Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex trichocarpa Muhl. ex Willd.
1676231 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676231)
accepted
Species
- Variety Carex trichocarpa var. aristata L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex atherodes Spreng.
- Variety Carex trichocarpa var. deweyi L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex atherodes Spreng.
- Variety Carex trichocarpa var. imberbis A.Gray accepted as Carex atherodes Spreng.
- Variety Carex trichocarpa var. laeviconica Hitchc. accepted as Carex atherodes Spreng.
- Variety Carex trichocarpa var. maxima Kük. accepted as Carex atherodes Spreng.
- Variety Carex trichocarpa var. orthostachys (C.A.Mey.) Kük. accepted as Carex atherodes Spreng.
- Variety Carex trichocarpa var. turbinata Dewey accepted as Carex atherodes Spreng.
terrestrial
(1805). Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/670960#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 302 [details]
page(s): 302 [details]
Description Culms trigonous in cross section, 40–120 cm; vegetative culms hard, solid with parenchyma, taller than fertile culms....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 302 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 302. 1805 ,...
Description Culms trigonous in cross section, 40–120 cm; vegetative culms hard, solid with parenchyma, taller than fertile culms. Leaves: basal sheaths reddish purple, inner bands fibrillose with age; sheaths with apex of inner band strongly reddish purple tinged, thickened, especially on distal sheaths, thickened portion opaque, smooth, glossy, essentially veinless at apex, not ladder-fibrillose, glabrous; ligules 3–12.5 mm; blades 2.5–8.8 mm wide, glabrous, not papillose abaxially. Inflorescences 13–50(–60) cm; spikes erect or ascending; proximal 2–4(–6) spikes pistillate; terminal 1–8 spikes staminate (rarely gynaecandrous). Pistillate scales lanceolate to narrowly ovate, apex acute to acuminate, scabrous-awned, glabrous. Staminate scales lanceolate to narrowly ovate, apex obtuse to acuminate, occasionally scabrous-awned, glabrous. Perigynia 12–22-veined, (5.3–)6–11.5 × (1.7–)2.1–3.9 mm, sparsely to densely pubescent (very rarely glabrous); beak 2.1–4.4 mm, pubescent, teeth straight to spreading, (1–)1.2–2.3(–2.8) mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 302 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 302. 1805 ,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 302 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 302. 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 trichocarpa Muhl. ex Willd.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676231 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): 302 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 302 [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 0103644, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms trigonous in cross section, 40–120 cm; vegetative culms hard, solid with parenchyma, taller than fertile culms. Leaves: basal sheaths reddish purple, inner bands fibrillose with age; sheaths with apex of inner band strongly reddish purple tinged, thickened, especially on distal sheaths, thickened portion opaque, smooth, glossy, essentially veinless at apex, not ladder-fibrillose, glabrous; ligules 3–12.5 mm; blades 2.5–8.8 mm wide, glabrous, not papillose abaxially. Inflorescences 13–50(–60) cm; spikes erect or ascending; proximal 2–4(–6) spikes pistillate; terminal 1–8 spikes staminate (rarely gynaecandrous). Pistillate scales lanceolate to narrowly ovate, apex acute to acuminate, scabrous-awned, glabrous. Staminate scales lanceolate to narrowly ovate, apex obtuse to acuminate, occasionally scabrous-awned, glabrous. Perigynia 12–22-veined, (5.3–)6–11.5 × (1.7–)2.1–3.9 mm, sparsely to densely pubescent (very rarely glabrous); beak 2.1–4.4 mm, pubescent, teeth straight to spreading, (1–)1.2–2.3(–2.8) mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 302 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 302. 1805 , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
