Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex ebenea Rydb.
1676877 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676877)
accepted
Species
Carex festiva var. ebenea (Rydb.) J.K.Henry · unaccepted
Carex haydeniana var. ebenea (Rydb.) Kelso · unaccepted
terrestrial
Rydberg, P. A. (1901). Studies on the Rocky Mountains Flora V. <em>Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.</em> 28(5): 266-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/728821#page/323/mode/1up
page(s): 266 [details]
page(s): 266 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 18–50 cm. Leaves: sheath adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped to rounded,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 266 1901 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 266...
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 18–50 cm. Leaves: sheath adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped to rounded, occasionally prolonged to 4 mm beyond collar; distal ligules 0.5–1.5(–2) mm; blades 3–4(–6) per fertile culm, 11–26 cm × 2.8–4 mm. Inflorescences dense, dark brown, 1.5–3 cm × 14–20 mm; proximal internode 1.5–3 mm; 2d internode 1–3.5 mm; proximal bracts scalelike, usually bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes (4–)6–12, aggregated, individually indistinct, ovoid, 9–15 × 4.5–6.5 mm, base and apex acute to rounded. Pistillate scales dark brown, red-brown, or red-gold, sometimes with green to gold midstripe, ovate, 3.6–4.7 mm, shorter than and narrower or as wide as perigynia, margin gold-hyaline, to 0.3 mm wide, apex acuminate or acute. Perigynia appressed to ascending, green, gold, or brown, conspicuously usually 7–9-veined abaxially, conspicuously 0–5-veined adaxially, veins shorter than achene, lanceolate to ovate, plano-convex, to 5.3–7.1 × 1.1–1.5 mm, 0.4–0.5 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.15–0.3 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least on distal body; beak dark brown, sometimes gold-hyaline at tip, cylindric, unwinged, ± entire for 0.9–1.5 mm, dorsal suture inconspicuous or with conspicuous white margin, distance from beak tip to achene 2.9–4 mm. Achenes ovate to obovate, 1.5–1.9 × 0.8–1.1 mm, 0.4–0.5 mm thick. 2n = 84. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 266 1901 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 266...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 266 1901 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 266 (1901), 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 ebenea Rydb.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676877 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Rydberg, P. A. (1901). Studies on the Rocky Mountains Flora V. <em>Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.</em> 28(5): 266-284., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/728821#page/323/mode/1up
page(s): 266 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 266 [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
Syntype NY 00011086, geounit Colorado [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 18–50 cm. Leaves: sheath adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped to rounded, occasionally prolonged to 4 mm beyond collar; distal ligules 0.5–1.5(–2) mm; blades 3–4(–6) per fertile culm, 11–26 cm × 2.8–4 mm. Inflorescences dense, dark brown, 1.5–3 cm × 14–20 mm; proximal internode 1.5–3 mm; 2d internode 1–3.5 mm; proximal bracts scalelike, usually bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes (4–)6–12, aggregated, individually indistinct, ovoid, 9–15 × 4.5–6.5 mm, base and apex acute to rounded. Pistillate scales dark brown, red-brown, or red-gold, sometimes with green to gold midstripe, ovate, 3.6–4.7 mm, shorter than and narrower or as wide as perigynia, margin gold-hyaline, to 0.3 mm wide, apex acuminate or acute. Perigynia appressed to ascending, green, gold, or brown, conspicuously usually 7–9-veined abaxially, conspicuously 0–5-veined adaxially, veins shorter than achene, lanceolate to ovate, plano-convex, to 5.3–7.1 × 1.1–1.5 mm, 0.4–0.5 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.15–0.3 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least on distal body; beak dark brown, sometimes gold-hyaline at tip, cylindric, unwinged, ± entire for 0.9–1.5 mm, dorsal suture inconspicuous or with conspicuous white margin, distance from beak tip to achene 2.9–4 mm. Achenes ovate to obovate, 1.5–1.9 × 0.8–1.1 mm, 0.4–0.5 mm thick. 2n = 84. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 266 1901 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 266 (1901), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (48 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex ebenea)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex festiva var. ebenea (Rydb.) J.K.Henry)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex haydeniana var. ebenea (Rydb.) Kelso)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_ebenea_NY11086_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex festiva var. ebenea (Rydb.) J.K.Henry)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex haydeniana var. ebenea (Rydb.) Kelso)
To Plants of the World Online
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex ebenea)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex festiva var. ebenea (Rydb.) J.K.Henry)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex haydeniana var. ebenea (Rydb.) Kelso)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_ebenea_NY11086_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex festiva var. ebenea (Rydb.) J.K.Henry)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex haydeniana var. ebenea (Rydb.) Kelso)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
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