Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex longicaulis Boeckeler
1677544 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677544)
accepted
Species
Carex ciliaris Fernald · unaccepted
- Variety Carex longicaulis var. coulteri (Boott ex Hemsl.) Kük. accepted as Carex coulteri Boott ex Hemsl.
terrestrial
Böckeler, O. (1882). Neue Cyperaceen. <em>Flora.</em> 65(4): 59-64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/66710#page/12/mode/1up
page(s): 62 [details]
page(s): 62 [details]
Description Loosely cespitose and short-stoloniferous, from long, stout, matted rootstocks ; culms phyllopodic, 2.5-6 dm. high, stiff,...
Description Loosely cespitose and short-stoloniferous, from long, stout, matted rootstocks ; culms phyllopodic, 2.5-6 dm. high, stiff, sparingly pubescent, brownish-tinged at the base, the old leaves conspicuous ; leaves with well-developed blades 6-12 to a fertile culm, clustered near the base, their blades 5-20 cm. long, 2.5-3.5 mm. wide, flat with revolute margins, light-green, ciliate and sparingly pilose below, papillose, roughened toward the attenuate apex, the sheaths paringly pilose dorsally, slightly yellowish-brown-tinged ventrally, the ligule much wider than long ; terminal spike staminate, androgynous or pistillate in the middle, 12-18 mm. Iong, 2-3 mm. wide ; lateral spikes 2-5, pistillate, with 10-25 perigynia, 6-18 mm. long, 4-6 mm. wide; lowest bract leaf-like short-sheathing, exceeding the inflorescence, the upper reduced ; scales acute to acuminate or cuspidate, white- or whitish-hyaline, with three-nerved green, straw-colored, or brownish center ; perigynia trigonous, obovoid 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, ascending, membranaceous, light-green, puncticulate, obscurely nerved, tapering at the base, rather abruptly beaked, the beak 0.5-1 mm long, flattened-subconic, obliquely cleft, bidentulate ; achenes obovoid, trigonous with concave sides, 2.5 x 1.75 mm., closely enveloped, substipitate, apiculate, jointed with the short style. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex longicaulis Boeckeler. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677544 on 2026-05-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Böckeler, O. (1882). Neue Cyperaceen. <em>Flora.</em> 65(4): 59-64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/66710#page/12/mode/1up
page(s): 62 [details]
original description (of Carex ciliaris Fernald) Fernald, M. L. (1907). Diagnoses of New Spermatophytes from Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 43(2): 61-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3091360#page/77/mode/1up
page(s): 61 [details]
page(s): 62 [details]
original description (of Carex ciliaris Fernald) Fernald, M. L. (1907). Diagnoses of New Spermatophytes from Mexico. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 43(2): 61-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3091360#page/77/mode/1up
page(s): 61 [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): 580 [details]
additional source Hermann, F. J. (1974). Manual of the genus <i>Carex</i> in Mexico and Central America. IV, pp. 219 p. Forest Service, U.S.Dept. Agric., Washington.
page(s): 126 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 580 [details]
additional source Hermann, F. J. (1974). Manual of the genus <i>Carex</i> in Mexico and Central America. IV, pp. 219 p. Forest Service, U.S.Dept. Agric., Washington.
page(s): 126 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Loosely cespitose and short-stoloniferous, from long, stout, matted rootstocks ; culms phyllopodic, 2.5-6 dm. high, stiff, sparingly pubescent, brownish-tinged at the base, the old leaves conspicuous ; leaves with well-developed blades 6-12 to a fertile culm, clustered near the base, their blades 5-20 cm. long, 2.5-3.5 mm. wide, flat with revolute margins, light-green, ciliate and sparingly pilose below, papillose, roughened toward the attenuate apex, the sheaths paringly pilose dorsally, slightly yellowish-brown-tinged ventrally, the ligule much wider than long ; terminal spike staminate, androgynous or pistillate in the middle, 12-18 mm. Iong, 2-3 mm. wide ; lateral spikes 2-5, pistillate, with 10-25 perigynia, 6-18 mm. long, 4-6 mm. wide; lowest bract leaf-like short-sheathing, exceeding the inflorescence, the upper reduced ; scales acute to acuminate or cuspidate, white- or whitish-hyaline, with three-nerved green, straw-colored, or brownish center ; perigynia trigonous, obovoid 4 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, ascending, membranaceous, light-green, puncticulate, obscurely nerved, tapering at the base, rather abruptly beaked, the beak 0.5-1 mm long, flattened-subconic, obliquely cleft, bidentulate ; achenes obovoid, trigonous with concave sides, 2.5 x 1.75 mm., closely enveloped, substipitate, apiculate, jointed with the short style. [details]Ecology Frequent to locally common on dry, open slopes, and open woods, 6,000 to 11,000 ft. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex longicaulis)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex ciliaris Fernald F202021 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To LE Herbarium (Carex ciliaris LE00000782 specimen originale 1) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex ciliaris E00502212 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To University of Minnesota Herbarium (Carex ciliaris MIN76080 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To US Herbarium (Carex ciliaris US462090 type 1) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex longicaulis)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex ciliaris Fernald F202021 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To LE Herbarium (Carex ciliaris LE00000782 specimen originale 1) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (Carex ciliaris E00502212 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To University of Minnesota Herbarium (Carex ciliaris MIN76080 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
To US Herbarium (Carex ciliaris US462090 type 1) (from synonym Carex ciliaris Fernald)
