Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex eburnea Boott
1676878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676878)
accepted
Species
Carex alba Dewey · unaccepted
Carex alba var. setifolia Dewey · unaccepted
Carex setifolia (Dewey) Britton & A.Br. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Hooker, W. J. (1839). Botany of the northern parts of British America. <em>Flora Boreali-Americana.</em> 2(11)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/415497#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 226 [details]
page(s): 226 [details]
Description Culms 7–31 cm. Leaf blades involute, bristlelike, 3–21 cm × 0.2–1 mm. Inflorescences: proximal bract sheaths 2.5–8...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 2(11): 226. 1839 [1–15 Nov 1839] to...
Description Culms 7–31 cm. Leaf blades involute, bristlelike, 3–21 cm × 0.2–1 mm. Inflorescences: proximal bract sheaths 2.5–8 mm; pistillate spikes 3–7 × 1.5–6 mm; staminate spikes 3–10 × 0.5–1.5 mm, inconspicuous. Scales: pistillate scales white-hyaline, with green or brown midvein, ovate to ovate-circular, 1–2 × 0.7–1.4 mm, shorter than or equaling perigynia; staminate scales, white-hyaline, with broad hyaline margins, elliptic-oblanceolate, 2.6–4 × 0.7–2 mm, apex obtuse or subacute. Anthers 1.3–1.8 mm. Perigynia light green becoming dark brown and glossy, 1.5–2.2 × 0.7–1.1 mm; beak 0.2–0.4(–0.5) mm. Achenes ellipsoid-obovoid. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 2(11): 226. 1839 [1–15 Nov 1839] to...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 2(11): 226. 1839 [1–15 Nov 1839] to Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 226 (1839), 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 eburnea Boott. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676878 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Hooker, W. J. (1839). Botany of the northern parts of British America. <em>Flora Boreali-Americana.</em> 2(11)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/415497#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 226 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 226 [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 P 00304632, geounit Canada [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms 7–31 cm. Leaf blades involute, bristlelike, 3–21 cm × 0.2–1 mm. Inflorescences: proximal bract sheaths 2.5–8 mm; pistillate spikes 3–7 × 1.5–6 mm; staminate spikes 3–10 × 0.5–1.5 mm, inconspicuous. Scales: pistillate scales white-hyaline, with green or brown midvein, ovate to ovate-circular, 1–2 × 0.7–1.4 mm, shorter than or equaling perigynia; staminate scales, white-hyaline, with broad hyaline margins, elliptic-oblanceolate, 2.6–4 × 0.7–2 mm, apex obtuse or subacute. Anthers 1.3–1.8 mm. Perigynia light green becoming dark brown and glossy, 1.5–2.2 × 0.7–1.1 mm; beak 0.2–0.4(–0.5) mm. Achenes ellipsoid-obovoid. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Hooker) 2(11): 226. 1839 [1–15 Nov 1839] to Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 226 (1839), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex alba var. setifolia Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications) (from synonym Carex setifolia (Dewey) Britton & A.Br.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (184 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (300 publications) (from synonym Carex alba Dewey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex alba) (from synonym Carex alba Dewey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex eburnea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex setifolia) (from synonym Carex setifolia (Dewey) Britton & A.Br.)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex alba Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex setifolia (Dewey) Britton & A.Br.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex alba var. setifolia Dewey)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_alba var. setifolia_NY11087_type_1) (from synonym Carex alba var. setifolia Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex alba var. setifolia Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex setifolia (Dewey) Britton & A.Br.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex alba Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (105 publications) (from synonym Carex setifolia (Dewey) Britton & A.Br.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (184 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (300 publications) (from synonym Carex alba Dewey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex alba) (from synonym Carex alba Dewey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex eburnea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex setifolia) (from synonym Carex setifolia (Dewey) Britton & A.Br.)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex alba Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex setifolia (Dewey) Britton & A.Br.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex alba var. setifolia Dewey)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_alba var. setifolia_NY11087_type_1) (from synonym Carex alba var. setifolia Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex alba var. setifolia Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex setifolia (Dewey) Britton & A.Br.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex alba Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
