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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm.

1676937  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676937)

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(of Carex limosa var. rariflora 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): 162 [details] 
Description Culms phyllopodic, with dead leaf remains at base, 5–35 cm. Leaf blades 1–2.5 mm wide, margins sometimes involute,...  
Description Culms phyllopodic, with dead leaf remains at base, 5–35 cm. Leaf blades 1–2.5 mm wide, margins sometimes involute, scabrid at tip. Inflorescences: proximal bracts 0.5-2 cm, much shorter than inflorescences; lateral spikes 6–15 × 3.5–5 mm, with 2–10 perigynia; terminal spikes 6–20 × 1–2.5 mm. Pistillate scales circular-ovate, 3–4.8 × 2.2–3.4 mm, long as and wider than perigynia, apex obtuse, sometimes mucronate. Staminate scales oblanceolate to obovate, 3.2–4.8 × 1.5–2 mm, apex acute to obtuse. Anthers 2–2.5 mm. Perigynia 2.5–4.5 × 1.6–2 mm, apex rounded; beak absent. 2n = 52. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Engl. Bot. 35: t. 2516 1813 to Engl. Bot. 35: t. 2516 (1813),...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Engl. Bot. 35: t. 2516 1813 to Engl. Bot. 35: t. 2516 (1813), 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 rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676937 on 2025-09-14
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original description (of Carex limosa var. rariflora 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): 162 [details] 

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

new combination reference Smith, J. E. (1813). English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks. / By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Imp. Acad. Naturae Curiosorum, the Academies of Stockholm, Upsal, Turin, Lisbon, Lund, Berlin, Philadelphia and the Nat. Hist. Societies of Paris and Moscow; President of the Linnaen Society. The figures by James Sowerby, F.L.S. Vol. XXXV [35], pls. 2449-2520. London.
page(s): 2516 [details] 

 
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Isotype (of Carex limosa var. rariflora Wahlenb.) LE 00010277, geounit Lapland [details]
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Description Culms phyllopodic, with dead leaf remains at base, 5–35 cm. Leaf blades 1–2.5 mm wide, margins sometimes involute, scabrid at tip. Inflorescences: proximal bracts 0.5-2 cm, much shorter than inflorescences; lateral spikes 6–15 × 3.5–5 mm, with 2–10 perigynia; terminal spikes 6–20 × 1–2.5 mm. Pistillate scales circular-ovate, 3–4.8 × 2.2–3.4 mm, long as and wider than perigynia, apex obtuse, sometimes mucronate. Staminate scales oblanceolate to obovate, 3.2–4.8 × 1.5–2 mm, apex acute to obtuse. Anthers 2–2.5 mm. Perigynia 2.5–4.5 × 1.6–2 mm, apex rounded; beak absent. 2n = 52. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Engl. Bot. 35: t. 2516 1813 to Engl. Bot. 35: t. 2516 (1813), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]