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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex wiegandii Mack.

To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex wiegandii Mack. F464317 isotype 1)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex wiegandii Mack. F464317 isotype 1)

1677389  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677389)

  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. Vignea (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. EchinataClade (Section)
  15. Carex wiegandii (Species)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Mackenzie, K. K. (1931). North American Flora. , Vol. 18, Part 2;(Poales),(Cyperaceae), Cariceae(Continuatio), pp. 58. Nre Yoir Botanical Garden., available online at https://archive.org/details/northamericanflo182newy/page/n5/mode/2up
page(s): 108 [details] 
Description Culms 10–105 cm. Leaves 3–8 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 4–23 cm, apex concave, ± glabrous; ligules...  
Description Culms 10–105 cm. Leaves 3–8 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 4–23 cm, apex concave, ± glabrous; ligules rounded to obtuse, 0.9–2.5 mm; blades plicate, 11–45 cm × 1.7–5 mm, widest leaf 2.8–5 mm wide. Inflorescences (0.8–)1.5–3 cm; spikes 4–6; lateral spikes gynecandrous, 4.5–8 mm, sessile, staminate portion (0–)1–3-flowered, (0–)0.5–2 mm, pistillate portion 5–21-flowered, 3–8 mm; basal 2 spikes 1.3–9.5 mm apart; terminal spike androgynous, 6.1–14.5 mm, staminate portion 5–20-flowered, 2–8.6 × 0.8–1.3 mm, pistillate portion 7–25-flowered, 3–8 × 5–7.3 mm. Pistillate scales ovate, 1.45–2(–2.2) × 1.3–1.9 mm, apex obtuse to acute, sometimes shortly mucronate. Staminate scales ovate, 1.2–2.3 × 1.4–1.8 mm, apex obtuse to acute. Anthers 0.7–1.3 mm. Perigynia spreading to reflexed, green to castaneous, 5–18-veined abaxially, faintly 0–10-veined adaxially, broadly ovate, 2.55–3.75 × (1.25–)1.4–2(–2.1) mm, (1.4–)1.6–2.5 times as long as wide; beak 0.55–1.1(–1.35) mm, 0.25–0.55 length of body, serrulate, teeth 0.2–0.5 mm. Achenes ovate, 1.4–1.9 × 1.1–1.55 mm. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from N. Amer. Fl. 18: 108 1931 to N. Amer. Fl. 18: 108 (1931), information...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from N. Amer. Fl. 18: 108 1931 to N. Amer. Fl. 18: 108 (1931), 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 wiegandii Mack.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677389 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature

original description Mackenzie, K. K. (1931). North American Flora. , Vol. 18, Part 2;(Poales),(Cyperaceae), Cariceae(Continuatio), pp. 58. Nre Yoir Botanical Garden., available online at https://archive.org/details/northamericanflo182newy/page/n5/mode/2up
page(s): 108 [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 F 0045440, geounit Newfoundland [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms 10–105 cm. Leaves 3–8 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 4–23 cm, apex concave, ± glabrous; ligules rounded to obtuse, 0.9–2.5 mm; blades plicate, 11–45 cm × 1.7–5 mm, widest leaf 2.8–5 mm wide. Inflorescences (0.8–)1.5–3 cm; spikes 4–6; lateral spikes gynecandrous, 4.5–8 mm, sessile, staminate portion (0–)1–3-flowered, (0–)0.5–2 mm, pistillate portion 5–21-flowered, 3–8 mm; basal 2 spikes 1.3–9.5 mm apart; terminal spike androgynous, 6.1–14.5 mm, staminate portion 5–20-flowered, 2–8.6 × 0.8–1.3 mm, pistillate portion 7–25-flowered, 3–8 × 5–7.3 mm. Pistillate scales ovate, 1.45–2(–2.2) × 1.3–1.9 mm, apex obtuse to acute, sometimes shortly mucronate. Staminate scales ovate, 1.2–2.3 × 1.4–1.8 mm, apex obtuse to acute. Anthers 0.7–1.3 mm. Perigynia spreading to reflexed, green to castaneous, 5–18-veined abaxially, faintly 0–10-veined adaxially, broadly ovate, 2.55–3.75 × (1.25–)1.4–2(–2.1) mm, (1.4–)1.6–2.5 times as long as wide; beak 0.55–1.1(–1.35) mm, 0.25–0.55 length of body, serrulate, teeth 0.2–0.5 mm. Achenes ovate, 1.4–1.9 × 1.1–1.55 mm. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from N. Amer. Fl. 18: 108 1931 to N. Amer. Fl. 18: 108 (1931), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex wiegandii) 
To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex wiegandii Mack. F464317 isotype 1) 
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To US Herbarium (Carex wiegandii US1117219 type 1) 
From editor or global species database
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