Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex chapmanii Steud.
1675976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1675976)
accepted
Species
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
page(s): 222 [details]
page(s): 222 [details]
Description Culms loosely tufted or solitary, ascending or lax, 10–32 cm × 0.8–1.6 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths light brown to brown;...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 222. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl....
Description Culms loosely tufted or solitary, ascending or lax, 10–32 cm × 0.8–1.6 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths light brown to brown; sheaths green or yellow-green, 2–26 mm; blades ascending, green or yellow-green, midrib well developed abaxially, 2 lateral veins well developed adaxially, flat, 18–44 cm × 12–14 mm, blades of owerwintering leaves smooth. Inflorescences: peduncles of proximal spike to 6 cm, longer lateral ones 4.6–14 times as long as spikes they subtend, arising in proximal 1/3 of culm, distal lateral spikes not exserted; peduncle of terminal spike 0–2.8 cm; bracts 8–21 × 1–4 mm, blade of distal lateral spike linear, narrower than spikes, widest bract blade of distalmost lateral spike 0.5–3.4 mm wide. Spikes 3(–4) per culm; lateral spikes 7–20 × 2.5–4.5 mm; terminal spike 11–35 × 1.8–3 mm. Pistillate scales 2–2.5 × 0.8–1.2 mm, apex acute or mucronate. Staminate scales 3.2–4.2 × 1–1.2 mm, margins hyaline or brown tinged, apex acute. Anthers 3.5–4 mm. Perigynia 6–18 per spike, closely to loosely overlapping, ratio of longer lateral spike length to perigynia number 0.8–2.4, aggregated, spreading, finely, conspicuously (22–)25–32-veined, narrowly elongate, 3–5.2 × 1.2–1.6 mm; beak excurved, 0.4–1.7 mm. Achenes elongate-obovoid, 2.2–3 × 1.2–1.6 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 222. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 222. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 222 (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 chapmanii Steud.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1675976 on 2025-09-13
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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
page(s): 222 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 222 [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 00306189, geounit Florida [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms loosely tufted or solitary, ascending or lax, 10–32 cm × 0.8–1.6 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths light brown to brown; sheaths green or yellow-green, 2–26 mm; blades ascending, green or yellow-green, midrib well developed abaxially, 2 lateral veins well developed adaxially, flat, 18–44 cm × 12–14 mm, blades of owerwintering leaves smooth. Inflorescences: peduncles of proximal spike to 6 cm, longer lateral ones 4.6–14 times as long as spikes they subtend, arising in proximal 1/3 of culm, distal lateral spikes not exserted; peduncle of terminal spike 0–2.8 cm; bracts 8–21 × 1–4 mm, blade of distal lateral spike linear, narrower than spikes, widest bract blade of distalmost lateral spike 0.5–3.4 mm wide. Spikes 3(–4) per culm; lateral spikes 7–20 × 2.5–4.5 mm; terminal spike 11–35 × 1.8–3 mm. Pistillate scales 2–2.5 × 0.8–1.2 mm, apex acute or mucronate. Staminate scales 3.2–4.2 × 1–1.2 mm, margins hyaline or brown tinged, apex acute. Anthers 3.5–4 mm. Perigynia 6–18 per spike, closely to loosely overlapping, ratio of longer lateral spike length to perigynia number 0.8–2.4, aggregated, spreading, finely, conspicuously (22–)25–32-veined, narrowly elongate, 3–5.2 × 1.2–1.6 mm; beak excurved, 0.4–1.7 mm. Achenes elongate-obovoid, 2.2–3 × 1.2–1.6 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2(8-9): 222. 1855 [10-11 Apr 1855] to Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 222 (1855), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex chapmanii)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex chapmanii K000327229 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex chapmanii K001040273 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex chapmanii)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex chapmanii K000327229 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex chapmanii K001040273 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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