Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex spicata Huds.
1676047 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676047)
accepted
Species
Carex fumosa Rouy · unaccepted
Carex lumnitzeri Rouy · unaccepted
Carex muricata var. mediterranea Asch. & Graebn. · unaccepted
Carex pairae subsp. lumnitzeri Soó · unaccepted
Carex spicata f. fumosa (Gren. & Godr.) Soó · unaccepted
Vignea spicata (Huds.) Soják · unaccepted
- Subspecies Carex spicata subsp. andresii Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
- Subspecies Carex spicata subsp. spicata
- Forma Carex spicata f. argyrolepis (Peterm.) Soó accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata
- Forma Carex spicata f. fumosa (Gren. & Godr.) Soó accepted as Carex spicata Huds.
- Forma Carex spicata f. fumosa (Gren.) C.Vicioso accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata
- Forma Carex spicata f. furculata (Peterm.) Soó accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata
- Forma Carex spicata f. humilis (Peterm.) Soó accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata
- Forma Carex spicata f. mediterranea (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata
- Forma Carex spicata f. pseudoguestphalica (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata
- Subspecies Carex spicata subsp. lumnitzeri (Rouy) Soó accepted as Carex divulsa Stokes
- Variety Carex spicata var. mediterranea (Asch. & Graebn.) C.Vicioso accepted as Carex spicata subsp. spicata
terrestrial
Hudson, W. (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. pp. [i]-viii, [1- 8], 1-506, [1-22, ind.]. Londini [London]: Impensis auctoris: Prostant venales apud J. Nourse in the Strand, et C. Moran in Covent-Garden., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52504644
page(s): 349 [details]
page(s): 349 [details]
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted; roots purple-tinged; scales brown or red-brown, with black veins, eventually becoming...
Description Rizoma grueso, que forma céspedes hasta de 50 cm de diámetro. Tallos (10)20–60(85) cm, trígonos, con los ángulos...
Description Carex spiculis subrotundis approximatis androgynis, capsulis ovatis acutis. Habitat in aquosis.
Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted; roots purple-tinged; scales brown or red-brown, with black veins, eventually becoming fibrous. Stems 10–85 cm, often stout, trigonous; fruiting stems often elongating considerably in wet ditch-cum-hedge-bank habitats. Leaves 7–45 cm × 2–4 mm, keeled, gradually tapering to a flat tip, mid green; hypostomous; sheaths forming a short false stem, sometimes stained wine-red; apex straight or concave; ligule 4–8(–10) mm, ± acute, with much soft, white, loose tissue, sometimes tinged purple-red. Inflorescence 1–4 cm; bracts glumaceous, with a setaceous point. Spikes 3–8, usually contiguous (rarely widely separated), 5–10 mm, sessile, male at top, female below. Male glumes 3–4 mm, lanceolate; apex acute. Female glumes 4–4.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, red-brown with a green midrib, occasionally tinged purple-red. Utricles 4–5 mm, with an irregularly bulbous and corky base and gradually attenuated into a scabrid beak c. 2 mm long, the whole bronze-green, eventually turning dull black; stigmas 2; nut rounded-cubical, set well above the base. [details]
Description Rizoma grueso, que forma céspedes hasta de 50 cm de diámetro. Tallos (10)20–60(85) cm, trígonos, con los ángulos...
