Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex floridana Schwein.
1677736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677736)
accepted
Species
Carex lucorum var. floridana (Schwein.) Chapm. · unaccepted
Carex nigromarginata var. floridana (Schwein.) Kük. · unaccepted
Vignea floridana (Schwein.) Raf. · unaccepted
terrestrial
Schweinitz, L. D. (1824). An Analytical Table to facilitate the determination of the hitherto observed North American species of the genus Carex. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1: 62-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913239#page/72/mode/1up
page(s): 66 [details]
page(s): 66 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes horizontally spreading to ascending, reddish brown, 17–75 mm, stout. Culms 5–17 cm,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Schwein. to Schwein. & Torr., information provided by Alan...
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes horizontally spreading to ascending, reddish brown, 17–75 mm, stout. Culms 5–17 cm, scabrous distally; bases (remnants of old leaves) weakly fibrous. Leaf blades green, occasionally glaucous, exceeding culms, 1.7–3 mm wide, herbaceous, papillose to scabrous abaxially, papillose to scabrous adaxially. Inflorescences with both staminate and pistillate spikes; peduncles of staminate spikes 0.3–1.2 mm; proximal cauline bracts leakflike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 2–3 (basal spikes 0); cauline spikes overlapping, proximal 2 separated by less than 7 mm, with 4–8 perigynia; staminate spikes (3–)6.1–9.3 × 1.1–1.7 mm. Scales: pistillate scales pale to dark reddish brown, with narrow white margins, ovate to lanceolate, 2.7–4.2 × 1.2–2 mm, shorter than to equaling perigynia, apex acute to acuminate or short-aristate; staminate scales lanceolate, 2.8–4 × 1.2–1.8 mm, apex obtuse or acute to acuminate. Anthers 1.8–2 mm. Perigynia pale green, veinless, ellipsoid, 3–4.1 × 0.9–1.4 mm; beak straight, pale green, 0.6–0.9 mm, weakly ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.1–0.3 mm. Stigmas 2(–3). Achenes brown, ellipsoid, biconvex, flattened-trigonous, or evenly trigonous with convex sides (all three types may occur on the same plant), 1.5–2 × 0.9–1.3 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Schwein. to Schwein. & Torr., information provided by Alan...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Schwein. to Schwein. & Torr., information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex floridana Schwein.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677736 on 2025-09-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Schweinitz, L. D. (1824). An Analytical Table to facilitate the determination of the hitherto observed North American species of the genus Carex. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1: 62-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913239#page/72/mode/1up
page(s): 66 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 66 [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 P 00312893, geounit United States [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes horizontally spreading to ascending, reddish brown, 17–75 mm, stout. Culms 5–17 cm, scabrous distally; bases (remnants of old leaves) weakly fibrous. Leaf blades green, occasionally glaucous, exceeding culms, 1.7–3 mm wide, herbaceous, papillose to scabrous abaxially, papillose to scabrous adaxially. Inflorescences with both staminate and pistillate spikes; peduncles of staminate spikes 0.3–1.2 mm; proximal cauline bracts leakflike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 2–3 (basal spikes 0); cauline spikes overlapping, proximal 2 separated by less than 7 mm, with 4–8 perigynia; staminate spikes (3–)6.1–9.3 × 1.1–1.7 mm. Scales: pistillate scales pale to dark reddish brown, with narrow white margins, ovate to lanceolate, 2.7–4.2 × 1.2–2 mm, shorter than to equaling perigynia, apex acute to acuminate or short-aristate; staminate scales lanceolate, 2.8–4 × 1.2–1.8 mm, apex obtuse or acute to acuminate. Anthers 1.8–2 mm. Perigynia pale green, veinless, ellipsoid, 3–4.1 × 0.9–1.4 mm; beak straight, pale green, 0.6–0.9 mm, weakly ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.1–0.3 mm. Stigmas 2(–3). Achenes brown, ellipsoid, biconvex, flattened-trigonous, or evenly trigonous with convex sides (all three types may occur on the same plant), 1.5–2 × 0.9–1.3 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from Schwein. to Schwein. & Torr., information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in The Plant List [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vignea floridana (Schwein.) Raf.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex floridana)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex lucorum var. floridana (Schwein.) Chapm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea floridana (Schwein.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex nigromarginata var. floridana (Schwein.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex nigromarginata var. floridana (Schwein.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea floridana (Schwein.) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex lucorum var. floridana (Schwein.) Chapm.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex floridana)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex lucorum var. floridana (Schwein.) Chapm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea floridana (Schwein.) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex nigromarginata var. floridana (Schwein.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex nigromarginata var. floridana (Schwein.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea floridana (Schwein.) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex lucorum var. floridana (Schwein.) Chapm.)
