Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex collinsii Nutt.
1676683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676683)
accepted
Species
Carex michauxii Dewey · unaccepted
Carex subulata Michx. · unaccepted
Olotrema collinsii (Nutt.) Raf. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Nuttall, T. (1818). The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/723958#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 205 [details]
page(s): 205 [details]
Description Culms trigonous with obtuse angles, 15–75 cm, to 3 mm diam. at base, glabrous. Leaves: sheaths to 2.5 cm; blades 30–35...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 205. 1818 [14 Jul 1818] to Gen. N....
Description Culms trigonous with obtuse angles, 15–75 cm, to 3 mm diam. at base, glabrous. Leaves: sheaths to 2.5 cm; blades 30–35 cm × 5 mm. Inflorescences 10–30 cm; peduncles of proximal spikes to 4 cm; bracts 8–15 cm × 3–5 mm, shorter than inflorescences; lateral spikes 4–5, 6–10-flowered, 1 × 2.5 cm. Scales white or translucent with green midvein, ovate, body to 2.5 mm, less than 0.5 length of perigynia, herbaceous, apex acute, acuminate or mucronate, awn to 0.5 mm. Perigynia green with red-brown spots, 15–20 raised veins, to 15 × 1.2 mm; beak obliquely cut, herbaceous, teeth cartilaginous, to 1 mm; style curved, short stigmas protruding from perigynium at base of oblique orifice. Achenes yellow-brown, oblong, obtusely angled, 3 × 1 mm, tightly enclosed by perigynia, dull. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 205. 1818 [14 Jul 1818] to Gen. N....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 205. 1818 [14 Jul 1818] to Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 205 (1818), 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 collinsii Nutt.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676683 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Nuttall, T. (1818). The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/723958#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 205 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 205 [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
Isotype (of Carex subulata Michx.) P 00316757, geounit Canada [details]
Syntype PH 00001019 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms trigonous with obtuse angles, 15–75 cm, to 3 mm diam. at base, glabrous. Leaves: sheaths to 2.5 cm; blades 30–35 cm × 5 mm. Inflorescences 10–30 cm; peduncles of proximal spikes to 4 cm; bracts 8–15 cm × 3–5 mm, shorter than inflorescences; lateral spikes 4–5, 6–10-flowered, 1 × 2.5 cm. Scales white or translucent with green midvein, ovate, body to 2.5 mm, less than 0.5 length of perigynia, herbaceous, apex acute, acuminate or mucronate, awn to 0.5 mm. Perigynia green with red-brown spots, 15–20 raised veins, to 15 × 1.2 mm; beak obliquely cut, herbaceous, teeth cartilaginous, to 1 mm; style curved, short stigmas protruding from perigynium at base of oblique orifice. Achenes yellow-brown, oblong, obtusely angled, 3 × 1 mm, tightly enclosed by perigynia, dull. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 2: 205. 1818 [14 Jul 1818] to Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 205 (1818), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex michauxii Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Carex subulata Michx.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex collinsii)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Olotrema collinsii (Nutt.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex michauxii Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex subulata Michx.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex subulata Michx.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex michauxii Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Olotrema collinsii (Nutt.) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Carex subulata Michx.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex collinsii)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Olotrema collinsii (Nutt.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex michauxii Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex subulata Michx.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex subulata Michx.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex michauxii Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Olotrema collinsii (Nutt.) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online
