Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex fecunda Steud.
1677694 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677694)
accepted
Species
Carex seditiosa Steud. · unaccepted > nomen nudum
terrestrial
Steudel, E.G. (1855). Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. Cyperaceae et familiae affines, Restiaceae, Eriocauloneae, Xyrideae, Desvauxieae, Junceae. Pars II, pp. 1-348. J.B. Metzler. Stuttgart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/348937, https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002755921/mode/2up?view=theater [details] 
Lectotype P, (of Carex seditiosa Steud.) K 000584601,...
Holotype P [details]
Lectotype (of Carex seditiosa Steud.) K 000584601, geounit Peru [details]
Description Culms 25–100 cm × 3–4 mm. Basal sheaths reddish-brown. Leaves 35–160 cm × (2.2)4.0–15.0 mm largest ones, slightly...
Distribution Andes from Peru to northern Argentina (Provinces of Catamarca, Salta and Tucu-mán), appearing mainly in southern Peru and...
Etymology From the Latin fecundus, fertile, probably in reference to the many flowers of the paniculate inflorescences.
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 194 1855 to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 194 (1855),...
Description Culms 25–100 cm × 3–4 mm. Basal sheaths reddish-brown. Leaves 35–160 cm × (2.2)4.0–15.0 mm largest ones, slightly shorter than the culms, oldest ones or-angey-brownish at the base. Inflorescence panicle-like, 15.0–40.0 cm long, with 7–25 main first-order branches spreading or dropping, each branched 1–several times into countless short last-order androgynous spikes, laxly arranged at the proximal part of their axis and tightly packed at its distal part. Proximal-most bract 17.8–45.0 cm × 2–6 mm, longer than the inflorescence. Proximal first-order branches 1.3–6.4 cm × 3.1–9.1 mm, strap-like to shortly ovate, densely flowered, the distal tip staminate, usually the proximal portion with spikes 1–3-branched and the distal ones unbranched, with about 20–190 female flowers, peduncles usually smooth or slightly ciliolate, mostly longer than the unbranched spikes. Pistillate glumes 2.5–3.9 × 0.7–1.2(1.6) mm, ovate to lanceolate, acute muticuous, reddish-brown with a light-green middle longitudinal strip, hyaline margins extremely nar-row or absent. Stigmas 2. Utricles 2.1–3.6(4.0) × 0.9–1.5 mm, obovate, smooth, green-brownish, nerveless, gradually constricted at the apex into a 0.3–1.1(1.4) mm long straight beak, scabrid or smooth, truncate. Nutlets 1.2–2.3 × 0.6–1.0 mm, elliptic to oblong, usually invaginated, when invaginated it is in the middle, some-times with only one invagination (C-shaped) and sometimes with 2 invaginations (8–shaped). [details]
Distribution Andes from Peru to northern Argentina (Provinces of Catamarca, Salta and Tucu-mán), appearing mainly in southern Peru and...
Distribution Andes from Peru to northern Argentina (Provinces of Catamarca, Salta and Tucu-mán), appearing mainly in southern Peru and Bolivia. [details]
Etymology From the Latin fecundus, fertile, probably in reference to the many flowers of the paniculate inflorescences.
Etymology From the Latin fecundus, fertile, probably in reference to the many flowers of the paniculate inflorescences. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 194 1855 to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 194 (1855),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 194 1855 to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 194 (1855), 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 fecunda Steud.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677694 on 2025-12-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Steudel, E.G. (1855). Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. Cyperaceae et familiae affines, Restiaceae, Eriocauloneae, Xyrideae, Desvauxieae, Junceae. Pars II, pp. 1-348. J.B. Metzler. Stuttgart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/348937, https://archive.org/details/mobot31753002755921/mode/2up?view=theater [details]
original description (of Carex seditiosa Steud.) Lechler, W. (1858). Carex 2: 153. <em>Berberid. Amer. Austral.</em> 56. [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
original description (of Carex seditiosa Steud.) Lechler, W. (1858). Carex 2: 153. <em>Berberid. Amer. Austral.</em> 56. [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [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 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype P [details]
Lectotype (of Carex seditiosa Steud.) K 000584601, geounit Peru [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms 25–100 cm × 3–4 mm. Basal sheaths reddish-brown. Leaves 35–160 cm × (2.2)4.0–15.0 mm largest ones, slightly shorter than the culms, oldest ones or-angey-brownish at the base. Inflorescence panicle-like, 15.0–40.0 cm long, with 7–25 main first-order branches spreading or dropping, each branched 1–several times into countless short last-order androgynous spikes, laxly arranged at the proximal part of their axis and tightly packed at its distal part. Proximal-most bract 17.8–45.0 cm × 2–6 mm, longer than the inflorescence. Proximal first-order branches 1.3–6.4 cm × 3.1–9.1 mm, strap-like to shortly ovate, densely flowered, the distal tip staminate, usually the proximal portion with spikes 1–3-branched and the distal ones unbranched, with about 20–190 female flowers, peduncles usually smooth or slightly ciliolate, mostly longer than the unbranched spikes. Pistillate glumes 2.5–3.9 × 0.7–1.2(1.6) mm, ovate to lanceolate, acute muticuous, reddish-brown with a light-green middle longitudinal strip, hyaline margins extremely nar-row or absent. Stigmas 2. Utricles 2.1–3.6(4.0) × 0.9–1.5 mm, obovate, smooth, green-brownish, nerveless, gradually constricted at the apex into a 0.3–1.1(1.4) mm long straight beak, scabrid or smooth, truncate. Nutlets 1.2–2.3 × 0.6–1.0 mm, elliptic to oblong, usually invaginated, when invaginated it is in the middle, some-times with only one invagination (C-shaped) and sometimes with 2 invaginations (8–shaped). [details]Distribution Andes from Peru to northern Argentina (Provinces of Catamarca, Salta and Tucu-mán), appearing mainly in southern Peru and Bolivia. [details]
Etymology From the Latin fecundus, fertile, probably in reference to the many flowers of the paniculate inflorescences. [details]
Habitat High altitude montane forests, often in formations dominated by Podocarpus or Polylepis, more frequently found in the most wet and moist zones like water streams and marshes. 2600–3800 m. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 194 1855 to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 194 (1855), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (from synonym Carex seditiosa Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Carex seditiosa Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library Protologue
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex fecunda)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex seditiosa Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex seditiosa Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Carex seditiosa Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library Protologue
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex fecunda)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex seditiosa Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex seditiosa Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
