Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex sterilis Willd.
1676066 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676066)
accepted
Species
Carex elachycarpa Fernald · unaccepted
Carex muricata var. sterilis (Willd.) Gleason · unaccepted
Carex stellulata var. sterilis (Willd.) J.Carey · unaccepted
Carex sterilis f. flexibilis Farw. · unaccepted
Carex sterilis var. aequidistans Peck · unaccepted
Carex sterilis var. angustata L.H.Bailey · unaccepted
Carex sterilis var. rousseauiana Raymond · unaccepted
Kobresia elachycarpa (Fernald) Fernald · unaccepted
- Forma Carex sterilis f. flexibilis Farw. accepted as Carex sterilis Willd.
- Variety Carex sterilis var. aequidistans Peck accepted as Carex sterilis Willd.
- Variety Carex sterilis var. angustata L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex sterilis Willd.
- Variety Carex sterilis var. cephalantha (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
- Variety Carex sterilis var. excelsior L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata Murray
- Variety Carex sterilis var. rousseauiana Raymond accepted as Carex sterilis Willd.
terrestrial
(1805). Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/670960#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 208 [details]
page(s): 208 [details]
Description Culms 10–75 cm. Leaves 3–5 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 4–13 cm, apex concave, glabrous; ligules...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 208 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 208. 1805 ,...
Description Culms 10–75 cm. Leaves 3–5 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 4–13 cm, apex concave, glabrous; ligules 0.3–1.7 mm, rounded to obtuse; blades plicate, 7.5–25 cm × 1.2–2.6 mm, widest leaf 1.6–2.6 mm wide. Inflorescences densely crowded distally, often with basal spikes ± separate, 0.9–4 cm; spikes 3–8; unisexual with pistillate and staminate spikes on different plants; pistillate plants rarely with few staminate flowers; staminate plants sometimes with few pistillate flowers scattered on spikes or, occasionally, entirely pistillate spikes mixed with entirely staminate ones in same inflorescence; proximal 2 spikes 3.8–15.5 mm apart, lateral spikes 3–13.5 mm, similar to terminal spikes; terminal spikes 3.5–13.7 mm, usually unisexual, pistillate spikes 5–26-flowered, 4.5–7.2 mm wide, staminate spikes 6–31-flowered, 1.2–2.6 mm wide. Pistillate scales ovate, 1.8–2.9 × 1–1.8 mm, apex acute. Staminate scales ovate, 2.2–3.3 × 1.1–1.8 mm, base not clavate, apex acute. Anthers (1–)1.2–2.2(–2.35) mm. Perigynia spreading to reflexed, castaneous to almost black, 5–12-veined abaxially, 0–10-veined adaxially, ovate to deltate, 2.1–3.8 × 1.2–2.2 mm, 1.4–2.3(–2.7) times as long as wide; beak 0.65–1.6 mm, 0.45–0.8 length of body, setulose-serrulate, teeth whitish, 0.15–0.5 mm, soft. Achenes ovate to suborbiculate, 1–1.7 × 0.9–1.3 mm.
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Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 208 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 208. 1805 ,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 208 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 208. 1805 , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sterilis Willd.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676066 on 2025-09-13
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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): 208 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 208 [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
Syntype HAL 0103604, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms 10–75 cm. Leaves 3–5 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 4–13 cm, apex concave, glabrous; ligules 0.3–1.7 mm, rounded to obtuse; blades plicate, 7.5–25 cm × 1.2–2.6 mm, widest leaf 1.6–2.6 mm wide. Inflorescences densely crowded distally, often with basal spikes ± separate, 0.9–4 cm; spikes 3–8; unisexual with pistillate and staminate spikes on different plants; pistillate plants rarely with few staminate flowers; staminate plants sometimes with few pistillate flowers scattered on spikes or, occasionally, entirely pistillate spikes mixed with entirely staminate ones in same inflorescence; proximal 2 spikes 3.8–15.5 mm apart, lateral spikes 3–13.5 mm, similar to terminal spikes; terminal spikes 3.5–13.7 mm, usually unisexual, pistillate spikes 5–26-flowered, 4.5–7.2 mm wide, staminate spikes 6–31-flowered, 1.2–2.6 mm wide. Pistillate scales ovate, 1.8–2.9 × 1–1.8 mm, apex acute. Staminate scales ovate, 2.2–3.3 × 1.1–1.8 mm, base not clavate, apex acute. Anthers (1–)1.2–2.2(–2.35) mm. Perigynia spreading to reflexed, castaneous to almost black, 5–12-veined abaxially, 0–10-veined adaxially, ovate to deltate, 2.1–3.8 × 1.2–2.2 mm, 1.4–2.3(–2.7) times as long as wide; beak 0.65–1.6 mm, 0.45–0.8 length of body, setulose-serrulate, teeth whitish, 0.15–0.5 mm, soft. Achenes ovate to suborbiculate, 1–1.7 × 0.9–1.3 mm.[details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 208 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 208. 1805 , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex stellulata var. sterilis (Willd.) J.Carey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex sterilis var. angustata L.H.Bailey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Carex elachycarpa Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Kobresia elachycarpa (Fernald) Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (227 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex sterilis)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Kobresia elachycarpa (Fernald) Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex elachycarpa Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muricata var. sterilis (Willd.) Gleason)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sterilis var. rousseauiana Raymond)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sterilis var. aequidistans Peck)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex stellulata var. sterilis (Willd.) J.Carey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sterilis var. angustata L.H.Bailey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sterilis f. flexibilis Farw.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Kobresia elachycarpa (Fernald) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elachycarpa Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex stellulata var. sterilis (Willd.) J.Carey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sterilis var. aequidistans Peck)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. sterilis (Willd.) Gleason)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sterilis var. angustata L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sterilis f. flexibilis Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sterilis var. rousseauiana Raymond)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex sterilis var. angustata L.H.Bailey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Carex elachycarpa Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Kobresia elachycarpa (Fernald) Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (227 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex sterilis)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Kobresia elachycarpa (Fernald) Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex elachycarpa Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex muricata var. sterilis (Willd.) Gleason)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sterilis var. rousseauiana Raymond)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sterilis var. aequidistans Peck)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex stellulata var. sterilis (Willd.) J.Carey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sterilis var. angustata L.H.Bailey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sterilis f. flexibilis Farw.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Kobresia elachycarpa (Fernald) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex elachycarpa Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex stellulata var. sterilis (Willd.) J.Carey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sterilis var. aequidistans Peck)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex muricata var. sterilis (Willd.) Gleason)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sterilis var. angustata L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sterilis f. flexibilis Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sterilis var. rousseauiana Raymond)
