Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex frankii Kunth
1677754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677754)
accepted
Species
Carex shortii Steud. · unaccepted
Carex stenolepis Torr. · unaccepted
Carex stenolepis f. gracilior Kük. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Kunth, C. S. (1837). Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Vol 2. Cyperographia synoptica sive enumeratio Cyperacearum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Stuttgart: Germany., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7428301#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 498 [details]
page(s): 498 [details]
Holotype P 00314879, geounit Ohio
Holotype P 00314879, geounit Ohio [details]
Description Plants cespitose, short-rhizomatous. Culms 18–80 cm. Leaves 2.5–11.5 mm wide, sparingly scabrous. Spikes 3–7(–9),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 498. 1837 [1-6 May 1837] to Enum. Pl. 2: 498...
Description Plants cespitose, short-rhizomatous. Culms 18–80 cm. Leaves 2.5–11.5 mm wide, sparingly scabrous. Spikes 3–7(–9), erect; lateral spikes pistillate with few staminate flowers at base and rarely also at apex, narrowly elliptic, 12–50 × 7–13 mm; terminal spike usually staminate, sometimes gynecandrous, pistillate, or abortive, 6–45 × 2–6 mm. Pistillate scales narrow, with indistinct body, 3.6–9(–11) × 0.1–0.4 mm, apex with long, scabrous awn exceeding perigynium. Staminate scales loosely to irregularly imbricate with tips spreading, linear, 4.3–15 × 0.3–0.8 mm, apex with long, scabrous awn. Perigynia horizontal, 3.5–6 × 1.4–2.6 mm, minutely pustulate; beak 1.3–2.2 mm, smooth. Achenes obovoid, sides strongly concave, 1.4–2.1 × 1–1.4 mm, less than 2 times as long as wide; style deciduous, straight or sinuous. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 498. 1837 [1-6 May 1837] to Enum. Pl. 2: 498...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 498. 1837 [1-6 May 1837] to Enum. Pl. 2: 498 (1837), 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 frankii Kunth. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677754 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Kunth, C. S. (1837). Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Vol 2. Cyperographia synoptica sive enumeratio Cyperacearum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Stuttgart: Germany., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7428301#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 498 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 498 [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 P 00314879, geounit Ohio [details]
Isotype (of Carex stenolepis Torr.) P 00314858, geounit Kentucky [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants cespitose, short-rhizomatous. Culms 18–80 cm. Leaves 2.5–11.5 mm wide, sparingly scabrous. Spikes 3–7(–9), erect; lateral spikes pistillate with few staminate flowers at base and rarely also at apex, narrowly elliptic, 12–50 × 7–13 mm; terminal spike usually staminate, sometimes gynecandrous, pistillate, or abortive, 6–45 × 2–6 mm. Pistillate scales narrow, with indistinct body, 3.6–9(–11) × 0.1–0.4 mm, apex with long, scabrous awn exceeding perigynium. Staminate scales loosely to irregularly imbricate with tips spreading, linear, 4.3–15 × 0.3–0.8 mm, apex with long, scabrous awn. Perigynia horizontal, 3.5–6 × 1.4–2.6 mm, minutely pustulate; beak 1.3–2.2 mm, smooth. Achenes obovoid, sides strongly concave, 1.4–2.1 × 1–1.4 mm, less than 2 times as long as wide; style deciduous, straight or sinuous. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 498. 1837 [1-6 May 1837] to Enum. Pl. 2: 498 (1837), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex shortii Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications) (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex frankii)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex shortii Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex stenolepis f. gracilior Kük.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_stenolepis_NY11340_type_1) (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_stenolepis_NY11341_type_1) (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_stenolepis_NY11342_type_1) (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex stenolepis f. gracilior Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex shortii Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (79 publications) (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex frankii)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex shortii Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex stenolepis f. gracilior Kük.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_stenolepis_NY11340_type_1) (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_stenolepis_NY11341_type_1) (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_stenolepis_NY11342_type_1) (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex stenolepis f. gracilior Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex shortii Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex stenolepis Torr.)