Description Rizoma grueso, que forma céspedes hasta de 50 cm de diámetro. Tallos (10)20–60(85) cm, trígonos, con los ángulos agudos, escábridos en la parte superior. Hojas (1,8)2,5–3,5(4) mm de anchura, de menor longitud que los tallos, planas, algo ásperas, no muy rígidas; lígula (3)5–7(8,5) mm, de longitud mayor que la anchura, de ápice obtuso o subagudo; generalmente sin antelígula; vainas basales poco o muy fibrosas, de color pardo, frecuentemente teñidas de color púrpura oscuro o igual que la cara interna de la corteza y la externa del cilindro central de las raíces. Bráctea inferior de longitud mucho menor que la inflorescencia, setácea, no envainante. Espigas agrupadas en la parte superior del tallo, a veces las inferiores un poco separadas, en inflorescencias de 2–3(4) cm, simples. Glumas ovales, acuminadas o mucronadas, de color pardo oscuro, muy rara vez hialino-verdosas, con margen escarioso estrecho o sin él, las femeninas de longitud similar a la de los utrículos. Utrículos (4)4,2–5,6(5) × 1,7–2,2 mm, subrectamente oval y base ± estrechada, plano-convexos, con nervadura solo perceptible en ocasiones, verdosos, gradualmente atenuados en un pico de (1,2)1,5–1,8 mm, escábrido-serrulado, bífido. Aquenios 2–2,2 × 1,4–2 mm, de contorno oval, oblongo o casi orbicular, biconvexos, rara vez plano-convexos; con la base del estilo persistente en forma de una corta columna. 2n = 54, 56*, 58*? [details]
Description Carex spiculis subrotundis approximatis androgynis, capsulis ovatis acutis. Habitat in aquosis.
Description Carex spiculis subrotundis approximatis androgynis, capsulis ovatis acutis. Habitat in aquosis. [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
Hudson, W. (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. pp. [i]-viii, [1- 8], 1-506, [1-22, ind.]. Londini [London]: Impensis auctoris: Prostant venales apud J. Nourse in the Strand, et C. Moran in Covent-Garden., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52504644
page(s): 349 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 349 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Jermy, A.C.; Simpson, D.A.; Foley, M.J.Y.; Porter, M.S. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. 554 pp. Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, United Kingdom. [details] Available for editors 
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taxonomy source Luceño, M., Castroviejo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2008). Cyperaceae. In: Castroviejo, Luceño, M., Galán, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Cabezas, F., Medina, L. (eds). Flora iberica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVIII. Madrid: CSIC., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/12958-flora-iberica-vol-18-cyperaceae-pontederiaceae?offset=, http://www.floraiberica.es/PHP/familias_lista_.php?familia=Cyperaceae [details]
[request]taxonomy source Luceño, M., Castroviejo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2008). Cyperaceae. In: Castroviejo, Luceño, M., Galán, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Cabezas, F., Medina, L. (eds). Flora iberica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVIII. Madrid: CSIC., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/12958-flora-iberica-vol-18-cyperaceae-pontederiaceae?offset=, http://www.floraiberica.es/PHP/familias_lista_.php?familia=Cyperaceae [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type K 000960394 [details]
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Description Rhizomes short; shoots densely tufted; roots purple-tinged; scales brown or red-brown, with black veins, eventually becoming fibrous. Stems 10–85 cm, often stout, trigonous; fruiting stems often elongating considerably in wet ditch-cum-hedge-bank habitats. Leaves 7–45 cm × 2–4 mm, keeled, gradually tapering to a flat tip, mid green; hypostomous; sheaths forming a short false stem, sometimes stained wine-red; apex straight or concave; ligule 4–8(–10) mm, ± acute, with much soft, white, loose tissue, sometimes tinged purple-red. Inflorescence 1–4 cm; bracts glumaceous, with a setaceous point. Spikes 3–8, usually contiguous (rarely widely separated), 5–10 mm, sessile, male at top, female below. Male glumes 3–4 mm, lanceolate; apex acute. Female glumes 4–4.