Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex cristatella Britton
1676743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676743)
accepted
Species
Carex cristata Schwein. · unaccepted
Carex cristata f. ellipsoidalis Farw. · unaccepted
Carex cristata var. catelliformis Farw. · unaccepted
Carex cristatella f. catelliformis (Farw.) Fernald · unaccepted
Carex cristatella f. cristatella Britton · unaccepted
Carex cristatella var. catelliformis Farw. · unaccepted
Carex lagopodioides var. cristata (Tuck.) J.Carey · unaccepted
Carex straminea var. cristata Tuck. · unaccepted
Carex tribuloides var. cristata (Tuck.) L.H.Bailey · unaccepted
Carex tribuloides var. cristata (Tuck.) Macoun · unaccepted
- Forma Carex cristatella f. catelliformis (Farw.) Fernald accepted as Carex cristatella Britton
- Forma Carex cristatella f. cristatella Britton accepted as Carex cristatella Britton
- Variety Carex cristatella var. catelliformis Farw. accepted as Carex cristatella Britton
terrestrial
Britton, N. L. & Brown, A. (1896). An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possesions from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11287153#page/7/mode/1up
note: 357 [details]
note: 357 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 30–100 cm; vegetative culms with numerous leaves spaced evenly along distal 1/2. Leaves:...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Britton & A.Br. to Britton & A.Brown, information provided...
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 30–100 cm; vegetative culms with numerous leaves spaced evenly along distal 1/2. Leaves: sheaths adaxially green-veined nearly to collar, with V-shaped hyaline band extending 4–20 mm proximal to collar; somewhat loose, expanded near summit, ± wing-angled, adaxially firm, summits truncate to U-shaped, prolonged beyond collar; distal ligules 4–10 mm; blades 4–6 per fertile culm, 13–40 cm × 3–7.5 mm. Inflorescences dense or proximally open, brown, 2–4(–4.5) cm × 8–15 mm; proximal internode 2–6 mm; 2d internode 2–4 mm; proximal bracts scalelike with bristle tip to 1(–8) cm. Spikes 6–15, usually widely spaced, globose, 4–8 × 4–8 mm, base rounded to tapered, apex rounded. Pistillate scales white-hyaline or pale brown with green to brown midstripe not reaching tip, lanceolate, 1.6–2.3 mm, 1/2 length of and narrower than perigynia, hidden by perignyium beaks, apex acute or ultimate apex often rounded to retuse. Perigynia spreading to ascending, with beak and distal body of perigynium spreading or recurrent at 80º angle or greater, pale green to pale brown, conspicuously 3–6-veined abaxially, conspicuously 2–6-veined adaxially, ovate to elliptic, plano-convex, 2–3.5 times as long as wide, 2.7–4 × 1–1.7 mm, 0.3–0.4 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.1–0.2 mm wide, abruptly narrowed proximally, not extending to base; beak tip usually not colored, flat, ciliate-serrulate, distance from beak tip to achene 1.5–1.8 mm. Achenes oblong-ovate, 1.2–1.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm, 0.3–0.4 mm thick. 2n = 70. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Britton & A.Br. to Britton & A.Brown, information provided...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Britton & A.Br. to Britton & A.Brown, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Pl [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex cristatella Britton. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676743 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Britton, N. L. & Brown, A. (1896). An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possesions from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. 3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11287153#page/7/mode/1up
note: 357 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
note: 357 [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 cristata Schwein.) P 00304217, geounit United States [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 30–100 cm; vegetative culms with numerous leaves spaced evenly along distal 1/2. Leaves: sheaths adaxially green-veined nearly to collar, with V-shaped hyaline band extending 4–20 mm proximal to collar; somewhat loose, expanded near summit, ± wing-angled, adaxially firm, summits truncate to U-shaped, prolonged beyond collar; distal ligules 4–10 mm; blades 4–6 per fertile culm, 13–40 cm × 3–7.5 mm. Inflorescences dense or proximally open, brown, 2–4(–4.5) cm × 8–15 mm; proximal internode 2–6 mm; 2d internode 2–4 mm; proximal bracts scalelike with bristle tip to 1(–8) cm. Spikes 6–15, usually widely spaced, globose, 4–8 × 4–8 mm, base rounded to tapered, apex rounded. Pistillate scales white-hyaline or pale brown with green to brown midstripe not reaching tip, lanceolate, 1.6–2.3 mm, 1/2 length of and narrower than perigynia, hidden by perignyium beaks, apex acute or ultimate apex often rounded to retuse. Perigynia spreading to ascending, with beak and distal body of perigynium spreading or recurrent at 80º angle or greater, pale green to pale brown, conspicuously 3–6-veined abaxially, conspicuously 2–6-veined adaxially, ovate to elliptic, plano-convex, 2–3.5 times as long as wide, 2.7–4 × 1–1.7 mm, 0.3–0.4 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.1–0.2 mm wide, abruptly narrowed proximally, not extending to base; beak tip usually not colored, flat, ciliate-serrulate, distance from beak tip to achene 1.5–1.8 mm. Achenes oblong-ovate, 1.2–1.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm, 0.3–0.4 mm thick. 2n = 70. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Britton & A.Br. to Britton & A.Brown, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Pl [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex cristata var. catelliformis Farw.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (120 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications) (from synonym Carex cristata Schwein.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex cristatella)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex lagopodioides var. cristata (Tuck.) J.Carey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex straminea var. cristata Tuck.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex tribuloides var. cristata (Tuck.) L.H.Bailey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cristata Schwein.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cristata var. catelliformis Farw.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cristata f. ellipsoidalis Farw.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cristatella f. catelliformis (Farw.) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cristata f. ellipsoidalis Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cristatella f. catelliformis (Farw.) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cristata var. catelliformis Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex tribuloides var. cristata (Tuck.) L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex straminea var. cristata Tuck.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex lagopodioides var. cristata (Tuck.) J.Carey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cristata Schwein.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex tribuloides var. cristata (Tuck.) Macoun)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex cristatella var. catelliformis Farw.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex cristatella f. cristatella Britton)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (120 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (148 publications) (from synonym Carex cristata Schwein.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex cristatella)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex lagopodioides var. cristata (Tuck.) J.Carey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex straminea var. cristata Tuck.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex tribuloides var. cristata (Tuck.) L.H.Bailey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cristata Schwein.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cristata var. catelliformis Farw.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cristata f. ellipsoidalis Farw.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex cristatella f. catelliformis (Farw.) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cristata f. ellipsoidalis Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cristatella f. catelliformis (Farw.) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cristata var. catelliformis Farw.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex tribuloides var. cristata (Tuck.) L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex straminea var. cristata Tuck.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex lagopodioides var. cristata (Tuck.) J.Carey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex cristata Schwein.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex tribuloides var. cristata (Tuck.) Macoun)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex cristatella var. catelliformis Farw.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex cristatella f. cristatella Britton)
