Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex strigosa Huds.
1676086 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676086)
accepted
Species
Carex godefrinii Willemet · unaccepted
Carex leptostachya Boiss. · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (Lapsus)
Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f. · unaccepted
Loxotrema leptostachys (Ehrh. ex L.f.) Raf. · unaccepted
Trasus strigosus (Huds.) Gray · unaccepted
terrestrial
Hudson, W. (1778). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum Britanniæ sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopæorum. Tomus II. Editio altera, emendata et aucta. 2: 335-690., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/11185/?offset=2#page=77&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=
page(s): 411 [details]
page(s): 411 [details]
Description Laxamente cespitosa, con rizoma de entrenudos ± cortos. Tallos fértiles 47–54 cm, lisos, agudamente trígonos. Hojas...
Description Rhizomes usually short; shoots tufted with short stolons; roots pale brown; scales orange- or red-brown, becoming fibrous....
Description Laxly caespitose, with short rhizomes. Stems (20-)30-100 cm; basal sheaths pale brown, without lamina. Leaves 4—j as long...
Description Laxamente cespitosa, con rizoma de entrenudos ± cortos. Tallos fértiles 47–54 cm, lisos, agudamente trígonos. Hojas (2,9)5–6,5 mm de anchura, de menor longitud que los tallos, planas, ásperas en los bordes y el envés de la mitad superior, ± blandas; lígula hasta 9 mm, de ápice obtuso o redondeado; sin antelígula; vainas basales con limbo desarrollado salvo las más inferiores que son escuamiformes, pardas, enteras o algo rotas. Bráctea inferior folíacea, de menor longitud que la inflorescencia, rara vez igual, con una vaina de 27–50 mm. Espiga masculina solitaria, de 32–50 mm, a veces con algunos utrículos en la base; espigas femeninas 6–8, de 38–60 mm, estrechamente lineares, todas agrupadas junto a la masculina salvo la inferior que suele estar separada del resto, con pedúnculos filiformes generalmente incluidos en la vaina, erectas. Glumas masculinas lanceoladas, agudas o acuminadas, hialinas con una banda verde en el centro; glumas femeninas ovales, agudas, cortamente mucronadas o acuminadas, de menor longitud que los utrículos, hialinas o de color pardo o púrpura, con una banda verde en el centro. Utrículos 2,7–3,4 × 0,6–1 mm, suberectos, fusiformes o elipsoidales, trígonos, verdosos o parduscos, con numerosos nervios prominentes, marcadamente estipitados, gradualmente atenuados en un corto pico hasta 0,5 mm, truncado, liso. Aquenios 1,2–1,4 × 0,5–0,7 mm, de contorno elíptico, trígonos, de pajizos a color pardo claro. [details]
Description Rhizomes usually short; shoots tufted with short stolons; roots pale brown; scales orange- or red-brown, becoming fibrous....
Description Rhizomes usually short; shoots tufted with short stolons; roots pale brown; scales orange- or red-brown, becoming fibrous. Stems 35–70 cm, trigonous to subterete, often spreading. Leaves 15–40 cm × 6–15 mm, thin, ± arcuate, plicate, 37–45-veined with two lateral veins prominent on upper surface, abruptly tapered to a sharp point, mid-green, pinkish-brown to pale greyish-brown distally on dying, with darker, chocolate-brown blotches; sheaths thin, brown, occasionally red-tinged, persistent, with inner face hyaline, finely striate, quickly becoming fibrillose; apex truncate to convex, often erose-denticulate; ligule 5–8 mm long, acute, often shortly tubular, with free portion c. 0.6–1 mm wide. Inflorescence 1/2–3/4 length of stem; bracts leaf-like, longer than spikes, not exceeding inflorescence. Male spike 1, 3–4 cm; male glumes 4.5–5.5 mm, narrowly obovate, brown, with green midrib; apex acuminate. Female spikes 3–6, distant, lowest often remote, 2.5–8 cm, lax-flowered, not pendent; peduncles smooth, half ensheathed; female glumes c. 2.5 mm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, green becoming brown; apex acute. Utricles 3–4 mm, oblong-ellipsoid or narrowly ellipsoid, often curved, green; beak c. 0.3 mm, truncate; stigmas 3; nut subglobose-oblong, trigonous, shortly stalked. [details]
Description Laxly caespitose, with short rhizomes. Stems (20-)30-100 cm; basal sheaths pale brown, without lamina. Leaves 4—j as long...
