Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex tincta (Fernald) Fernald
1676199 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676199)
accepted
Species
Carex mirabilis var. tincta Fernald · unaccepted
Carex normalis var. tincta (Fernald) House · unaccepted
Carex straminea f. tincta Kük. · unaccepted
terrestrial
(of Carex mirabilis var. tincta Fernald) Fernald, M. L. (1902). The variation of some boreal Carices. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 37: 495-514., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4008650
page(s): 473 [details]
page(s): 473 [details]
Description Plants loosely cespitose; rhizomes appearing elongate in old clumps. Culms typically (3–)5–9 per clump, 25–85(–150)...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Fernald) Fernald to Fernald, information provided by Alan...
Description Plants loosely cespitose; rhizomes appearing elongate in old clumps. Culms typically (3–)5–9 per clump, 25–85(–150) cm; vegetative culms inconspicuous, usually fewer than 10 leaves clustered at apex, not strikingly 3-ranked. Leaves: sheaths with adaxial hyaline area, not mottled abaxially, frequently puckered or cross-corrugated, summits truncate or U-shaped, rarely slightly V-shaped, at most shortly prolonged beyond collar, papillose (at 30X); distal ligules 1.5–3.5 mm; blades 2–4 per fertile culm, 10–28(–40) cm × 2–4 mm. Inflorescences erect, compact on tallest culms, dense, brown, 1.2–2.5(–3.5) cm × 8–12(–15) mm; proximal internode 1.5–6(–10) mm; 2d internode 2–3.5 mm. Spikes 4–11, ± overlapping, ellipsoid or globose, 5.5–10 × 3.6–6.5 mm, base usually acute, apex rounded to broadly acute; proximal bracts scalelike, often with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences. Pistillate scales reddish brown or dark brown, ovate to lanceolate, 2.4–3.5 mm, at least slightly shorter than perigynium beaks, narrower than perigynia, apex acute or somewhat obtuse. Perigynia spreading to ascending-spreading, tan to brown at maturity, contrasting with scales while maturing, conspicuously at least 4–8-veined abaxially, 3–7-veined adaxially, broadly ovate, plano-convex, 3.5–4.5(–4.7) × (1.4–)1.6–2.4 mm, 0.45–0.6 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.25–0.45 mm wide, smooth; beak golden to dark brown tinged at tip, flat, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with golden to dark brown hyaline margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.7–2.3 mm. Achenes ovate to broadly elliptic, 1.3–1.6 × 0.9–1.2 mm, 0.4–0.55 mm thick. n = 36+IV. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Fernald) Fernald to Fernald, information provided by Alan...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Fernald) Fernald to Fernald, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex tincta (Fernald) Fernald. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676199 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Carex mirabilis var. tincta Fernald) Fernald, M. L. (1902). The variation of some boreal Carices. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 37: 495-514., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4008650
page(s): 473 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Fernald, M. L. (1913). Carex tincta a valid species. <em>Rhodora.</em> 15: 186-187., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/567420#page/192/mode/1up
page(s): 186 [details]
page(s): 473 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
new combination reference Fernald, M. L. (1913). Carex tincta a valid species. <em>Rhodora.</em> 15: 186-187., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/567420#page/192/mode/1up
page(s): 186 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Carex mirabilis var. tincta Fernald) GH 00027325, geounit Canada [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants loosely cespitose; rhizomes appearing elongate in old clumps. Culms typically (3–)5–9 per clump, 25–85(–150) cm; vegetative culms inconspicuous, usually fewer than 10 leaves clustered at apex, not strikingly 3-ranked. Leaves: sheaths with adaxial hyaline area, not mottled abaxially, frequently puckered or cross-corrugated, summits truncate or U-shaped, rarely slightly V-shaped, at most shortly prolonged beyond collar, papillose (at 30X); distal ligules 1.5–3.5 mm; blades 2–4 per fertile culm, 10–28(–40) cm × 2–4 mm. Inflorescences erect, compact on tallest culms, dense, brown, 1.2–2.5(–3.5) cm × 8–12(–15) mm; proximal internode 1.5–6(–10) mm; 2d internode 2–3.5 mm. Spikes 4–11, ± overlapping, ellipsoid or globose, 5.5–10 × 3.6–6.5 mm, base usually acute, apex rounded to broadly acute; proximal bracts scalelike, often with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences. Pistillate scales reddish brown or dark brown, ovate to lanceolate, 2.4–3.5 mm, at least slightly shorter than perigynium beaks, narrower than perigynia, apex acute or somewhat obtuse. Perigynia spreading to ascending-spreading, tan to brown at maturity, contrasting with scales while maturing, conspicuously at least 4–8-veined abaxially, 3–7-veined adaxially, broadly ovate, plano-convex, 3.5–4.5(–4.7) × (1.4–)1.6–2.4 mm, 0.45–0.6 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.25–0.45 mm wide, smooth; beak golden to dark brown tinged at tip, flat, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with golden to dark brown hyaline margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.7–2.3 mm. Achenes ovate to broadly elliptic, 1.3–1.6 × 0.9–1.2 mm, 0.4–0.55 mm thick. n = 36+IV. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Fernald) Fernald to Fernald, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex tincta)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex mirabilis var. tincta Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex normalis var. tincta (Fernald) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex straminea f. tincta Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex normalis var. tincta (Fernald) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex mirabilis var. tincta Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex straminea f. tincta Kük.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex tincta)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex mirabilis var. tincta Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex normalis var. tincta (Fernald) House)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex straminea f. tincta Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex normalis var. tincta (Fernald) House)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex mirabilis var. tincta Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex straminea f. tincta Kük.)