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, red-brown with a green midrib, occasionally tinged purple-red. Utricles 4–5 mm, with an irregularly bulbous and corky base and gradually attenuated into a scabrid beak c. 2 mm long, the whole bronze-green, eventually turning dull black; stigmas 2; nut rounded-cubical, set well above the base. [details]Description Rizoma grueso, que forma céspedes hasta de 50 cm de diámetro. Tallos (10)20–60(85) cm, trígonos, con los ángulos agudos, escábridos en la parte superior. Hojas (1,8)2,5–3,5(4) mm de anchura, de menor longitud que los tallos, planas, algo ásperas, no muy rígidas; lígula (3)5–7(8,5) mm, de longitud mayor que la anchura, de ápice obtuso o subagudo; generalmente sin antelígula; vainas basales poco o muy fibrosas, de color pardo, frecuentemente teñidas de color púrpura oscuro o igual que la cara interna de la corteza y la externa del cilindro central de las raíces. Bráctea inferior de longitud mucho menor que la inflorescencia, setácea, no envainante. Espigas agrupadas en la parte superior del tallo, a veces las inferiores un poco separadas, en inflorescencias de 2–3(4) cm, simples. Glumas ovales, acuminadas o mucronadas, de color pardo oscuro, muy rara vez hialino-verdosas, con margen escarioso estrecho o sin él, las femeninas de longitud similar a la de los utrículos. Utrículos (4)4,2–5,6(5) × 1,7–2,2 mm, subrectamente oval y base ± estrechada, plano-convexos, con nervadura solo perceptible en ocasiones, verdosos, gradualmente atenuados en un pico de (1,2)1,5–1,8 mm, escábrido-serrulado, bífido. Aquenios 2–2,2 × 1,4–2 mm, de contorno oval, oblongo o casi orbicular, biconvexos, rara vez plano-convexos; con la base del estilo persistente en forma de una corta columna. 2n = 54, 56*, 58*? [details]
Description Carex spiculis subrotundis approximatis androgynis, capsulis ovatis acutis. Habitat in aquosis. [details]
Translation Rhizome thick, forming tussocks up to 50 cm in diameter. Stems (10)20–60(85) cm, trigonous, with acute angles, scabrid in the upper part. Leaves (1.8)2.5–3.5(4) mm wide, shorter than the stems, flat, somewhat rough, not very rigid; ligule (3)5–7(8.5) mm, longer than wide, with an obtuse or subacute apex; generally without an antiligule; basal sheaths slightly to strongly fibrous, brown in colour, frequently tinged dark purple or matching the colour of the inner cortex and the outer surface of the central cylinder of the roots. Lower bract much shorter than the inflorescence, setaceous, not sheathing. Spikes grouped in the upper part of the stem, sometimes the lower ones slightly separated, forming inflorescences 2–3(4) cm long, simple. Glumes ovate, acuminate or mucronate, dark brown, very rarely hyaline-greenish, with a narrow scarious margin or lacking it; female glumes similar in length to the utricles. Utricles (4)4.2–5.6(5) × 1.7–2.2 mm, broadly oval with the base ± narrowed, plano-convex, with venation only occasionally perceptible, greenish, gradually attenuated into a beak (1.2)1.5–1.8 mm long, scabrid-serrulate, bifid. Achenes 2–2.2 × 1.4–2 mm, oval, oblong or nearly orbicular in outline, biconvex, rarely plano-convex; style base persistent as a short column. 2n = 54, 56*, 58*? [details]
Translation Sedge with nearly rounded, crowded, androgynous spikes; utricles (capsules) ovate and pointed. Habitat in wet places. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Vignea spicata (Huds.) Soják)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (159 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex lumnitzeri Rouy)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex fumosa Rouy)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex spicata)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea spicata (Huds.) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex fumosa Rouy)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex lumnitzeri Rouy)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex spicata f. fumosa (Gren. & Godr.) Soó)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. mediterranea Asch. & Graebn.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea spicata (Huds.) Soják)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex spicata K000960394 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex fumosa Rouy)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex spicata f. fumosa (Gren. & Godr.) Soó)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex pairae subsp. lumnitzeri Soó)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex lumnitzeri Rouy)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (159 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex lumnitzeri Rouy)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex fumosa Rouy)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex spicata)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea spicata (Huds.) Soják)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex fumosa Rouy)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex lumnitzeri Rouy)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex spicata f. fumosa (Gren. & Godr.) Soó)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. mediterranea Asch. & Graebn.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea spicata (Huds.) Soják)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex spicata K000960394 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex fumosa Rouy)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex spicata f. fumosa (Gren. & Godr.) Soó)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex pairae subsp. lumnitzeri Soó)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex lumnitzeri Rouy)
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