Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex chordalis Liebm.
1675997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1675997)
accepted
Species
Carex jamesonii var. chordalis (Liebm.) Kük. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Liebmann, F.M. (1850). Mexicos halvgraes bearbeidede efter Forgaengernes og egne Materialier med Tillaeg af de i Nicaragua og Costa Rica af Mag. A. S. Örsted samlede samt nogle faa ubeskrevne vestindiske Former. Videnskabernes Selskab, Copenhague, 87 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355114#page/29/mode/1up
page(s): 269 [details]
(of Carex jamesonii var. chordalis (Liebm.) Kük.) Kükenthal, G. (1909). Cyperaceae-Caricoidae. <em>Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetabilis conspectus.</em> 38, 4(20)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31618144
page(s): 409 [details]
page(s): 269 [details]
(of Carex jamesonii var. chordalis (Liebm.) Kük.) Kükenthal, G. (1909). Cyperaceae-Caricoidae. <em>Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetabilis conspectus.</em> 38, 4(20)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31618144
page(s): 409 [details]
Lectotype C 10010055, geounit Oaxaca
Lectotype C 10010055, geounit Oaxaca [details]
Description Culms 25–100 cm × 1–3 mm, scabrous. Basal sheaths pale cinnamon to reddish-brown. Leaves, 25–165 cm ×...
Distribution The most broadly distributed species from sect. Fecundae, spreading from the southern part of Sierra Madre Oriental and...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mexic. Halvgr. 269 1850 to Mexic. Halvgr. : 269 (1850), information...
Description Culms 25–100 cm × 1–3 mm, scabrous. Basal sheaths pale cinnamon to reddish-brown. Leaves, 25–165 cm × 3.0–9.3(12.4) mm largest ones, longer than the culms, oldest ones orangey-brownish at the base, revolute, papillose below, scabrous at the margin. Inflorescence a panicle, (4)10–35 cm long, with 10–55 androgynous spikes, dropping. Proximal-most bract 12.5–31.3(70.2) cm × 3–8 mm, usually much longer than the inflorescence. Spikes 3.1–15.5 cm × 3.0–7.5 mm, linear, flexuous, densely flowered, the distal 1/10–1/4 staminate, unbranched, with about 40(80)–200 female flowers, peduncles smooth or scabrous, flattened, flexuous, shorter than the spikes. Pistillate glumes 2.2–4.2(4.5) × 0.5–1.4 mm, narrowly ovate to lan-ceolate or elliptic, long acute or with an awn up to 1.5 mm, reddish-brown to dark purple with a light-green or stramineous middle longitudinal strip, hyaline mar-gins absent or present all along the glume. Stigmas 3. Utricles 2.6–3.3(4.1) × 0.6–1.3 mm, narrowly elliptic, compressed, sometimes slightly excurved, smooth to scabrous on its upper third, light green, stramineous, brown or dark purple to al-most black, at least some nerves clearly visible, gradually constricted at the apex into a 0.3–1.2 mm long, straight or slightly curved beak, smooth, bifid, teeth 0.1–0.5 mm. Nutlets 1.6–2.6 × 0.6–1.0 mm, stramineous or brown, obovate to elliptic, sometimes with a lateral invagination in the middle. [details]
Distribution The most broadly distributed species from sect. Fecundae, spreading from the southern part of Sierra Madre Oriental and...
Distribution The most broadly distributed species from sect. Fecundae, spreading from the southern part of Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre del Sur of Mexico (States of Oaxaca and Veracruz) to Central Peru (Department of Junín) across Central America and the Northern Andes. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mexic. Halvgr. 269 1850 to Mexic. Halvgr. : 269 (1850), information...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mexic. Halvgr. 269 1850 to Mexic. Halvgr. : 269 (1850), 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 chordalis Liebm.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1675997 on 2026-06-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Liebmann, F.M. (1850). Mexicos halvgraes bearbeidede efter Forgaengernes og egne Materialier med Tillaeg af de i Nicaragua og Costa Rica af Mag. A. S. Örsted samlede samt nogle faa ubeskrevne vestindiske Former. Videnskabernes Selskab, Copenhague, 87 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355114#page/29/mode/1up
page(s): 269 [details]
original description (of Carex jamesonii var. chordalis (Liebm.) Kük.) Kükenthal, G. (1909). Cyperaceae-Caricoidae. <em>Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetabilis conspectus.</em> 38, 4(20)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31618144
page(s): 409 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 269 [details]
original description (of Carex jamesonii var. chordalis (Liebm.) Kük.) Kükenthal, G. (1909). Cyperaceae-Caricoidae. <em>Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetabilis conspectus.</em> 38, 4(20)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31618144
page(s): 409 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Lois, R.; Reznicek, A. A.; González-Elizondo, M. S.; Cano, A.; Acedo, C.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2025). When basics are much needed: morphometric exploration of twenty-one known species of the Neotropical
<i>Carex</i>
sect.
<i>Fecundae</i>
(Cyperaceae) reveals eighteen neglected new species. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaf097 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Kükenthal, G. (1909). Cyperaceae-Caricoidae. <em>Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetabilis conspectus.</em> 38, 4(20)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31618144
page(s): 269 [details]
page(s): 269 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Culms 25–100 cm × 1–3 mm, scabrous. Basal sheaths pale cinnamon to reddish-brown. Leaves, 25–165 cm × 3.0–9.3(12.4) mm largest ones, longer than the culms, oldest ones orangey-brownish at the base, revolute, papillose below, scabrous at the margin. Inflorescence a panicle, (4)10–35 cm long, with 10–55 androgynous spikes, dropping. Proximal-most bract 12.5–31.3(70.2) cm × 3–8 mm, usually much longer than the inflorescence. Spikes 3.1–15.5 cm × 3.0–7.5 mm, linear, flexuous, densely flowered, the distal 1/10–1/4 staminate, unbranched, with about 40(80)–200 female flowers, peduncles smooth or scabrous, flattened, flexuous, shorter than the spikes. Pistillate glumes 2.2–4.2(4.5) × 0.5–1.4 mm, narrowly ovate to lan-ceolate or elliptic, long acute or with an awn up to 1.5 mm, reddish-brown to dark purple with a light-green or stramineous middle longitudinal strip, hyaline mar-gins absent or present all along the glume. Stigmas 3. Utricles 2.6–3.3(4.1) × 0.6–1.3 mm, narrowly elliptic, compressed, sometimes slightly excurved, smooth to scabrous on its upper third, light green, stramineous, brown or dark purple to al-most black, at least some nerves clearly visible, gradually constricted at the apex into a 0.3–1.2 mm long, straight or slightly curved beak, smooth, bifid, teeth 0.1–0.5 mm. Nutlets 1.6–2.6 × 0.6–1.0 mm, stramineous or brown, obovate to elliptic, sometimes with a lateral invagination in the middle. [details]Distribution The most broadly distributed species from sect. Fecundae, spreading from the southern part of Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre del Sur of Mexico (States of Oaxaca and Veracruz) to Central Peru (Department of Junín) across Central America and the Northern Andes. [details]
Habitat Montane forests, often associated to moist to wet soils. 2000–3500 m. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mexic. Halvgr. 269 1850 to Mexic. Halvgr. : 269 (1850), 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 Carex jamesonii var. chordalis (Liebm.) Kük.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex chordalis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex jamesonii var. chordalis (Liebm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex jamesonii var. chordalis (Liebm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex chordalis)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex jamesonii var. chordalis (Liebm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex jamesonii var. chordalis (Liebm.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
