Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex nordica Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas
1676606 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676606)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Molina, A.; Acedo, C.; Llamas, F. (2008). Taxonomy and new taxa of the Carex divulsa aggregate in Eurasia (section Phaestoglochin, Cyperaceae). <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 156(3): 385-409., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00760.x
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Description Caespitose perennial plant with or without short rhizomes. CULMS 30–80 cm × 0.8–1.5 mm at mid-height, obtusely...
Etymology The name comes from the European area in which it lives.
Description Caespitose perennial plant with or without short rhizomes. CULMS 30–80 cm × 0.8–1.5 mm at mid-height, obtusely trigonous, slightly scabrid above; sheaths light to dark brown. LIGULE 1–3 mm long, wider than long, subacute to rounded at apex. LEAVES green to dark green, about three-quarters as long as culms, widest leaf blades 2.0–3.0 mm, plicate to flat. INFLORESCENCE oblong, 35–55(70) × 7–10 mm, with six to nine globular spikes, sessile, single at nodes, first internode 13–30 mm long, the second one 7–14 mm, the remaining spikes contiguous. BRACTS glume-like, the proximal setaceous, shorter than the inflorescence, 10 mm long. FEMALE GLUME brown, with a midrib green to brown, with scarious margins, 2.75–3.75 × 1.5–2.25 mm, elliptic, apex acuminate 0.25–0.3 mm long. STAMINATE GLUME 2.75–3.5 × 1.5–2.0 mm, similar to the female. PERIGYNIUM patent to very patent, greenish to brown, body ovate to elliptic, nerveless or faintly veined, 4.0–4.75 × 1.75–2.5 mm, base rounded, gradually tapered into a beak. BEAK 0.75–1.35 mm long, brown distally, with serrulate winged margins reaching the body, the winged margins going to the middle or the full body, apex bifid, apical teeth 0.3–0.6 mm. ACHENE elliptic, shining, dark brown, 2.0–2.75 × 1.25–2.0 mm. STIGMATA 2, 2.0–2.25 mm long. [details]
Etymology The name comes from the European area in which it lives.
Etymology The name comes from the European area in which it lives. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex nordica Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676606 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Molina, A.; Acedo, C.; Llamas, F. (2008). Taxonomy and new taxa of the Carex divulsa aggregate in Eurasia (section Phaestoglochin, Cyperaceae). <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 156(3): 385-409., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00760.x
page(s): 401-403 [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): 401-403 [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 LD 1217168 [details]
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Description Caespitose perennial plant with or without short rhizomes. CULMS 30–80 cm × 0.8–1.5 mm at mid-height, obtusely trigonous, slightly scabrid above; sheaths light to dark brown. LIGULE 1–3 mm long, wider than long, subacute to rounded at apex. LEAVES green to dark green, about three-quarters as long as culms, widest leaf blades 2.0–3.0 mm, plicate to flat. INFLORESCENCE oblong, 35–55(70) × 7–10 mm, with six to nine globular spikes, sessile, single at nodes, first internode 13–30 mm long, the second one 7–14 mm, the remaining spikes contiguous. BRACTS glume-like, the proximal setaceous, shorter than the inflorescence, 10 mm long. FEMALE GLUME brown, with a midrib green to brown, with scarious margins, 2.75–3.75 × 1.5–2.25 mm, elliptic, apex acuminate 0.25–0.3 mm long. STAMINATE GLUME 2.75–3.5 × 1.5–2.0 mm, similar to the female. PERIGYNIUM patent to very patent, greenish to brown, body ovate to elliptic, nerveless or faintly veined, 4.0–4.75 × 1.75–2.5 mm, base rounded, gradually tapered into a beak. BEAK 0.75–1.35 mm long, brown distally, with serrulate winged margins reaching the body, the winged margins going to the middle or the full body, apex bifid, apical teeth 0.3–0.6 mm. ACHENE elliptic, shining, dark brown, 2.0–2.75 × 1.25–2.0 mm. STIGMATA 2, 2.0–2.25 mm long. [details]Etymology The name comes from the European area in which it lives. [details]
Habitat It occurs in disturbed habitats and the borders of tracks. The scarce data available indicate human altered habitats, such as car parks, railways, parks, and roads. It lives in temperate hyperoceanic to oceanic areas. [details]
