Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex tahoensis Smiley
1676141 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676141)
accepted
Species
Carex eastwoodiana Stacey · unaccepted
terrestrial
Smiley, F. J. (1921). A report upon the boreal flora of the Sierra Nevada of California. <em>Botany.</em> 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15151368#page/5/mode/1up
page(s): 119 [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 15–45 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits usually U-shaped; distal ligules...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 9: 119 1921 to Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 9: 119...
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 15–45 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits usually U-shaped; distal ligules 0.8–1.5 mm; blades 3–5 per fertile culm, occasionally folded, if not folded, margins revolute, 5–10 cm × 1.5–2.5(–3) mm, thick, tough. Inflorescences dense to ± open, whitish, gold, or brown, (1.5–)2–3(–3.7) cm × 6–12 mm; proximal internode 4–11 mm; 2d internode 2.5–7 mm; proximal bracts scalelike or bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes 4–6, distant, distinct, lanceloid to ovoid, 10–15 × 4–6 mm, base tapered to attenuate, apex rounded to acute. Pistillate scales red-brown, with straw colored to tan midstripe, usually ovate, to 4–5 mm, equaling, covering at least perigynium bodies, margin white, 0.2–0.6 mm wide, apex obtuse to short-awned. Perigynia appressed or appressed-ascending, green, gold, or coppery, conspicuously 7–14-veined abaxially, conspicuously 3–8-veined adaxially, lanceolate or ovate to oblanceolate or obovate, plano-convex, (3.7–)4.5–6 × 1.5–2.6 mm, 0.5–0.7(–0.9) mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.2–0.4(–0.5) mm wide; beak brown to gold or reddish, often white-hyaline at tip, ± cylindric, ± ciliate-serrulate for distal 0.2–0.7 mm, abaxial suture with white margin, or sometimes inconspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene (0.6–)1–2 mm. Achenes lanceolate to ovate or obovate, 1.9–2.4 × 1.2–1.6 mm, 0.5–0.7 mm thick. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 9: 119 1921 to Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 9: 119...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 9: 119 1921 to Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 9: 119 (1921), 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 tahoensis Smiley. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676141 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Smiley, F. J. (1921). A report upon the boreal flora of the Sierra Nevada of California. <em>Botany.</em> 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15151368#page/5/mode/1up
page(s): 119 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 119 [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 densely cespitose. Culms 15–45 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits usually U-shaped; distal ligules 0.8–1.5 mm; blades 3–5 per fertile culm, occasionally folded, if not folded, margins revolute, 5–10 cm × 1.5–2.5(–3) mm, thick, tough. Inflorescences dense to ± open, whitish, gold, or brown, (1.5–)2–3(–3.7) cm × 6–12 mm; proximal internode 4–11 mm; 2d internode 2.5–7 mm; proximal bracts scalelike or bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes 4–6, distant, distinct, lanceloid to ovoid, 10–15 × 4–6 mm, base tapered to attenuate, apex rounded to acute. Pistillate scales red-brown, with straw colored to tan midstripe, usually ovate, to 4–5 mm, equaling, covering at least perigynium bodies, margin white, 0.2–0.6 mm wide, apex obtuse to short-awned. Perigynia appressed or appressed-ascending, green, gold, or coppery, conspicuously 7–14-veined abaxially, conspicuously 3–8-veined adaxially, lanceolate or ovate to oblanceolate or obovate, plano-convex, (3.7–)4.5–6 × 1.5–2.6 mm, 0.5–0.7(–0.9) mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.2–0.4(–0.5) mm wide; beak brown to gold or reddish, often white-hyaline at tip, ± cylindric, ± ciliate-serrulate for distal 0.2–0.7 mm, abaxial suture with white margin, or sometimes inconspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene (0.6–)1–2 mm. Achenes lanceolate to ovate or obovate, 1.9–2.4 × 1.2–1.6 mm, 0.5–0.7 mm thick. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 9: 119 1921 to Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 9: 119 (1921), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex eastwoodiana Stacey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex tahoensis)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex eastwoodiana Stacey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex phaeocephala f. eastwoodiana (Stacey) F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex phaeocephala f. eastwoodiana (Stacey) F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex eastwoodiana Stacey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex eastwoodiana Stacey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex tahoensis)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex eastwoodiana Stacey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex phaeocephala f. eastwoodiana (Stacey) F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex phaeocephala f. eastwoodiana (Stacey) F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex eastwoodiana Stacey)
