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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex shortiana Dewey & Torr.

To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_shortiana_NY11329_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_shortiana_NY11329_type_1)

1677113  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677113)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cariceae (Tribe)
  12. Carex (Genus)
  13. Carex subg. Carex (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. Squarrosae (Section)
  15. Carex shortiana (Species)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Dewey, C. (1836). Caricography. <em>The American journal of science and arts.</em> 30: 59-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15572604#page/64/mode/1up
page(s): 60 [details] 
Description Culms in medium- to large-sized clumps, 30–90 cm. Leaves cauline, usually overtopping culms; blades 10–40(–50) cm ×...  
Description Culms in medium- to large-sized clumps, 30–90 cm. Leaves cauline, usually overtopping culms; blades 10–40(–50) cm × 4–9 mm. Inflorescences with proximal spikes ± strongly separate on slender peduncles, others approximate and short-pedunculate or subsessile, narrowly oblong to cylindric, 1–4 cm × 3.5–5.6 mm; lateral spikes, if gynecandrous, with ca. 30–140 pistillate flowers distally and (0–)1–10 staminate flowers proximally; terminal spikes staminate proximally, 1/2–3/4 pistillate distally. Pistillate scales ovate, 1.5–3.2 mm, mostly not quite as long as perigynia. Perigynia olive green to brown, very broadly compressed-obovoid, sharply edged, 2–2.6 × 1.8–2.4 mm; beak often projecting out at 90° angle. Achenes widely oblong-obovoid, 1.5–1.8 × 1–1.3 mm, apex short-apiculate. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Dewey & Torr. to Dewey, information provided by Alan E. on...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Dewey & Torr. to Dewey, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex shortiana Dewey & Torr.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677113 on 2025-09-14
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2023-09-06 07:28:28Z
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Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro
2024-12-10 11:47:54Z
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Márquez-Corro, José Ignacio

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Nomenclature

original description Dewey, C. (1836). Caricography. <em>The American journal of science and arts.</em> 30: 59-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15572604#page/64/mode/1up
page(s): 60 [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 
   

Syntype NY 00011329, geounit Kentucky [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms in medium- to large-sized clumps, 30–90 cm. Leaves cauline, usually overtopping culms; blades 10–40(–50) cm × 4–9 mm. Inflorescences with proximal spikes ± strongly separate on slender peduncles, others approximate and short-pedunculate or subsessile, narrowly oblong to cylindric, 1–4 cm × 3.5–5.6 mm; lateral spikes, if gynecandrous, with ca. 30–140 pistillate flowers distally and (0–)1–10 staminate flowers proximally; terminal spikes staminate proximally, 1/2–3/4 pistillate distally. Pistillate scales ovate, 1.5–3.2 mm, mostly not quite as long as perigynia. Perigynia olive green to brown, very broadly compressed-obovoid, sharply edged, 2–2.6 × 1.8–2.4 mm; beak often projecting out at 90° angle. Achenes widely oblong-obovoid, 1.5–1.8 × 1–1.3 mm, apex short-apiculate. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Dewey & Torr. to Dewey, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carex shortii Torr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex aporandra Kunze ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex shortiana) 
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex aporandra Kunze ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex shortii Torr.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex ohiotica Hochst. & Steud.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_shortiana_NY11329_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_shortiana_NY11330_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_shortiana_NY11331_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_shortiana_NY11332_type_1) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex shortii Torr.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex aporandra Kunze ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex ohiotica Hochst. & Steud.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex shortiana K001079010 type 1) 
From editor or global species database
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