Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex cumberlandensis Naczi, Kral & Bryson
1676756 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676756)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Naczi R. F. C.; Kral R.; Bryson C. T. (2001). Carex cumberlandensis, a new species of section Careyanae (Cyperaceae) from the eastern United States of America. Sida, Contributions to Botany, 9(4): 993-1014.
page(s): 994 [details]
page(s): 994 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose, from short rhizomes. Culms erect or ascending, 7–27 cm × 0.4–0.7 mm; vegetative shoots...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namePublishedIn from Sida 19: 994 2001 to Sida 19(4): 994 (2001). , according to IPNI....
Description Plants densely cespitose, from short rhizomes. Culms erect or ascending, 7–27 cm × 0.4–0.7 mm; vegetative shoots taller than culms, (1.4–)1.7–3.7(–4.9) times as tall as tallest flowering culm; blades of vegetative shoots 1–3.5 times wider than bract blades. Leaves: basal sheaths white to light brown; nonbasal sheaths 2.1–10.6 mm; blades erect, drooping or recurved, dark green, 0.4–52 cm × 1.6–6.1 mm, usually exceeding culms. Inflorescences: spikes (3–)4 per culm, scattered; peduncles of proximal pistillate spikes drooping, to 9.1 cm; bracts dark green, 10–28 cm × 1.8–5.9 mm, well developed, blade of distal lateral spike (12–)17–51 times as long as wide. Pistillate spikes: the proximal usually, usually basal, the distal sessile to very short pedunculate, often hidden in foliage, 5.3–17 × 2.8–4.1 mm. Staminate spike sessile or nearly so, (8.3–)9.6–16(–21.1) × 0.6–1.3 mm, often hidden by distal bract and/or pistillate spikes. Pistillate scales 1.3–2.2 × 1.4–2.1 mm, midribs green, margins hyaline, apex acute, proximal scales of lateral spikes subtending perigynia. Staminate scales (2.6–)2.8–3.5(–3.8) × 1.1–1.7 mm, midribs green, margins hyaline, apex obtuse. Anthers 1.2–1.8 mm. Perigynia 4–8(–9) per spike, distichously overlapping, finely veined, obovoid, 2.9–3.8 × 1.5–2.1 mm; beak tapering. Achenes ellipsoid, 2.2–2.9 × 1.4–1.8 mm, sides flat at maturity, filling perigynia. Style tapering from swelling just beyond attachment to achene, bent, ascending through entire orifice. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namePublishedIn from Sida 19: 994 2001 to Sida 19(4): 994 (2001). , according to IPNI....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namePublishedIn from Sida 19: 994 2001 to Sida 19(4): 994 (2001). , according to IPNI. Information provided by Alan E. on email Jul. 15 2020. More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex cumberlandensis Naczi, Kral & Bryson. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676756 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
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Naczi R. F. C.; Kral R.; Bryson C. T. (2001). Carex cumberlandensis, a new species of section Careyanae (Cyperaceae) from the eastern United States of America. Sida, Contributions to Botany, 9(4): 993-1014.
page(s): 994 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 994 [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 US 00731479 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose, from short rhizomes. Culms erect or ascending, 7–27 cm × 0.4–0.7 mm; vegetative shoots taller than culms, (1.4–)1.7–3.7(–4.9) times as tall as tallest flowering culm; blades of vegetative shoots 1–3.5 times wider than bract blades. Leaves: basal sheaths white to light brown; nonbasal sheaths 2.1–10.6 mm; blades erect, drooping or recurved, dark green, 0.4–52 cm × 1.6–6.1 mm, usually exceeding culms. Inflorescences: spikes (3–)4 per culm, scattered; peduncles of proximal pistillate spikes drooping, to 9.1 cm; bracts dark green, 10–28 cm × 1.8–5.9 mm, well developed, blade of distal lateral spike (12–)17–51 times as long as wide. Pistillate spikes: the proximal usually, usually basal, the distal sessile to very short pedunculate, often hidden in foliage, 5.3–17 × 2.8–4.1 mm. Staminate spike sessile or nearly so, (8.3–)9.6–16(–21.1) × 0.6–1.3 mm, often hidden by distal bract and/or pistillate spikes. Pistillate scales 1.3–2.2 × 1.4–2.1 mm, midribs green, margins hyaline, apex acute, proximal scales of lateral spikes subtending perigynia. Staminate scales (2.6–)2.8–3.5(–3.8) × 1.1–1.7 mm, midribs green, margins hyaline, apex obtuse. Anthers 1.2–1.8 mm. Perigynia 4–8(–9) per spike, distichously overlapping, finely veined, obovoid, 2.9–3.8 × 1.5–2.1 mm; beak tapering. Achenes ellipsoid, 2.2–2.9 × 1.4–1.8 mm, sides flat at maturity, filling perigynia. Style tapering from swelling just beyond attachment to achene, bent, ascending through entire orifice. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namePublishedIn from Sida 19: 994 2001 to Sida 19(4): 994 (2001). , according to IPNI. Information provided by Alan E. on email Jul. 15 2020. More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex cumberlandensis)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex cumberlandensis US3422811 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex cumberlandensis)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex cumberlandensis US3422811 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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