Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze
1676746 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676746)
accepted
Species
Carex bayardii Fernald · unaccepted
Carex crus-corvi f. orthoclados Kunze · unaccepted
Carex crus-corvi var. virginiana Fernald · unaccepted
Carex halei Dewey · unaccepted
Carex hystrix A.Gray ex Boott · unaccepted
Carex ornithorhyncha Boott · unaccepted
Carex siciformis Boott · unaccepted
Carex virginiana (Fernald) Fernald · unaccepted
- Forma Carex crus-corvi f. orthoclados Kunze accepted as Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze
- Variety Carex crus-corvi var. virginiana Fernald accepted as Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Plants with basal sheaths of previous year persistent, entire. Culms to 90 cm × 5 mm, scabrous. Leaves: sheaths all with...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Suppl. Riedgräs. 128 1844 to Suppl. Riedgräs. : 128 (1844),...
Description Plants with basal sheaths of previous year persistent, entire. Culms to 90 cm × 5 mm, scabrous. Leaves: sheaths all with blades, fronts smooth, red spotted, indistinctly linearly veined, apex red-brown, membranous, truncate, minutely ciliate; ligules rounded, 2 mm, free limb to 0.5 mm; blades glaucous, not epistomic, to 90 cm × 12 mm. Inflorescences densely spicate, cylindric, elongate, with 15–25 distinguishable branches, 10–20 × 6 cm; proximal internode to 10 mm; proximal bracts setaceous, apparent. Scales hyaline. Perigynia pale brown, red-brown distally, 10–12-veined abaxially, 5-veined adaxially, to 8 mm, body to 1.2 mm wide, base to 2.2 mm wide, base distended proximally forming disk, cordate; stipe to 0.9 mm; beak to 4.5 mm, mouth deeper abaxially, serrulate, apical teeth somewhat spreading. Achenes ovate, 2.5 × 1.4 mm; stalk to 0.2 mm; persistent style base cylindric, 0.3 mm. 2n = 52.
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Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Suppl. Riedgräs. 128 1844 to Suppl. Riedgräs. : 128 (1844),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Suppl. Riedgräs. 128 1844 to Suppl. Riedgräs. : 128 (1844), 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 crus-corvi Shuttlew. ex Kunze. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676746 on 2025-09-12
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Description Plants with basal sheaths of previous year persistent, entire. Culms to 90 cm × 5 mm, scabrous. Leaves: sheaths all with blades, fronts smooth, red spotted, indistinctly linearly veined, apex red-brown, membranous, truncate, minutely ciliate; ligules rounded, 2 mm, free limb to 0.5 mm; blades glaucous, not epistomic, to 90 cm × 12 mm. Inflorescences densely spicate, cylindric, elongate, with 15–25 distinguishable branches, 10–20 × 6 cm; proximal internode to 10 mm; proximal bracts setaceous, apparent. Scales hyaline. Perigynia pale brown, red-brown distally, 10–12-veined abaxially, 5-veined adaxially, to 8 mm, body to 1.2 mm wide, base to 2.2 mm wide, base distended proximally forming disk, cordate; stipe to 0.9 mm; beak to 4.5 mm, mouth deeper abaxially, serrulate, apical teeth somewhat spreading. Achenes ovate, 2.5 × 1.4 mm; stalk to 0.2 mm; persistent style base cylindric, 0.3 mm. 2n = 52.[details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Suppl. Riedgräs. 128 1844 to Suppl. Riedgräs. : 128 (1844), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carex hystrix A.Gray ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex ornithorhyncha Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex virginiana (Fernald) Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Carex halei Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex crus-corvi)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bayardii Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex halei Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hystrix A.Gray ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ornithorhyncha Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex crus-corvi var. virginiana Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex siciformis Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex virginiana (Fernald) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex crus-corvi f. orthoclados Kunze)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex virginiana (Fernald) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex siciformis Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex crus-corvi var. virginiana Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ornithorhyncha Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bayardii Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hystrix A.Gray ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex halei Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex crus-corvi K000907754 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. BM001042103 type 1)
To US Herbarium (Carex crus-corvi virginiana US1682487 type 1) (from synonym Carex crus-corvi var. virginiana Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex ornithorhyncha Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex virginiana (Fernald) Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Carex halei Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex crus-corvi)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bayardii Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex halei Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hystrix A.Gray ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ornithorhyncha Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex crus-corvi var. virginiana Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex siciformis Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex virginiana (Fernald) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex crus-corvi f. orthoclados Kunze)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex virginiana (Fernald) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex siciformis Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex crus-corvi var. virginiana Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ornithorhyncha Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bayardii Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hystrix A.Gray ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex halei Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex crus-corvi K000907754 type 1)
To the Natural History Museum, London (Carex crus-corvi Shuttlew. BM001042103 type 1)
To US Herbarium (Carex crus-corvi virginiana US1682487 type 1) (from synonym Carex crus-corvi var. virginiana Fernald)
From editor or global species database