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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small

1676921  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676921)

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(of Carex stellulata var. radiata Wahlenb.) Wahlenberg, G. (1803). Inledning til Caricographien. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 24: 138-170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46986891
page(s): 147 [details] 
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms 20–80 cm, 0.8–1.5 mm wide basally, 0.4–0.5 mm wide distally. Leaves:...  
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms 20–80 cm, 0.8–1.5 mm wide basally, 0.4–0.5 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths tight, green, fronts hyaline; ligules less than 2, wider than long; widest leaf blades 1.3–1.9 mm wide. Inflorescences with 4–8 spikes, 3–7 cm × 5–7.5 mm; proximal internodes more than 2 times as long as proximal spikes; proximal bracts to 5(–10) cm; spikes with 3–8 spreading or reflexed perigynia. Pistillate scales hyaline with green midvein, ovate, 1.4–2.3 × 0.9–1.6 mm, body 1/2 length of perigynium, apex obtuse, acute, or awned. Anthers 0.8–1.3 mm. Perigynia green, faces not veined, 2.6–3.8 × 1–1.5 mm, base of body spongy, thickened, longitudinally striate adaxially, spongy region 1–1.5 mm, margins serrulate distally; beak 0.4–1 mm, apical teeth 0.1–0.2 mm. Stigmas straight or slightly twisted, 0.03–0.06 mm wide. Achenes ovate to obovate, 1.5–2 × 1–1.4 mm. 2n = 58. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Wahlenb.) Small to Small, information provided by Alan E....  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Wahlenb.) Small to Small, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex radiata (Wahlenb.) Small. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676921 on 2025-09-12
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original description (of Carex stellulata var. radiata Wahlenb.) Wahlenberg, G. (1803). Inledning til Caricographien. <em>Kongl. Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar.</em> 24: 138-170., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46986891
page(s): 147 [details] 

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

new combination reference Small, J. K. (1903). Flora of the southeastern United States; being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolin, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and the Indian territory and in Oklahoma and Texas east of the one-hundredth meridian. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/376878
page(s): 218 [details] 

 
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Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms 20–80 cm, 0.8–1.5 mm wide basally, 0.4–0.5 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths tight, green, fronts hyaline; ligules less than 2, wider than long; widest leaf blades 1.3–1.9 mm wide. Inflorescences with 4–8 spikes, 3–7 cm × 5–7.5 mm; proximal internodes more than 2 times as long as proximal spikes; proximal bracts to 5(–10) cm; spikes with 3–8 spreading or reflexed perigynia. Pistillate scales hyaline with green midvein, ovate, 1.4–2.3 × 0.9–1.6 mm, body 1/2 length of perigynium, apex obtuse, acute, or awned. Anthers 0.8–1.3 mm. Perigynia green, faces not veined, 2.6–3.8 × 1–1.5 mm, base of body spongy, thickened, longitudinally striate adaxially, spongy region 1–1.5 mm, margins serrulate distally; beak 0.4–1 mm, apical teeth 0.1–0.2 mm. Stigmas straight or slightly twisted, 0.03–0.06 mm wide. Achenes ovate to obovate, 1.5–2 × 1–1.4 mm. 2n = 58. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Wahlenb.) Small to Small, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v. [details]