Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex egglestonii Mack.
1676890 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676890)
accepted
Species
Carex egglestonii var. festivelliformis F.J.Herm. · unaccepted
- Variety Carex egglestonii var. festivelliformis F.J.Herm. accepted as Carex egglestonii Mack.
terrestrial
Mackenzie, K. K. (1915). Notes on Carex - IX. <em>Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.</em> 42: 603-621., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12246894#page/635/mode/1up
page(s): 614 [details]
page(s): 614 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 33–72 cm. Leaves: sheath adaxially white-hyaline or brownish tinged, occasionally only in...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 614 1915 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 614...
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 33–72 cm. Leaves: sheath adaxially white-hyaline or brownish tinged, occasionally only in very narrow band extending 2.5 cm proximal to collar; summit usually U-shaped; distal ligules 1–2.5(–3.5) mm; blades 3–4(–5) per fertile culm, 15–30 cm × (2.8–)3–4.5 mm. Inflorescences dense, green and brown, gold and brown, or light brown, (1.7–)2–3 cm × 15–21(–27) mm; proximal internode (2–)3.5–7(–11) mm; 2d internode 2–5 mm; proximal bracts bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences or occasionally leaflike. Spikes 4–5, distant, distinct, broadly ovoid, 11–16 × 6–12 mm, base rounded to attenuate, apex acute to truncate. Pistillate scales gold, red-brown, or chestnut-brown, sometimes with green to gold midstripe, lanceolate to broadly ovate, 4.7–6.7 mm, shorter and narrower than perigynia, margin white 0.1–0.2(–0.4) mm wide, apex acute to acuminate. Perigynia ascending or appressed-ascending, green to gold, veinless on each face or, occasionally, 6-veined abaxially, broadly ovate, usually flat except over achene, (5.5–)6–7.2 × 2.7–3.8 mm, 0.5–0.7 mm thick, 1.8–2.3 times as long as wide, margin flat, including wing 0.5–1.1 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least distally; beak red-gold to red-brown, sometimes white-hyaline at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with conspicuous white margin, distance from beak tip to achene 3–4.3 mm. Achenes broadly ovate to broadly elliptic, (1.8–)2–2.3 × (1.1–)1.3–1.6 mm, (0.4–)0.5–0.7 mm thick. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 614 1915 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 614...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 614 1915 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 614 (1915), 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 egglestonii Mack.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676890 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Mackenzie, K. K. (1915). Notes on Carex - IX. <em>Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.</em> 42: 603-621., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12246894#page/635/mode/1up
page(s): 614 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 614 [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 NY 00011092, geounit Colorado [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 33–72 cm. Leaves: sheath adaxially white-hyaline or brownish tinged, occasionally only in very narrow band extending 2.5 cm proximal to collar; summit usually U-shaped; distal ligules 1–2.5(–3.5) mm; blades 3–4(–5) per fertile culm, 15–30 cm × (2.8–)3–4.5 mm. Inflorescences dense, green and brown, gold and brown, or light brown, (1.7–)2–3 cm × 15–21(–27) mm; proximal internode (2–)3.5–7(–11) mm; 2d internode 2–5 mm; proximal bracts bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences or occasionally leaflike. Spikes 4–5, distant, distinct, broadly ovoid, 11–16 × 6–12 mm, base rounded to attenuate, apex acute to truncate. Pistillate scales gold, red-brown, or chestnut-brown, sometimes with green to gold midstripe, lanceolate to broadly ovate, 4.7–6.7 mm, shorter and narrower than perigynia, margin white 0.1–0.2(–0.4) mm wide, apex acute to acuminate. Perigynia ascending or appressed-ascending, green to gold, veinless on each face or, occasionally, 6-veined abaxially, broadly ovate, usually flat except over achene, (5.5–)6–7.2 × 2.7–3.8 mm, 0.5–0.7 mm thick, 1.8–2.3 times as long as wide, margin flat, including wing 0.5–1.1 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least distally; beak red-gold to red-brown, sometimes white-hyaline at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with conspicuous white margin, distance from beak tip to achene 3–4.3 mm. Achenes broadly ovate to broadly elliptic, (1.8–)2–2.3 × (1.1–)1.3–1.6 mm, (0.4–)0.5–0.7 mm thick. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 614 1915 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 614 (1915), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex egglestonii)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex egglestonii var. festivelliformis F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex egglestonii var. festivelliformis F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex egglestonii festivelliformis US2466328 type 1) (from synonym Carex egglestonii var. festivelliformis F.J.Herm.)
To US Herbarium (Carex egglestonii US857864 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex egglestonii)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex egglestonii var. festivelliformis F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex egglestonii var. festivelliformis F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex egglestonii festivelliformis US2466328 type 1) (from synonym Carex egglestonii var. festivelliformis F.J.Herm.)
To US Herbarium (Carex egglestonii US857864 type 1)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Hosted externally
