Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex exilis Dewey
1677684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677684)
accepted
Species
Carex exilis var. androgyna Dewey ex Alph.Wood · unaccepted
Carex exilis var. squamacea Dewey · unaccepted
Vignea exilis (Dewey) Raf. · unaccepted
- Variety Carex exilis var. androgyna Dewey ex Alph.Wood accepted as Carex exilis Dewey
- Variety Carex exilis var. squamacea Dewey accepted as Carex exilis Dewey
terrestrial
Dewey, C. (1828). Caricography. <em>American Journal of Science, and Arts.</em> 14: 351-353., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39269808#page/375/mode/1up
page(s): 351 [details]
page(s): 351 [details]
Holotype GH 00027224
Holotype GH 00027224 [details]
Description Culms 12–80 cm. Leaves 2–6 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 3.5–21 cm, apex concave, glabrous; ligules...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 14: 351 1828 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 14: 351 (1828),...
Description Culms 12–80 cm. Leaves 2–6 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 3.5–21 cm, apex concave, glabrous; ligules rounded, 0.8–1.8 × 0.6–1.6 mm; blades involute, 4–70 cm × 0.4–1.5 mm, widest leaf 0.8–1.5 mm wide. Inflorescences 0.6–4 cm; spike 1 (occasionally 1–3 smaller accessory spikes), gynecandrous with staminate portion of spike 1–3 mm wide, to 50-flowered and pistillate portion of spike 5–9.5 mm wide, to 27-flowered or plants sometimes unisexual with staminate and pistillate spikes on different plants. Pistillate scales ovate, 1.8–3.3 × 1.3–2.2 mm, apex acute. Staminate scales lanceolate to ovate, 1.7–5.5 × 1–2.2 mm, apex acute. Anthers (2–)2.2–3.6 mm. Perigynia spreading to reflexed, castaneous to dark brown, 15-veined abaxially, faintly 7-veined adaxially, lanceolate-ovate to broadly ovate, 2.6–4.7 × 1.25–2.3 mm, 1.3–2.65 times as long as wide; beak 0.5–1.7 mm, 0.2–0.65 length of body, serrulate, teeth blunt, to 0.35 mm, soft. Achenes ovate, 1.4–2.2 × 1.2–1.7 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 14: 351 1828 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 14: 351 (1828),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 14: 351 1828 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 14: 351 (1828), 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 exilis Dewey. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677684 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Dewey, C. (1828). Caricography. <em>American Journal of Science, and Arts.</em> 14: 351-353., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39269808#page/375/mode/1up
page(s): 351 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 351 [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
Holotype GH 00027224 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms 12–80 cm. Leaves 2–6 per culm; sheaths tight, inner band hyaline, 3.5–21 cm, apex concave, glabrous; ligules rounded, 0.8–1.8 × 0.6–1.6 mm; blades involute, 4–70 cm × 0.4–1.5 mm, widest leaf 0.8–1.5 mm wide. Inflorescences 0.6–4 cm; spike 1 (occasionally 1–3 smaller accessory spikes), gynecandrous with staminate portion of spike 1–3 mm wide, to 50-flowered and pistillate portion of spike 5–9.5 mm wide, to 27-flowered or plants sometimes unisexual with staminate and pistillate spikes on different plants. Pistillate scales ovate, 1.8–3.3 × 1.3–2.2 mm, apex acute. Staminate scales lanceolate to ovate, 1.7–5.5 × 1–2.2 mm, apex acute. Anthers (2–)2.2–3.6 mm. Perigynia spreading to reflexed, castaneous to dark brown, 15-veined abaxially, faintly 7-veined adaxially, lanceolate-ovate to broadly ovate, 2.6–4.7 × 1.25–2.3 mm, 1.3–2.65 times as long as wide; beak 0.5–1.7 mm, 0.2–0.65 length of body, serrulate, teeth blunt, to 0.35 mm, soft. Achenes ovate, 1.4–2.2 × 1.2–1.7 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 14: 351 1828 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 14: 351 (1828), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vignea exilis (Dewey) Raf.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex exilis var. androgyna Dewey ex Alph.Wood)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex exilis var. squamacea Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (181 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex exilis)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex exilis var. squamacea Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea exilis (Dewey) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex exilis var. androgyna Dewey ex Alph.Wood)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea exilis (Dewey) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex exilis var. androgyna Dewey ex Alph.Wood)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex exilis var. squamacea Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex exilis var. androgyna Dewey ex Alph.Wood)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex exilis var. squamacea Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (181 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex exilis)
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex exilis var. squamacea Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea exilis (Dewey) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex exilis var. androgyna Dewey ex Alph.Wood)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea exilis (Dewey) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex exilis var. androgyna Dewey ex Alph.Wood)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex exilis var. squamacea Dewey)