Description Laxly caespitose, with short rhizomes. Stems (20-)30-100 cm; basal sheaths pale brown, without lamina. Leaves 4—j as long as stems, 5-12 mm wide. Male spike solitary, 3O-4O(-8O) x 1-2 mm. Female spikes 2—5(—7), (25-)40-80 x 2-3 mm, cylindrical, the upper overlapping, the lower distant and suberect or arcuate, with slender peduncles 3-7 cm; lowest bract longer than spike but shorter than inflorescence, leaf-like, with a sheath 30-50 mm. Female glumes acute, greenish-brown, with narrow scarious margin. Utricles 3-4 mm, ellipsoid-trigonous, green, glabrous, gradually narrowed into a short, conical, truncate beak less than 0-5 mm. 2/7= 66. [details]
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Nomenclature
original description
Hudson, W. (1778). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum Britanniæ sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopæorum. Tomus II. Editio altera, emendata et aucta. 2: 335-690., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/11185/?offset=2#page=77&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=
page(s): 411 [details]
page(s): 411 [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]
Other
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): 584 [details]
page(s): 584 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Laxamente cespitosa, con rizoma de entrenudos ± cortos. Tallos fértiles 47–54 cm, lisos, agudamente trígonos. Hojas (2,9)5–6,5 mm de anchura, de menor longitud que los tallos, planas, ásperas en los bordes y el envés de la mitad superior, ± blandas; lígula hasta 9 mm, de ápice obtuso o redondeado; sin antelígula; vainas basales con limbo desarrollado salvo las más inferiores que son escuamiformes, pardas, enteras o algo rotas. Bráctea inferior folíacea, de menor longitud que la inflorescencia, rara vez igual, con una vaina de 27–50 mm. Espiga masculina solitaria, de 32–50 mm, a veces con algunos utrículos en la base; espigas femeninas 6–8, de 38–60 mm, estrechamente lineares, todas agrupadas junto a la masculina salvo la inferior que suele estar separada del resto, con pedúnculos filiformes generalmente incluidos en la vaina, erectas. Glumas masculinas lanceoladas, agudas o acuminadas, hialinas con una banda verde en el centro; glumas femeninas ovales, agudas, cortamente mucronadas o acuminadas, de menor longitud que los utrículos, hialinas o de color pardo o púrpura, con una banda verde en el centro. Utrículos 2,7–3,4 × 0,6–1 mm, suberectos, fusiformes o elipsoidales, trígonos, verdosos o parduscos, con numerosos nervios prominentes, marcadamente estipitados, gradualmente atenuados en un corto pico hasta 0,5 mm, truncado, liso. Aquenios 1,2–1,4 × 0,5–0,7 mm, de contorno elíptico, trígonos, de pajizos a color pardo claro. [details]Description Rhizomes usually short; shoots tufted with short stolons; roots pale brown; scales orange- or red-brown, becoming fibrous. Stems 35–70 cm, trigonous to subterete, often spreading. Leaves 15–40 cm × 6–15 mm, thin, ± arcuate, plicate, 37–45-veined with two lateral veins prominent on upper surface, abruptly tapered to a sharp point, mid-green, pinkish-brown to pale greyish-brown distally on dying, with darker, chocolate-brown blotches; sheaths thin, brown, occasionally red-tinged, persistent, with inner face hyaline, finely striate, quickly becoming fibrillose; apex truncate to convex, often erose-denticulate; ligule 5–8 mm long, acute, often shortly tubular, with free portion c. 0.6–1 mm wide. Inflorescence 1/2–3/4 length of stem; bracts leaf-like, longer than spikes, not exceeding inflorescence. Male spike 1, 3–4 cm; male glumes 4.5–5.5 mm, narrowly obovate, brown, with green midrib; apex acuminate. Female spikes 3–6, distant, lowest often remote, 2.5–8 cm, lax-flowered, not pendent; peduncles smooth, half ensheathed; female glumes c. 2.5 mm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, green becoming brown; apex acute. Utricles 3–4 mm, oblong-ellipsoid or narrowly ellipsoid, often curved, green; beak c. 0.3 mm, truncate; stigmas 3; nut subglobose-oblong, trigonous, shortly stalked. [details]
