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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd.

1675968  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1675968)

  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. Cariceae (Tribe)
  12. Carex (Genus)
  13. Carex subg. Vignea (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. AnnectensClade (Section)
  15. Carex cephalophora (Species)
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(1805). Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/670960#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 220 [details] 
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms 20–60 cm, 2–3.5 mm wide basally, 0.5–1 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths...  
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms 20–60 cm, 2–3.5 mm wide basally, 0.5–1 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths tight, green, rarely white spotted, fronts hyaline, slightly thickened at mouth; ligules to 5 mm, longer than wide; widest leaf blades (1.9–)2.5–5 mm wide. Inflorescences forming dense heads, with 3–8 spikes, 0.6–2 cm × 5–10 mm; proximal bracts 1–5 cm; spikes with 4–20 ascending to spreading perigynia. Pistillate scales hyaline with green midvein, ovate, 1–1.8 × 0.8–1.4 mm, body not more than 1/2 length of perigynium, apex acuminate to short-awned. Anthers 0.7–1.3 mm. Perigynia pale green to pale yellow, veinless or to weakly 8-veined abaxially, 2.5–3.2 × 1.4–2 mm, body elliptic to circular, widest at 0.4–0.55 length of body, margins serrulate distally; beak 0.7–1.1 mm, apical teeth 0.3–0.5 mm. Achenes circular, 1 × 1 mm. 2n = 48. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 220 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 220 (1805), information...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 220 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 220 (1805), 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 cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1675968 on 2025-09-12
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2023-09-06 07:28:28Z
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Nomenclature

original description (1805). Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/670960#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 220 [details] 

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Isotype P 00303911, geounit United States [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms 20–60 cm, 2–3.5 mm wide basally, 0.5–1 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths tight, green, rarely white spotted, fronts hyaline, slightly thickened at mouth; ligules to 5 mm, longer than wide; widest leaf blades (1.9–)2.5–5 mm wide. Inflorescences forming dense heads, with 3–8 spikes, 0.6–2 cm × 5–10 mm; proximal bracts 1–5 cm; spikes with 4–20 ascending to spreading perigynia. Pistillate scales hyaline with green midvein, ovate, 1–1.8 × 0.8–1.4 mm, body not more than 1/2 length of perigynium, apex acuminate to short-awned. Anthers 0.7–1.3 mm. Perigynia pale green to pale yellow, veinless or to weakly 8-veined abaxially, 2.5–3.2 × 1.4–2 mm, body elliptic to circular, widest at 0.4–0.55 length of body, margins serrulate distally; beak 0.7–1.1 mm, apical teeth 0.3–0.5 mm. Achenes circular, 1 × 1 mm. 2n = 48. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 220 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 220 (1805), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Diemisa cephalophora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (297 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex cephalophora) 
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 14 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea cephalophora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cephalophora var. anomala Farw.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cephalophora var. bracteosa Farw.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cephalophora var. maxima Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Diemisa cephalophora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cephalophora var. maxima Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cephalophora var. bracteosa Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cephalophora var. anomala Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Diemisa cephalophora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea cephalophora (Muhl. ex Willd.) Rchb.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex cephalophora var. cephalophora Muhl. ex Willd.)
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