Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex spissa L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl.
1676053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676053)
accepted
Species
- Variety Carex spissa var. seatoniana (L.H.Bailey) Kük.
- Variety Carex spissa var. spissa L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl.
- Variety Carex spissa var. ultra (L.H.Bailey) Kük. accepted as Carex ultra L.H.Bailey
terrestrial
Bailey, L. H. (1886). A preliminary synopsis of the genus Carex. Notes on Mexico, Central America and Greenland, with the American bibliography of the genus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 22: 59-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3053987#page/73/mode/1up
page(s): 70 [details]
page(s): 70 [details]
Lectotype GH 00274962, geounit United States
Lectotype GH 00274962, geounit United States [details]
Description Culms obtusely angled, 110 cm × 5 mm, glabrous. Leaves: sheaths with red-brown spots, to 60 cm, backs green or red tinged,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl. to L.H.Bailey, information provided by...
Description Culms obtusely angled, 110 cm × 5 mm, glabrous. Leaves: sheaths with red-brown spots, to 60 cm, backs green or red tinged, fronts membranous, apex concave to V-shaped; blades 120 cm × 7–18 mm, leathery, margins revolute, prominently keeled, antrorsely scabrous on margins and keel, glaucous when young, glossy adaxially, surface papillose abaxially. Inflorescences with 5–20 spikes, 25–80 cm; pistillate spikes 4–10, 3–13 cm × 10–12 mm. Scales red-brown with broad yellow-brown midrib, oblong, 3.5 × 1 mm, margins hyaline, apex acuminate or retuse, awn 0.5–3 mm, ciliate. Anthers 3–4 mm. Perigynia pale brown, with uniformly distributed red-brown spots, somewhat flattened to strongly inflated distally, 3.5–4.8 × 1.5–2.5 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse, somewhat glaucous; beak red-brown, flared, abaxially obliquely bidentately cut, 0.5 mm. Achenes dark brown, stipitate, ellipsoid, 2 × 1.2 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl. to L.H.Bailey, information provided by...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl. to L.H.Bailey, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plan [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex spissa L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676053 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Bailey, L. H. (1886). A preliminary synopsis of the genus Carex. Notes on Mexico, Central America and Greenland, with the American bibliography of the genus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 22: 59-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3053987#page/73/mode/1up
page(s): 70 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 70 [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
Lectotype GH 00274962, geounit United States [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms obtusely angled, 110 cm × 5 mm, glabrous. Leaves: sheaths with red-brown spots, to 60 cm, backs green or red tinged, fronts membranous, apex concave to V-shaped; blades 120 cm × 7–18 mm, leathery, margins revolute, prominently keeled, antrorsely scabrous on margins and keel, glaucous when young, glossy adaxially, surface papillose abaxially. Inflorescences with 5–20 spikes, 25–80 cm; pistillate spikes 4–10, 3–13 cm × 10–12 mm. Scales red-brown with broad yellow-brown midrib, oblong, 3.5 × 1 mm, margins hyaline, apex acuminate or retuse, awn 0.5–3 mm, ciliate. Anthers 3–4 mm. Perigynia pale brown, with uniformly distributed red-brown spots, somewhat flattened to strongly inflated distally, 3.5–4.8 × 1.5–2.5 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse, somewhat glaucous; beak red-brown, flared, abaxially obliquely bidentately cut, 0.5 mm. Achenes dark brown, stipitate, ellipsoid, 2 × 1.2 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from L.H.Bailey ex Hemsl. to L.H.Bailey, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plan [details]
