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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex picta Steud.

To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_picta_NY11280_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_picta_NY11280_type_1)

1677969  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677969)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cariceae (Tribe)
  12. Carex (Genus)
  13. Carex subg. Carex (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. Pictae (Section)
  15. Carex picta (Species)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Steudel, E.G. (1855). Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. Cyperaceae et familiae affines, Restiaceae, Eriocauloneae, Xyrideae, Desvauxieae, Junceae. Pars II, pp. 1-348. J.B. Metzler. Stuttgart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/348937, https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002755921/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 184 [details] OpenAccess publication
Description Culms 12–35 cm. Proximal leaf blades green, 25–40 cm × 2–4.5 mm, smooth abaxially, scabrid adaxially. Inflorescences...  
Description Culms 12–35 cm. Proximal leaf blades green, 25–40 cm × 2–4.5 mm, smooth abaxially, scabrid adaxially. Inflorescences with staminate and pistillate flowers on different plants; spike 1, unisexual; pistillate spikes 30–80 × 2.5–6 mm; staminate spikes 20–50 × 4–6 mm. Pistillate scales obovate-oblong, 5.5–6.5 × 2.3–2.8 mm, proximal ones cuspidate, distal ones acuminate, awned. Staminate scales obovate-oblong, 6–7 × 1.2–3 mm, apex acuminate to cuspidate. Perigynia yellow-green, 3.5–5.5 × 1.3–1.7 mm, apex acute, sparsely pubescent towards black apex, beakless.  [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 184. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl....  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 184. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 184 (1855), 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 picta Steud.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677969 on 2025-09-14
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2023-09-06 07:28:28Z
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Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro
2024-12-10 11:47:54Z
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Márquez-Corro, José Ignacio

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Nomenclature

original description Steudel, E.G. (1855). Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. Cyperaceae et familiae affines, Restiaceae, Eriocauloneae, Xyrideae, Desvauxieae, Junceae. Pars II, pp. 1-348. J.B. Metzler. Stuttgart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/348937, https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002755921/mode/2up?view=theater
page(s): 184 [details] OpenAccess publication

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 GH 00101337, geounit Japan [details]
Syntype NY 00011280, geounit Louisiana [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms 12–35 cm. Proximal leaf blades green, 25–40 cm × 2–4.5 mm, smooth abaxially, scabrid adaxially. Inflorescences with staminate and pistillate flowers on different plants; spike 1, unisexual; pistillate spikes 30–80 × 2.5–6 mm; staminate spikes 20–50 × 4–6 mm. Pistillate scales obovate-oblong, 5.5–6.5 × 2.3–2.8 mm, proximal ones cuspidate, distal ones acuminate, awned. Staminate scales obovate-oblong, 6–7 × 1.2–3 mm, apex acuminate to cuspidate. Perigynia yellow-green, 3.5–5.5 × 1.3–1.7 mm, apex acute, sparsely pubescent towards black apex, beakless.  [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 184. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 184 (1855), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
LanguageName 
Japanese ヒゲスゲ（Hige-suge） [from synonym]  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Carex boottiana Benth. ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex boottiana) (from synonym Carex boottiana Benth. ex Boott)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex picta) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex boottiana Benth. ex Boott)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_picta_NY11280_type_1) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex boottiana Benth. ex Boott)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex picta K000907884 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex picta K000907885 type 1) 
From editor or global species database
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