Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex misera Buckley
1676283 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676283)
accepted
Species
Carex juncea Willd. · unaccepted
Carex miser Buckley · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Carex rugeliana Kunze · unaccepted
terrestrial
Buckley, A. M. (1843). Description of some New Species of Plants. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 45: 170-177., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15256262#page/190/mode/1up
page(s): 173 [details]
page(s): 173 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms dark maroon at base; flowering stems 25–50 cm, as long or slightly longer than leaves at...
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms dark maroon at base; flowering stems 25–50 cm, as long or slightly longer than leaves at maturity, 0.4–0.6 mm thick, glabrous, sometimes scabrous on angles within inflorescence. Leaves: basal sheaths maroon, bladeless, pubescent, often only sparsely so; others grading from maroon to green on back, brown-hyaline on front, red dotted and pubescent toward apex; blades flat, 1–2 mm wide, sparsely pilose on adaxial surface, margins ciliate. Inflorescences: peduncles of lateral spike 0–35 mm; peduncle of terminal spike 5–35 mm, minutely scabrous; proximal bracts equaling or often exceeding inflorescences; sheathless and auriculate or with sheaths less than 3 mm; blades to 1 mm wide. Lateral spikes 1–3, 1 per node, each overlapping 1 above but not crowded, proximal 1 often well separated, erect to ascending, sessile or pedunculate, pistillate with 10–25 perigynia attached less than 1 mm apart, narrowly elongate, 10–35 × 2–3 mm. Terminal spike staminate, 10–24 × 1.5–2.5 mm. Pistillate scales reddish brown with narrow hyaline margins and green midrib, ovate, shorter than mature perigynia, apex rounded to acute or cuspidate, glabrous. Perigynia green, usually red dotted, 2-ribbed and conspicuously 6–10-veined, narrowly lance-ellipsoid, loosely enveloping achene, 4–4.8 × 1.2–1.5 mm, membranous, base with stipe 1 mm, apex gradually tapering to beak, pubescent toward apex; beak truncate or minutely toothed, 1 mm. Achenes substipitate, 2–2.5 × 0.8–1 mm. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex misera Buckley. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676283 on 2026-06-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Buckley, A. M. (1843). Description of some New Species of Plants. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 45: 170-177., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15256262#page/190/mode/1up
page(s): 173 [details]
page(s): 173 [details]
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additional source
Ball, P.W.; Reznicek, A.A.; Murray, D.F. (2002). Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. In: Flora of North America. Vol. 23. Oxford University Press, New York., available online at http://floranorthamerica.org/Cyperaceae [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Additional information Fruiting summer. Rock ledges, cliffs, balds in s Appalachians; 900–1900. [details]Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms dark maroon at base; flowering stems 25–50 cm, as long or slightly longer than leaves at maturity, 0.4–0.6 mm thick, glabrous, sometimes scabrous on angles within inflorescence. Leaves: basal sheaths maroon, bladeless, pubescent, often only sparsely so; others grading from maroon to green on back, brown-hyaline on front, red dotted and pubescent toward apex; blades flat, 1–2 mm wide, sparsely pilose on adaxial surface, margins ciliate. Inflorescences: peduncles of lateral spike 0–35 mm; peduncle of terminal spike 5–35 mm, minutely scabrous; proximal bracts equaling or often exceeding inflorescences; sheathless and auriculate or with sheaths less than 3 mm; blades to 1 mm wide. Lateral spikes 1–3, 1 per node, each overlapping 1 above but not crowded, proximal 1 often well separated, erect to ascending, sessile or pedunculate, pistillate with 10–25 perigynia attached less than 1 mm apart, narrowly elongate, 10–35 × 2–3 mm. Terminal spike staminate, 10–24 × 1.5–2.5 mm. Pistillate scales reddish brown with narrow hyaline margins and green midrib, ovate, shorter than mature perigynia, apex rounded to acute or cuspidate, glabrous. Perigynia green, usually red dotted, 2-ribbed and conspicuously 6–10-veined, narrowly lance-ellipsoid, loosely enveloping achene, 4–4.8 × 1.2–1.5 mm, membranous, base with stipe 1 mm, apex gradually tapering to beak, pubescent toward apex; beak truncate or minutely toothed, 1 mm. Achenes substipitate, 2–2.5 × 0.8–1 mm. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Carex juncea Willd.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex miser Buckley)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex misera)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex juncea Willd.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex rugeliana Kunze)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_misera_NY1477556_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_misera_NY1477557_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_misera_NY1477558_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_misera_NY1477559_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex juncea Willd.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex rugeliana Kunze)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex misera K000907950 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex miser Buckley)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Carex juncea Willd.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex miser Buckley)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex misera)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex juncea Willd.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex rugeliana Kunze)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_misera_NY1477556_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_misera_NY1477557_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_misera_NY1477558_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_misera_NY1477559_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex juncea Willd.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex rugeliana Kunze)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex misera K000907950 type 1)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex miser Buckley)
From editor or global species database
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