Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex inops L.H.Bailey
1676486 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676486)
accepted
Species
Carex verecunda Holm · unaccepted
- Subspecies Carex inops subsp. heliophila (Mack.) Crins
- Subspecies Carex inops subsp. inops L.H.Bailey
terrestrial
Bailey, L. H. (1886). A preliminary synopsis of the genus Carex. Notes on Mexico, Central America and Greenland, with the American bibliography of the genus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 22: 59-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3053987#page/73/mode/1up
page(s): 126 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
Description Plants loosely cespitose; rhizomes horizontally spreading, brown to reddish brown, 20–70 mm, slender. Culms 13–50 cm,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 126 1887 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 126...
Description Plants loosely cespitose; rhizomes horizontally spreading, brown to reddish brown, 20–70 mm, slender. Culms 13–50 cm, scabrous distally; bases (remnants of old leaves) weakly to strongly fibrous. Leaf blades green, 0.7–4.5 mm wide, herbaceous, smooth to scabrous abaxially, smooth to scabrous adaxially. Inflorescences with both staminate and pistillate spikes; peduncles of staminate spikes (0.8–)2.5–20 mm; proximal cauline bracts leaflike, green or reddish brown, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 1–3(–4) (basal spikes 0, rarely 1); cauline spikes overlapping or somewhat separated, with (2–)5–15 perigynia; staminate spikes 8–30 × 1.3–4.1 mm. Scales: pistillate scales pale brown to dark reddish brown or purplish brown, narrow white margins, elliptic to ovate, 2.6–5.4 × 1.2–2.6 mm, equaling perigynia, apex acute to acuminate or short-awned (rarely obtuse); staminate scales with white margins 0.4–0.8 mm wide, lanceolate to obovate, 3.6–6.7 × 1.2–1.7 mm apex obtuse to long-acuminate. Anthers (1.5–)2–3.8 mm. Perigynia yellowish green to pale brown or olive, veinless, obovoid, 2.8–4.6 × 1.5–2.2 mm, as long as wide; beak straight, pale green, occasionally with reddish tinge, 0.4–1.3 mm, weakly ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.1–0.7 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes dark brown, obovoid to globose, obtusely trigonous in cross section, (1.4–)1.6–2.5 × 1.5–2.2 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 126 1887 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 126...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 126 1887 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 126 (1887), 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 inops L.H.Bailey. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676486 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Bailey, L. H. (1886). A preliminary synopsis of the genus Carex. Notes on Mexico, Central America and Greenland, with the American bibliography of the genus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 22: 59-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3053987#page/73/mode/1up
page(s): 126 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 126 [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 loosely cespitose; rhizomes horizontally spreading, brown to reddish brown, 20–70 mm, slender. Culms 13–50 cm, scabrous distally; bases (remnants of old leaves) weakly to strongly fibrous. Leaf blades green, 0.7–4.5 mm wide, herbaceous, smooth to scabrous abaxially, smooth to scabrous adaxially. Inflorescences with both staminate and pistillate spikes; peduncles of staminate spikes (0.8–)2.5–20 mm; proximal cauline bracts leaflike, green or reddish brown, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 1–3(–4) (basal spikes 0, rarely 1); cauline spikes overlapping or somewhat separated, with (2–)5–15 perigynia; staminate spikes 8–30 × 1.3–4.1 mm. Scales: pistillate scales pale brown to dark reddish brown or purplish brown, narrow white margins, elliptic to ovate, 2.6–5.4 × 1.2–2.6 mm, equaling perigynia, apex acute to acuminate or short-awned (rarely obtuse); staminate scales with white margins 0.4–0.8 mm wide, lanceolate to obovate, 3.6–6.7 × 1.2–1.7 mm apex obtuse to long-acuminate. Anthers (1.5–)2–3.8 mm. Perigynia yellowish green to pale brown or olive, veinless, obovoid, 2.8–4.6 × 1.5–2.2 mm, as long as wide; beak straight, pale green, occasionally with reddish tinge, 0.4–1.3 mm, weakly ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.1–0.7 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes dark brown, obovoid to globose, obtusely trigonous in cross section, (1.4–)1.6–2.5 × 1.5–2.2 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 126 1887 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 126 (1887), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Carex verecunda Holm)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex inops)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex verecunda Holm)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_inops_NY11164_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex verecunda Holm)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex inops)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex verecunda Holm)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_inops_NY11164_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex verecunda Holm)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
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