Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex edwardsiana E.L.Bridges & Orzell
1676889 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676889)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Bridges, E. L.; Orzell, S. L. (1989). A new species of Carex (sect. Oligocarpae ) from the Edwards Plateau of Texas (USA). . Phytologia , 67(2): 148-154.
page(s): 148 [details]
page(s): 148 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizome internodes 0.2–6(–8) mm, 1.6–2.2 mm thick. Culms strongly purple-red to...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Phytologia 67: 148 1989 to Phytologia 67: 148 (1989), information...
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizome internodes 0.2–6(–8) mm, 1.6–2.2 mm thick. Culms strongly purple-red to (3.7–)4.7–11.7 cm high at base, 6–34 cm; longest vegetative shoots (0.8–)1.4–4.4 times as long as longest culms. Leaves: sheaths glabrous; blades green, widest blades 2–3.6 mm wide, smooth abaxially. Inflorescences (0.88–)0.94–0.99 of culm height; peduncles of lateral spikes barely scaberulous or smooth; peduncles of terminal spikes 4.8–86 mm, barely to much exceeding lateral spikes; proximal bract sheaths tight, abaxially glabrous, sheath front apex concave or truncate; ligules 1–4.9(–9.6) mm; blades uniformly green, distal bract usually much exceeding terminal spike. Spikes 3–5, widely separate or distal 2–3 spikes overlapping, proximalmost spike basal; lateral spikes pistillate, with 2–8(–10) perigynia, (4–)9–17 × 3.6–6.9 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number = 1.5–3.8; terminal spikes 19–34 × 1.6–2.9(–3.1) mm. Pistillate scales 1.8–6.3 × 1.4–2.1 mm, bodies 1.5–2.1(–2.5) mm, margins whitish, entire, apex with awn 0.3–4.5 mm or rarely awnless. Staminate scales 3.8–6 × 1.4–1.7 mm. Anthers 3.8–4.2 mm. Perigynia distichously imbricate, 51–67-veined, unwrinkled, narrowly obovoid-ellipsoid, obtusely triangular in cross section, 3.7–4.9 × 1.9–2.1(–2.3) mm, 1.7–2.4 times as long as wide, dull, base gradually tapered, apex abruptly contracted; beak straight, 0.3–0.7 mm. Achenes obovoid, 2.6–3.4 × 1.7–2.1 mm, tightly enveloped by perigynia; stipe straight, 0.1–0.6 mm; beak straight, 0.05–0.1(–0.15) mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Phytologia 67: 148 1989 to Phytologia 67: 148 (1989), information...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Phytologia 67: 148 1989 to Phytologia 67: 148 (1989), 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 edwardsiana E.L.Bridges & Orzell. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676889 on 2025-09-13
Date
action
by
2024-12-10 11:47:54Z
unchecked
db_admin
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Bridges, E. L.; Orzell, S. L. (1989). A new species of Carex (sect. Oligocarpae ) from the Edwards Plateau of Texas (USA). . Phytologia , 67(2): 148-154.
page(s): 148 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 148 [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 00344775, geounit Texas [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizome internodes 0.2–6(–8) mm, 1.6–2.2 mm thick. Culms strongly purple-red to (3.7–)4.7–11.7 cm high at base, 6–34 cm; longest vegetative shoots (0.8–)1.4–4.4 times as long as longest culms. Leaves: sheaths glabrous; blades green, widest blades 2–3.6 mm wide, smooth abaxially. Inflorescences (0.88–)0.94–0.99 of culm height; peduncles of lateral spikes barely scaberulous or smooth; peduncles of terminal spikes 4.8–86 mm, barely to much exceeding lateral spikes; proximal bract sheaths tight, abaxially glabrous, sheath front apex concave or truncate; ligules 1–4.9(–9.6) mm; blades uniformly green, distal bract usually much exceeding terminal spike. Spikes 3–5, widely separate or distal 2–3 spikes overlapping, proximalmost spike basal; lateral spikes pistillate, with 2–8(–10) perigynia, (4–)9–17 × 3.6–6.9 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number = 1.5–3.8; terminal spikes 19–34 × 1.6–2.9(–3.1) mm. Pistillate scales 1.8–6.3 × 1.4–2.1 mm, bodies 1.5–2.1(–2.5) mm, margins whitish, entire, apex with awn 0.3–4.5 mm or rarely awnless. Staminate scales 3.8–6 × 1.4–1.7 mm. Anthers 3.8–4.2 mm. Perigynia distichously imbricate, 51–67-veined, unwrinkled, narrowly obovoid-ellipsoid, obtusely triangular in cross section, 3.7–4.9 × 1.9–2.1(–2.3) mm, 1.7–2.4 times as long as wide, dull, base gradually tapered, apex abruptly contracted; beak straight, 0.3–0.7 mm. Achenes obovoid, 2.6–3.4 × 1.7–2.1 mm, tightly enveloped by perigynia; stipe straight, 0.1–0.6 mm; beak straight, 0.05–0.1(–0.15) mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Phytologia 67: 148 1989 to Phytologia 67: 148 (1989), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex edwardsiana)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex edwardsiana US3213826 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex edwardsiana)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex edwardsiana US3213826 type 1)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