Description Laxly caespitose, with short rhizomes. Stems (20-)30-100 cm; basal sheaths pale brown, without lamina. Leaves 4—j as long as stems, 5-12 mm wide. Male spike solitary, 3O-4O(-8O) x 1-2 mm. Female spikes 2—5(—7), (25-)40-80 x 2-3 mm, cylindrical, the upper overlapping, the lower distant and suberect or arcuate, with slender peduncles 3-7 cm; lowest bract longer than spike but shorter than inflorescence, leaf-like, with a sheath 30-50 mm. Female glumes acute, greenish-brown, with narrow scarious margin. Utricles 3-4 mm, ellipsoid-trigonous, green, glabrous, gradually narrowed into a short, conical, truncate beak less than 0-5 mm. 2/7= 66. [details]
Translation Loosely tufted, with a rhizome having ± short internodes. Fertile stems 47–54 cm, smooth, sharply trigonous. Leaves (2.9)5–6.5 mm wide, shorter than the stems, flat, rough on the margins and on the abaxial surface of the upper half, ± soft; ligule up to 9 mm, with an obtuse or rounded apex; without an anteligule; basal sheaths with a developed blade except for the lowest ones, which are scale-like, brown, entire or somewhat torn. Lower bract leaf-like, shorter than the inflorescence, rarely equalling it, with a sheath 27–50 mm long. Male spike solitary, 32–50 mm long, sometimes with a few utricles at the base; female spikes 6–8, 38–60 mm long, narrowly linear, all grouped close to the male spike except the lowest, which is usually separated from the rest, with filiform peduncles generally included within the sheath, erect. Male glumes lanceolate, acute or acuminate, hyaline with a green central band; female glumes ovate, acute, shortly mucronate or acuminate, shorter than the utricles, hyaline or brown or purple in colour, with a green central band. Utricles 2.7–3.4 × 0.6–1 mm, suberect, fusiform or ellipsoid, trigonous, greenish or brownish, with numerous prominent nerves, distinctly stipitate, gradually narrowed into a short beak up to 0.5 mm, truncate and smooth. Achenes 1.2–1.4 × 0.5–0.7 mm, elliptic in outline, trigonous, straw-coloured to light brown. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (352 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trasus strigosus (Huds.) Gray)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Carex leptostachya Boiss.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex strigosa)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Loxotrema leptostachys (Ehrh. ex L.f.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trasus strigosus (Huds.) Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex leptostachya Boiss.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex godefrinii Willemet)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex leptostachys LE00010268 syntype 1) (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex leptostachys LE00010269 syntype 1) (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex leptostachys LE00010270 syntype 1) (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex leptostachya Boiss.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex godefrinii Willemet)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trasus strigosus (Huds.) Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Loxotrema leptostachys (Ehrh. ex L.f.) Raf.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex strigosa K000960480 lectotype 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (352 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Trasus strigosus (Huds.) Gray)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Carex leptostachya Boiss.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex strigosa)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Loxotrema leptostachys (Ehrh. ex L.f.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trasus strigosus (Huds.) Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex leptostachya Boiss.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex godefrinii Willemet)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex leptostachys LE00010268 syntype 1) (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex leptostachys LE00010269 syntype 1) (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To LE Herbarium (Carex leptostachys LE00010270 syntype 1) (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex leptostachya Boiss.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex godefrinii Willemet)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex leptostachys Ehrh. ex L.f.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trasus strigosus (Huds.) Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Loxotrema leptostachys (Ehrh. ex L.f.) Raf.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex strigosa K000960480 lectotype 1)
