Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex lutea LeBlond
1677573 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677573)
accepted
Species
recent only
LeBlond, R.J., Weakley, A.S., Reznicek, A.A., Crins, W.J. (1994). Carex lutea (Cyperaceae), a rare new coastal plain endemic from North Carolina. <em>Sida.</em> 16(1): 153-161. [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype MICH, geounit North Carolina
Holotype MICH, geounit North Carolina [details]
Description Plants cespitose. Culms straight, (40–)65–110(–125) cm, tallest culms 65–125 cm. Leaves of flowering stems shorter...
Description Plants cespitose. Culms straight, (40–)65–110(–125) cm, tallest culms 65–125 cm. Leaves of flowering stems shorter than culms, to 28 cm × 1.8–3.8 mm; ligules on distal cauline leaves truncate or rounded. Inflorescences: peduncles of terminal staminate spikes (3–)10–60(–102) mm, 0.7–2.5 length of staminate spikes; bracts 5–25 cm × 1.2–2.5 mm, 0.5–1.3(–1.9) times as long as inflorescences; inner band of sheaths usually concave or truncate (occasionally convex). Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 1–2(–3), distant, sessile or short-pedunculate, globose to ellipsoid or short-cylindric, 7–27 × 8–11 mm; terminal staminate spikes pedunculate, (9–)17–39 × 1.4–2.5 mm. Scales: pistillate scales pale yellowish green, inconspicuous among perigynia, 2.1–3.3 × 0.9–1.3 mm; staminate scales reddish brown to pale brown, narrowly obovate to narrowly oblong, 2.9–5.6 × 1.2–1.9 mm, margins wide, pale hyaline, apex obtuse to acute. Anthers 2.1–3.6 mm. Perigynia reflexed, yellow to yellowish green, (3.5–)3.9–5.2(–5.8) × 1.4–2.2 mm, apex abruptly narrowed; beak forming angle greater than 20° with body, 1.4–2.2 mm, sparsely scabrous or, occasionally, smooth. Achenes 1.4–1.9 × 1.2–1.5 mm. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex lutea LeBlond. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677573 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
LeBlond, R.J., Weakley, A.S., Reznicek, A.A., Crins, W.J. (1994). Carex lutea (Cyperaceae), a rare new coastal plain endemic from North Carolina. <em>Sida.</em> 16(1): 153-161. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
[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
Holotype MICH, geounit North Carolina [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants cespitose. Culms straight, (40–)65–110(–125) cm, tallest culms 65–125 cm. Leaves of flowering stems shorter than culms, to 28 cm × 1.8–3.8 mm; ligules on distal cauline leaves truncate or rounded. Inflorescences: peduncles of terminal staminate spikes (3–)10–60(–102) mm, 0.7–2.5 length of staminate spikes; bracts 5–25 cm × 1.2–2.5 mm, 0.5–1.3(–1.9) times as long as inflorescences; inner band of sheaths usually concave or truncate (occasionally convex). Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 1–2(–3), distant, sessile or short-pedunculate, globose to ellipsoid or short-cylindric, 7–27 × 8–11 mm; terminal staminate spikes pedunculate, (9–)17–39 × 1.4–2.5 mm. Scales: pistillate scales pale yellowish green, inconspicuous among perigynia, 2.1–3.3 × 0.9–1.3 mm; staminate scales reddish brown to pale brown, narrowly obovate to narrowly oblong, 2.9–5.6 × 1.2–1.9 mm, margins wide, pale hyaline, apex obtuse to acute. Anthers 2.1–3.6 mm. Perigynia reflexed, yellow to yellowish green, (3.5–)3.9–5.2(–5.8) × 1.4–2.2 mm, apex abruptly narrowed; beak forming angle greater than 20° with body, 1.4–2.2 mm, sparsely scabrous or, occasionally, smooth. Achenes 1.4–1.9 × 1.2–1.5 mm. [details]Ecology Sandy soils over limestone, in the ecotone between longleaf pine savannas and non-riverine swamp forests, where fire has suppressed shrub dominance, on lime-rich soils. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex lutea)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex lutea US3242710 isotype 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex lutea)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex lutea US3242710 isotype 1)
From editor or global species database
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