Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex corrugata Fernald
1676718 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676718)
accepted
Species
Carex rugata Fernald · unaccepted
terrestrial
Fernald, M. L. (1942). Carex corrugata from Alabama. <em>Rhodora.</em> 44: 76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/608622#page/83/mode/1up
page(s): 76 [details]
page(s): 76 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizome internodes 1.2–2 mm thick. Culms dark purple-red to 4–35(–39) cm high at base,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Rhodora 44: 76 1942 to Rhodora 44: 76 (1942), information provided by...
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizome internodes 1.2–2 mm thick. Culms dark purple-red to 4–35(–39) cm high at base, 15–90 cm. Leaves: sheaths glabrous; blades green, widest blades 3.3–5.3(–8) mm wide, smooth abaxially. Inflorescences 0.33–0.90 of culm height; peduncles of lateral spikes smooth or barely scaberulous; peduncles of terminal spikes 1.6–17(–56) mm, usually barely exceeding lateral spikes; proximal bract sheath loose, abaxially glabrous, sheath front slightly concave to slightly convex, elongated 0.2–3.0 mm beyond apex; ligules 1.4–5.4(–7.3) mm; distal bract much exceeding terminal spike. Spikes (3–)4–5, distal 2–4 overlapping; lateral spikes pistillate, with 3–27 perigynia, 5–30 × 4.6–9.6 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number = 1.3–2; terminal spikes 7–35 × 1.3–3 mm. Pistillate scales 2.7–6.6 × 1.2—2.4 mm, margins whitish, usually with red-brown speckles, entire, apex with awn 0.3–2.6 mm. Staminate scales 3.1–4.8 × 0.9–1.7 mm. Anthers 1.8–2.8 mm. Perigynia spirally imbricate, 52–64-veined, wrinkled to unwrinkled, narrowly ellipsoid to obovoid, obtusely triangular in cross section, (3.6–)3.9–4.5(–4.7) × (1.7–)1.8–2.3(–2.4) mm, 1.8–2.3(–2.5) times as long as wide, lustrous, base gradually tapered, apex gradually tapered; beak absent or straight 0–0.2 mm. Achenes broadly obdeltoid-obovoid, widest at (0.6–)0.65–0.8 of body length, (2.4–)2.8–3.1(–3.3) × (1.6–)1.7–1.9(–2) mm, loosely enveloped by perigynia; stipe straight, (0.3–)0.4–0.5(–0.6) mm; beak straight, 0.3–0.6 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Rhodora 44: 76 1942 to Rhodora 44: 76 (1942), information provided by...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Rhodora 44: 76 1942 to Rhodora 44: 76 (1942), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Pla [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex corrugata Fernald. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676718 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Fernald, M. L. (1942). Carex corrugata from Alabama. <em>Rhodora.</em> 44: 76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/608622#page/83/mode/1up
page(s): 76 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 76 [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 rugata Fernald) F 1489429, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
Isotype MO 357037, geounit Pennsylvania [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizome internodes 1.2–2 mm thick. Culms dark purple-red to 4–35(–39) cm high at base, 15–90 cm. Leaves: sheaths glabrous; blades green, widest blades 3.3–5.3(–8) mm wide, smooth abaxially. Inflorescences 0.33–0.90 of culm height; peduncles of lateral spikes smooth or barely scaberulous; peduncles of terminal spikes 1.6–17(–56) mm, usually barely exceeding lateral spikes; proximal bract sheath loose, abaxially glabrous, sheath front slightly concave to slightly convex, elongated 0.2–3.0 mm beyond apex; ligules 1.4–5.4(–7.3) mm; distal bract much exceeding terminal spike. Spikes (3–)4–5, distal 2–4 overlapping; lateral spikes pistillate, with 3–27 perigynia, 5–30 × 4.6–9.6 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number = 1.3–2; terminal spikes 7–35 × 1.3–3 mm. Pistillate scales 2.7–6.6 × 1.2—2.4 mm, margins whitish, usually with red-brown speckles, entire, apex with awn 0.3–2.6 mm. Staminate scales 3.1–4.8 × 0.9–1.7 mm. Anthers 1.8–2.8 mm. Perigynia spirally imbricate, 52–64-veined, wrinkled to unwrinkled, narrowly ellipsoid to obovoid, obtusely triangular in cross section, (3.6–)3.9–4.5(–4.7) × (1.7–)1.8–2.3(–2.4) mm, 1.8–2.3(–2.5) times as long as wide, lustrous, base gradually tapered, apex gradually tapered; beak absent or straight 0–0.2 mm. Achenes broadly obdeltoid-obovoid, widest at (0.6–)0.65–0.8 of body length, (2.4–)2.8–3.1(–3.3) × (1.6–)1.7–1.9(–2) mm, loosely enveloped by perigynia; stipe straight, (0.3–)0.4–0.5(–0.6) mm; beak straight, 0.3–0.6 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Rhodora 44: 76 1942 to Rhodora 44: 76 (1942), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Pla [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex corrugata)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex rugata Fernald F1489429 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online
To University of Tokyo Herbarium (Carex rugata type TI00010218) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To University of Tokyo Herbarium (Carex rugata type TI00010219) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To US Herbarium (Carex rugata US2003132 type 1) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex corrugata)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex rugata Fernald F1489429 isotype 1) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online
To University of Tokyo Herbarium (Carex rugata type TI00010218) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To University of Tokyo Herbarium (Carex rugata type TI00010219) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
To US Herbarium (Carex rugata US2003132 type 1) (from synonym Carex rugata Fernald)
