Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex merritt-fernaldii Mack.
1676250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676250)
accepted
Species
Carex brevior var. pseudofestucacea Farw. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Mackenzie, K. K. (1922). Notes on Carex XII. <em>Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.</em> 49(12): 361-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12246202#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 370 [details]
page(s): 370 [details]
Holotype GH 00283980, geounit Maine
Holotype GH 00283980, geounit Maine [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes appearing elongate only in old clumps. Culms 30–100 cm; vegetative culms few,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 370 1922 publ. 1923 to Bull. Torrey Bot....
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes appearing elongate only in old clumps. Culms 30–100 cm; vegetative culms few, inconspicuous, with fewer than 15(–17) leaves, not strikingly 3-ranked. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped to truncate, sometimes prolonged 1–2 mm beyond collar, not puckered, finely papillose; distal ligules 2.5–4.8 mm; blades 3–6 per fertile culm, 14–32 cm × 1.5–3 mm. Inflorescences compact to open, occasionally elongate and arching or nodding, reddish brown or straw colored, 1.5–5 cm × 7–15 mm; proximal internode 5–15 mm; 2d internode 3–7 mm; proximal bracts scalelike with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences. Spikes (4–)6–8(–10), distinct, ovoid, 7–15 × 5–9 mm, base rounded, apex rounded or nearly acute. Pistillate scales light yellow-brown with paler midvein, lance-subulate or lanceolate, occasionally broadly lanceolate, (3.2–)3.4–3.8(–4.2) mm, 0.2–1.3 mm shorter than perignyium beaks, narrower than perigynia, margins white-hyaline, 0.1–0.3 mm wide, apex acute. Anthers 1.3–2.6 mm. Perigynia 15–80 in larger spikes, ascending, light green to straw colored, conspicuously 5–9-veined abaxially, veinless or faintly 1–5-veined adaxially, broadly ovate to ovate-orbiculate, plano-convex, 3.3–5 × 2.3–3.5 mm, 0.5–0.8 mm thick, irregular, margin flat, including wing 0.4–0.8 mm wide, with 1–2 veins in yellowish wing, smooth; beak red-brown at tip, flat, 0.7–1.6(–1.8) mm, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture ± conspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene 1.8–3.1 mm. Achenes ovate or orbiculate, 1.4–1.8 × 1.1–1.5 mm, 0.5–0.7 mm thick. 2n = 70, 74. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 370 1922 publ. 1923 to Bull. Torrey Bot....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 370 1922 publ. 1923 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 370 (1922 publ. 1923), 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 merritt-fernaldii Mack.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676250 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Mackenzie, K. K. (1922). Notes on Carex XII. <em>Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.</em> 49(12): 361-374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12246202#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 370 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 370 [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
Holotype GH 00283980, geounit Maine [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes appearing elongate only in old clumps. Culms 30–100 cm; vegetative culms few, inconspicuous, with fewer than 15(–17) leaves, not strikingly 3-ranked. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped to truncate, sometimes prolonged 1–2 mm beyond collar, not puckered, finely papillose; distal ligules 2.5–4.8 mm; blades 3–6 per fertile culm, 14–32 cm × 1.5–3 mm. Inflorescences compact to open, occasionally elongate and arching or nodding, reddish brown or straw colored, 1.5–5 cm × 7–15 mm; proximal internode 5–15 mm; 2d internode 3–7 mm; proximal bracts scalelike with bristle tips shorter than inflorescences. Spikes (4–)6–8(–10), distinct, ovoid, 7–15 × 5–9 mm, base rounded, apex rounded or nearly acute. Pistillate scales light yellow-brown with paler midvein, lance-subulate or lanceolate, occasionally broadly lanceolate, (3.2–)3.4–3.8(–4.2) mm, 0.2–1.3 mm shorter than perignyium beaks, narrower than perigynia, margins white-hyaline, 0.1–0.3 mm wide, apex acute. Anthers 1.3–2.6 mm. Perigynia 15–80 in larger spikes, ascending, light green to straw colored, conspicuously 5–9-veined abaxially, veinless or faintly 1–5-veined adaxially, broadly ovate to ovate-orbiculate, plano-convex, 3.3–5 × 2.3–3.5 mm, 0.5–0.8 mm thick, irregular, margin flat, including wing 0.4–0.8 mm wide, with 1–2 veins in yellowish wing, smooth; beak red-brown at tip, flat, 0.7–1.6(–1.8) mm, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture ± conspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene 1.8–3.1 mm. Achenes ovate or orbiculate, 1.4–1.8 × 1.1–1.5 mm, 0.5–0.7 mm thick. 2n = 70, 74. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 370 1922 publ. 1923 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 370 (1922 publ. 1923), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex merritt-fernaldii)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex brevior var. pseudofestucacea Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex brevior var. pseudofestucacea Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex merritt-fernaldii)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex brevior var. pseudofestucacea Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex brevior var. pseudofestucacea Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online
