Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex serpenticola Zika
1677092 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677092)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Zika, P. F. et al. (1999). Carex serpenticola (Cyperaceae), a new species from the Klamath Mountains of Oregon and California. <em>Madroño.</em> 45(3): 261-270.
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Holotype 0001759, geounit California
Holotype 0001759, geounit California [details]
Description Plants loosely cespitose or with solitary stems; rhizomes horizontal, purple to black, 25–75(–100) mm, slender. Culms...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Madroño 45: 261 1998 publ. 1999 to Madroño 45(3): 261. 1999...
Description Plants loosely cespitose or with solitary stems; rhizomes horizontal, purple to black, 25–75(–100) mm, slender. Culms 8–38 cm; bases (remnants of old leaves) weakly to strongly fibrous. Leaf blades green, 1.5–3.5(–5) mm wide, herbaceous, smooth to scabrous abaxially, smooth to scabrous adaxially. Inflorescences usually with either staminate or pistillate spikes, occasionally with both; peduncles of staminate spikes short; proximal nonbasal bracts leaflike, dark purple to black at base, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 1–4 (basal spikes 0–1); cauline spikes overlapping or somewhat separted, with 4–9 perigynia; staminate spikes 13–24 × (1.4–)2–4.1 mm. Scales: pistillate scales dark purple to black, with narrow white margins, lanceolate, 3.8–4.6 × 1.3–1.8 mm, apex acuminate; staminate scales oblanceolate, 4.6–5.6 × 1.1–1.6 mm, apex acute; proximal staminate scales with narrow white margins 0.1–0.2 mm wide. Anthers 2.1–4 mm. Perigynia green, occasionally dark purple in age, veinless or 5-veined near base, obovoid, 3.1–3.6 × 1.5–1.8 mm; beak slightly bent, dark purple, 0.5–1 mm, weakly ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.2 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes pale to medium brown, globose, round in cross section, 1.9–2.2 × 1.4–1.8 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Madroño 45: 261 1998 publ. 1999 to Madroño 45(3): 261. 1999...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Madroño 45: 261 1998 publ. 1999 to Madroño 45(3): 261. 1999 [1998 publ. 1999] , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex serpenticola Zika. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677092 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Zika, P. F. et al. (1999). Carex serpenticola (Cyperaceae), a new species from the Klamath Mountains of Oregon and California. <em>Madroño.</em> 45(3): 261-270.
page(s): 261 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 261 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
From editor or global species database
Description Plants loosely cespitose or with solitary stems; rhizomes horizontal, purple to black, 25–75(–100) mm, slender. Culms 8–38 cm; bases (remnants of old leaves) weakly to strongly fibrous. Leaf blades green, 1.5–3.5(–5) mm wide, herbaceous, smooth to scabrous abaxially, smooth to scabrous adaxially. Inflorescences usually with either staminate or pistillate spikes, occasionally with both; peduncles of staminate spikes short; proximal nonbasal bracts leaflike, dark purple to black at base, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 1–4 (basal spikes 0–1); cauline spikes overlapping or somewhat separted, with 4–9 perigynia; staminate spikes 13–24 × (1.4–)2–4.1 mm. Scales: pistillate scales dark purple to black, with narrow white margins, lanceolate, 3.8–4.6 × 1.3–1.8 mm, apex acuminate; staminate scales oblanceolate, 4.6–5.6 × 1.1–1.6 mm, apex acute; proximal staminate scales with narrow white margins 0.1–0.2 mm wide. Anthers 2.1–4 mm. Perigynia green, occasionally dark purple in age, veinless or 5-veined near base, obovoid, 3.1–3.6 × 1.5–1.8 mm; beak slightly bent, dark purple, 0.5–1 mm, weakly ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.2 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes pale to medium brown, globose, round in cross section, 1.9–2.2 × 1.4–1.8 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated namepublishedIn from Madroño 45: 261 1998 publ. 1999 to Madroño 45(3): 261. 1999 [1998 publ. 1999] , information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex serpenticola)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex serpenticola US3421811 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex serpenticola)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex serpenticola US3421811 type 1)
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