Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex muriculata F.J.Herm.
1676331 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676331)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
McVaugh, R. (1949). Botanical Records of Field Work in the Sonthetn United States in 1945 and 1947. <em>Field and Laboratory.</em> 17(4): 123-142.
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Description Culms sharply trigonous, (10–)20–80 cm; bladeless basal sheaths brown, strongly fibrillose. Leaves: sheaths tight, pale...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from F.J.Herm. to F.J.Herm. in McVaugh, information provided by...
Description Culms sharply trigonous, (10–)20–80 cm; bladeless basal sheaths brown, strongly fibrillose. Leaves: sheaths tight, pale green to reddish brown abaxially, whitish to brown stained and ± hyaline adaxially, glabrous; ligules 0.6–2.8 mm, rounded to obtuse; blades flat, convolute or revolute, 7–40 cm × 1–2.5(–3.3) mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescences oblong to linear-oblong, (1.6–)2.5–7 cm × 8–15 mm; proximal bracts leafy, 9–27 cm, sheathless, with prominent hyaline margins basally; distal bracts gradually reduced; spikes 3–6, distal 2 or 3 ± approximate, (5.5–)8–22 × (4.5–)5.5–11 mm. Pistillate scales with strongly 3-veined, green to brown center and whitish translucent sides, oblong-lanceolate, exceeding perigynia and mostly concealing them, apex awn, when present, to 2 mm, glabrous. Staminate scales oblong-lanceolate, apex acute or short acuminate. Perigynia, green or usually brown tinged, prominently 8–16-veined, (3.3–)3.5–4.6 × 1.4–1.8 mm, thick-coriaceous, granular-warty, white stellate-hirsute. Achenes obovoid to broadly-ellipsoid, 2–2.4 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from F.J.Herm. to F.J.Herm. in McVaugh, information provided by...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from F.J.Herm. to F.J.Herm. in McVaugh, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex muriculata F.J.Herm.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676331 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
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McVaugh, R. (1949). Botanical Records of Field Work in the Sonthetn United States in 1945 and 1947. <em>Field and Laboratory.</em> 17(4): 123-142.
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 132 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Isotype GH 00027336, geounit New Mexico [details]
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Description Culms sharply trigonous, (10–)20–80 cm; bladeless basal sheaths brown, strongly fibrillose. Leaves: sheaths tight, pale green to reddish brown abaxially, whitish to brown stained and ± hyaline adaxially, glabrous; ligules 0.6–2.8 mm, rounded to obtuse; blades flat, convolute or revolute, 7–40 cm × 1–2.5(–3.3) mm wide, glabrous. Inflorescences oblong to linear-oblong, (1.6–)2.5–7 cm × 8–15 mm; proximal bracts leafy, 9–27 cm, sheathless, with prominent hyaline margins basally; distal bracts gradually reduced; spikes 3–6, distal 2 or 3 ± approximate, (5.5–)8–22 × (4.5–)5.5–11 mm. Pistillate scales with strongly 3-veined, green to brown center and whitish translucent sides, oblong-lanceolate, exceeding perigynia and mostly concealing them, apex awn, when present, to 2 mm, glabrous. Staminate scales oblong-lanceolate, apex acute or short acuminate. Perigynia, green or usually brown tinged, prominently 8–16-veined, (3.3–)3.5–4.6 × 1.4–1.8 mm, thick-coriaceous, granular-warty, white stellate-hirsute. Achenes obovoid to broadly-ellipsoid, 2–2.4 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from F.J.Herm. to F.J.Herm. in McVaugh, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant [details]
