1.2–1.4 mm, 0.5–0.6 mm thick. 2n = 68. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bot. Gaz. 17: 151 1892 to Bot. Gaz. 17: 151 (1892), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in T [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex xerantica)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex foenea var. xerantica (L.H.Bailey) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex foenea var. xerantica (L.H.Bailey) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex xerantica)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex foenea var. xerantica (L.H.Bailey) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex foenea var. xerantica (L.H.Bailey) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
