Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex cherokeensis Schwein.
1675981 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1675981)
accepted
Species
Carex baazasana Steud. · unaccepted
Carex brazatana Boeckeler · unaccepted
Carex christyana Boott · unaccepted
Carex recurva Muhl. · unaccepted
Edritria recurva Raf. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Schweinitz, L. D. (1824). An Analytical Table to facilitate the determination of the hitherto observed North American species of the genus Carex. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1: 62-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913239#page/72/mode/1up
page(s): 71 [details]
page(s): 71 [details]
Description Plants with short-creeping rhizomes, forming dense colonies. Culms brown to chestnut at base, surrounded by remains of old...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated Author from Schwein. to Schwein. & Torr., according to IPNI. Information provided by Alan...
Description Plants with short-creeping rhizomes, forming dense colonies. Culms brown to chestnut at base, surrounded by remains of old leaf bases, but not conspicuously fibrillose; flowering culms 30–80 mm, usually longer than leaves at maturity, 1–2 mm thick, glabrous but finely scabrous within inflorescence. Leaves: sheaths glabrous, basal ones dark chestnut, grading to light brown and green on back, all bearing blades, sometimes very reduced in size on basal ones; sheath fronts brown-hyaline or membranous, darker brown and often red dotted toward apex; blades rigid, flat or channeled near base, 2.5–7 mm wide, glabrous but margins, edges of adaxial surface, and midrib of abaxial surface finely scabrous. Inflorescences: peduncles of lateral spikes slender, to 100 mm (proximal spikes) or to 30 mm (distal spikes), minutely scabrous; of terminal spike 3–20 mm, glabrous; proximal bracts much shorter than inflorescences; sheaths 10–75 mm; blades 1.5–3.5 mm wide. Lateral spikes 4–12, 1–3 per node; proximal spikes well separated, arching, pistillate with 20–50 perigynia attached 1 mm apart, cylindric, 15–45 × 6–9 mm; distal spikes androgynous or staminate, usually crowded near apex. Terminal spike staminate, sometimes compound at base, 20–60 × 2.5–4 mm; the set of predominantly staminate spikes usually conspicuously raised above predominantly pistillate ones. Pistillate scales pale hyaline tinged with light brown, with midrib green to golden green, ovate to elliptic, nearly as long as mature perigynia, gradually narrowing to acuminate or short-cuspidate apex, glabrous except scabrous midrib. Perigynia green to straw colored, sparsely red dotted, 2-ribbed and finely 7–10-veined, slightly inflated around achene, ovoid, 5–6.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, membranous, base rounded, apex gradually tapering to beak, glabrous; beak bidentate, 2.5 mm including teeth, teeth hyaline, narrow, to 1 mm. Achenes substipitate, 2–2.5 × 1.2–1.7 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated Author from Schwein. to Schwein. & Torr., according to IPNI. Information provided by Alan...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated Author from Schwein. to Schwein. & Torr., according to IPNI. Information provided by Alan E. on email Jul. 15 2020. More details could be found in The Plant Li [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex cherokeensis Schwein.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1675981 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Schweinitz, L. D. (1824). An Analytical Table to facilitate the determination of the hitherto observed North American species of the genus Carex. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1: 62-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913239#page/72/mode/1up
page(s): 71 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 71 [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
From editor or global species database
Description Plants with short-creeping rhizomes, forming dense colonies. Culms brown to chestnut at base, surrounded by remains of old leaf bases, but not conspicuously fibrillose; flowering culms 30–80 mm, usually longer than leaves at maturity, 1–2 mm thick, glabrous but finely scabrous within inflorescence. Leaves: sheaths glabrous, basal ones dark chestnut, grading to light brown and green on back, all bearing blades, sometimes very reduced in size on basal ones; sheath fronts brown-hyaline or membranous, darker brown and often red dotted toward apex; blades rigid, flat or channeled near base, 2.5–7 mm wide, glabrous but margins, edges of adaxial surface, and midrib of abaxial surface finely scabrous. Inflorescences: peduncles of lateral spikes slender, to 100 mm (proximal spikes) or to 30 mm (distal spikes), minutely scabrous; of terminal spike 3–20 mm, glabrous; proximal bracts much shorter than inflorescences; sheaths 10–75 mm; blades 1.5–3.5 mm wide. Lateral spikes 4–12, 1–3 per node; proximal spikes well separated, arching, pistillate with 20–50 perigynia attached 1 mm apart, cylindric, 15–45 × 6–9 mm; distal spikes androgynous or staminate, usually crowded near apex. Terminal spike staminate, sometimes compound at base, 20–60 × 2.5–4 mm; the set of predominantly staminate spikes usually conspicuously raised above predominantly pistillate ones. Pistillate scales pale hyaline tinged with light brown, with midrib green to golden green, ovate to elliptic, nearly as long as mature perigynia, gradually narrowing to acuminate or short-cuspidate apex, glabrous except scabrous midrib. Perigynia green to straw colored, sparsely red dotted, 2-ribbed and finely 7–10-veined, slightly inflated around achene, ovoid, 5–6.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, membranous, base rounded, apex gradually tapering to beak, glabrous; beak bidentate, 2.5 mm including teeth, teeth hyaline, narrow, to 1 mm. Achenes substipitate, 2–2.5 × 1.2–1.7 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated Author from Schwein. to Schwein. & Torr., according to IPNI. Information provided by Alan E. on email Jul. 15 2020. More details could be found in The Plant Li [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Edritria recurva Raf.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications) (from synonym Carex recurva Muhl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex baazasana Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex cherokeensis)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Edritria recurva Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex brazatana Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex christyana Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex baazasana Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex recurva Muhl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex recurva Muhl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex christyana Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex brazatana Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex baazasana Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Edritria recurva Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex cherokeensis K000907972 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (171 publications) (from synonym Carex recurva Muhl.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex baazasana Steud.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex cherokeensis)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Edritria recurva Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex brazatana Boeckeler)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex christyana Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex baazasana Steud.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex recurva Muhl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex recurva Muhl.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex christyana Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex brazatana Boeckeler)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex baazasana Steud.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Edritria recurva Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex cherokeensis K000907972 type 1)
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