Cyperaceae name details
Carex viridula subsp. viridula
1713938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1713938)
uncertain > unassessed
Subspecies
Carex viridula Michx. accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Rhizomes short, with 4 to many tufted shoots; roots pale brown and pink- or grey-brown scales becoming fibrous. Stems...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0
Description Rhizomes short, with 4 to many tufted shoots; roots pale brown and pink- or grey-brown scales becoming fibrous. Stems 5–40 cm, trigonous-terete and straight. Leaves 15–40 cm × 0.8–3.4 mm, rigid, spreading or erect, flat or ± channelled with a midrib rounded beneath, gradually narrowed to a trigonous blunt tip, yellow- to grey-green, becoming pale grey-brown and persistent on dying, sometimes overwintering; hypostomous; sheaths white or hyaline, becoming grey-brown and persistent; apex of inner face straight; ligule c. 1 mm, rounded, tubular. Inflorescence up to 3/4 the length of the stem, with leaf-like bracts stiff, spreading but rarely deflexed, much exceeding the inflorescence. Male spike 1, 5–20 mm, often pushed over by developing female spike; male glumes c. 4 mm, oblong-lanceolate, orange-brown with pale or green midrib, apex acute. Female spikes 2–5, 5–10 mm, ovoid, upper contiguous and sessile, lower occasionally remote and pedunculate; female glumes 1.5–3 mm, ovate, pale yellow-brown with green midrib, apex subacute. Utricles 2–3 mm, obovoid to ellipsoid, abruptly or gradually contracted into beak, faintly nerved, yellow-green, slightly inflated or not; beak 0.25–1 mm, straight or only slightly deflexed, split; stigmas 3; nut obovoid, trigonous. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex viridula subsp. viridula Michx.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1713938 on 2026-05-22
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Nomenclature
basis of record
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet., available online at http://www.theplantlist.org [details]
Taxonomy
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes short, with 4 to many tufted shoots; roots pale brown and pink- or grey-brown scales becoming fibrous. Stems 5–40 cm, trigonous-terete and straight. Leaves 15–40 cm × 0.8–3.4 mm, rigid, spreading or erect, flat or ± channelled with a midrib rounded beneath, gradually narrowed to a trigonous blunt tip, yellow- to grey-green, becoming pale grey-brown and persistent on dying, sometimes overwintering; hypostomous; sheaths white or hyaline, becoming grey-brown and persistent; apex of inner face straight; ligule c. 1 mm, rounded, tubular. Inflorescence up to 3/4 the length of the stem, with leaf-like bracts stiff, spreading but rarely deflexed, much exceeding the inflorescence. Male spike 1, 5–20 mm, often pushed over by developing female spike; male glumes c. 4 mm, oblong-lanceolate, orange-brown with pale or green midrib, apex acute. Female spikes 2–5, 5–10 mm, ovoid, upper contiguous and sessile, lower occasionally remote and pedunculate; female glumes 1.5–3 mm, ovate, pale yellow-brown with green midrib, apex subacute. Utricles 2–3 mm, obovoid to ellipsoid, abruptly or gradually contracted into beak, faintly nerved, yellow-green, slightly inflated or not; beak 0.25–1 mm, straight or only slightly deflexed, split; stigmas 3; nut obovoid, trigonous. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0 [details]
