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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex digitalis Willd.

To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex digitalis K000907877 isotype 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex digitalis K000907877 isotype 1)

1676831  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676831)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cariceae (Tribe)
  12. Carex (Genus)
  13. Carex subg. Carex (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. Griseae (Section)
  15. Carex digitalis (Species)
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(1805). Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/670960#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 298 [details] 
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms erect or ascending, 7–52 cm × 0.5–1 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths white or light brown;...  
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms erect or ascending, 7–52 cm × 0.5–1 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths white or light brown; nonbasal sheaths green, 8–37 mm; blades green, 8–44 cm × 0.8–5 mm, shorter than or overtopping culm, 0.5–1.3(–1.8) times as tall as tallest flowering culm; blades of vegetative shoots 1–3.5 times wider than bract blades. Inflorescences: spikes (2–)4 per culm, scattered; peduncles of pistillate spikes 0.5–10.2 cm; of staminate spike 0.4–8.7 cm. Bracts 2.2–11.4 cm × 1–3 mm. Pistillate spikes: proximal usually basal, erect, ascending, or drooping, short to long pedunclulate, 6–18 × 4–5 mm. Staminate spike 1, linear to linear-clavate, 11–24 × (1–)1.2–2.7 mm. Pistillate scales keeled, 1.8–2 × 1–1.2 mm, midribs green, margins hyaline, apex acute, proximal scales of lateral spikes subtending perigyinia. Staminate scales oblong, 2–3.6(–5.5) × 1–1.5 mm, midribs green, margins hyaline, frequently brown tinged, apex acute. Anthers 2–3.3 mm. Perigynia 3–9 per spike, finely veined, obovoid, 2–4.2 × 1.2–1.8 mm; beak tapering. Achenes obovoid, 1.8–2.8 × 1–1.6 mm, sides plane or slightly concave at maturity, tightly fitting perigynia. Style slender, ascending through entire orifice. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 298 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 298. 1805 ,...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 298 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 298. 1805 , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex digitalis Willd.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676831 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature

original description (1805). Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/670960#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 298 [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 K 000907877, geounit Louisiana [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms erect or ascending, 7–52 cm × 0.5–1 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths white or light brown; nonbasal sheaths green, 8–37 mm; blades green, 8–44 cm × 0.8–5 mm, shorter than or overtopping culm, 0.5–1.3(–1.8) times as tall as tallest flowering culm; blades of vegetative shoots 1–3.5 times wider than bract blades. Inflorescences: spikes (2–)4 per culm, scattered; peduncles of pistillate spikes 0.5–10.2 cm; of staminate spike 0.4–8.7 cm. Bracts 2.2–11.4 cm × 1–3 mm. Pistillate spikes: proximal usually basal, erect, ascending, or drooping, short to long pedunclulate, 6–18 × 4–5 mm. Staminate spike 1, linear to linear-clavate, 11–24 × (1–)1.2–2.7 mm. Pistillate scales keeled, 1.8–2 × 1–1.2 mm, midribs green, margins hyaline, apex acute, proximal scales of lateral spikes subtending perigyinia. Staminate scales oblong, 2–3.6(–5.5) × 1–1.5 mm, midribs green, margins hyaline, frequently brown tinged, apex acute. Anthers 2–3.3 mm. Perigynia 3–9 per spike, finely veined, obovoid, 2–4.2 × 1.2–1.8 mm; beak tapering. Achenes obovoid, 1.8–2.8 × 1–1.6 mm, sides plane or slightly concave at maturity, tightly fitting perigynia. Style slender, ascending through entire orifice. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 4: 298 1805 to Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4(1): 298. 1805 , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Edritria digitalis (Willd.) Raf.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (270 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex digitalis) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Edritria digitalis (Willd.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Edritria digitalis (Willd.) Raf.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex digitalis K000907877 isotype 1) 
From editor or global species database
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