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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.

To US Herbarium (Carex gardneri US3155265 type 1)
To US Herbarium (Carex gardneri US3155265 type 1)

577503 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:577503)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cyperoideae (Subfamily)
  12. Cariceae (Tribe)
  13. Carex (Genus)
  14. Carex subg. Carex (Subgenus)
  15. Carex sect. Phacocystis (Section)
  16. Carex paleacea (Species)
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Wahlenberg, G. (1803). Inledning til Caricographien. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 24: 138-170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46986891
page(s): 164 [details] 
Description Plants not cespitose. Culms obtusely or acutely angled, 15–80 cm, glabrous or minutely scabrous. Leaves: basal sheaths...  
Description Plants not cespitose. Culms obtusely or acutely angled, 15–80 cm, glabrous or minutely scabrous. Leaves: basal sheaths brown or red-brown; sheaths of proximal leaves glabrous, fronts lacking spots and veins, apex U-shaped; blades hypostomic, 4–8 mm wide, abaxially papillose. Proximal bract equal to or longer than inflorescence, 3–8 mm wide. Spikes usually pendent; staminate (1–)2–3; pistillate 2–7; proximal pistillate spike 2.2–6.5 cm × 5–13 mm, base obtuse. Pistillate scales yellow-brown; 3.4–20 × 1–1.7 mm (including awn), midvein reaching apex, 1/3–1/2 the width of scale, apex acuminate or retuse, aristate, awn scabrous. Perigynia divergent, pale brown, 0–50-veined on each face, thick-walled, somewhat inflated, loosely enclosing achenes, ellipsoid, 2.4–4 × 1.3–1.9 mm, leathery, dull, base with stipe to 0.5 mm, apex acute, short-papillose; beak cylindric, 0.2–0.4 mm, entire. Achenes deeply constricted on 1 margins or 1 face, apex rounded, glossy; style base strongly bent. 2n = 71, 72, 73. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 164 1803 to Kongl. Vetensk....  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 164 1803 to Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 164 (1803), 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 paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577503 on 2026-08-12
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Nomenclature

original description Wahlenberg, G. (1803). Inledning til Caricographien. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 24: 138-170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46986891
page(s): 164 [details] 

Other

additional source Cayouette, J. Morisset, P. (1986). Chromosome studies on Carex paleacea Wahl., C. nigra (L.) Reichard, and C. aquatilis Wahl. in NE North America. Cytologia , 5: 857-883., available online at https://doi.org/10.1508/cytologia.51.857 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

subsequent type designation Moberg, R.; Nilsson, Ö. (1991). Typification of Nordic vascular plants. 1. Names published by G. Wahlenberg. <em>Nordic Journal of Botany.</em> 11(3): 287-298., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1991.tb01407.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source Korpelainen, H.; Virtanen, V.; Kostamo, K.; Väre, H. (2010). Hybridization and introgression in Carex aquatilis and C. paleacea. <em>Plant Systematics and Evolution.</em> 287(3-4): 141-151., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-010-0307-0 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Description Plants not cespitose. Culms obtusely or acutely angled, 15–80 cm, glabrous or minutely scabrous. Leaves: basal sheaths brown or red-brown; sheaths of proximal leaves glabrous, fronts lacking spots and veins, apex U-shaped; blades hypostomic, 4–8 mm wide, abaxially papillose. Proximal bract equal to or longer than inflorescence, 3–8 mm wide. Spikes usually pendent; staminate (1–)2–3; pistillate 2–7; proximal pistillate spike 2.2–6.5 cm × 5–13 mm, base obtuse. Pistillate scales yellow-brown; 3.4–20 × 1–1.7 mm (including awn), midvein reaching apex, 1/3–1/2 the width of scale, apex acuminate or retuse, aristate, awn scabrous. Perigynia divergent, pale brown, 0–50-veined on each face, thick-walled, somewhat inflated, loosely enclosing achenes, ellipsoid, 2.4–4 × 1.3–1.9 mm, leathery, dull, base with stipe to 0.5 mm, apex acute, short-papillose; beak cylindric, 0.2–0.4 mm, entire. Achenes deeply constricted on 1 margins or 1 face, apex rounded, glossy; style base strongly bent. 2n = 71, 72, 73. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 164 1803 to Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 164 (1803), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
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English chaffy sedge  [details]
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex gauthieri Lepage)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex maritima var. brunnescens F.Nyl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex maritima var. erectiuscula Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex sublimosa Lepage)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (207 publications) (from synonym Carex maritima O.F.Müll.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex paralia V.I.Krecz.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex maritima) (from synonym Carex maritima O.F.Müll.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex paleacea) 
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 7 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex gardneri Lepage)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex gauthieri Lepage)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex maritima O.F.Müll.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex neopaleacea Lepage)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex paleaceoides Lepage)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex paralia V.I.Krecz.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sublimosa Lepage)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex crinita var. paleacea (Schreb. ex Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex maritima var. brunnescens F.Nyl.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex maritima var. erectiuscula Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex paleacea var. transatlantica Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex paleacea var. lepagei B.Boivin)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex paleacea f. erectiuscula (Fernald) Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex paleacea f. neopaleacea (Lepage) B.Boivin)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex gardneri Lepage)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex neopaleacea Lepage)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex gauthieri Lepage)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex maritima O.F.Müll.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex maritima var. brunnescens F.Nyl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex maritima var. erectiuscula Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex crinita var. paleacea (Schreb. ex Wahlenb.) Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paralia V.I.Krecz.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sublimosa Lepage)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paleaceoides Lepage)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex maritima f. brunnescens (F.Nyl.) Almq.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paleacea f. neopaleacea (Lepage) B.Boivin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paleacea f. erectiuscula (Fernald) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paleacea var. lepagei B.Boivin)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex paleacea var. transatlantica Fernald)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex paleacea f. paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.)
To US Herbarium (Carex gardneri US3155265 type 1) (from synonym Carex gardneri Lepage)
To US Herbarium (Carex neopaleacea US2176496 type 1) (from synonym Carex neopaleacea Lepage)
To ITIS
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