Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex geophila Mack.
1677785 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677785)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Mackenzie, K. K. (1913). Notes on Carex VII. <em>Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.</em> 40: 529-554., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16442720#page/554/mode/1up
page(s): 546 [details]
page(s): 546 [details]
Holotype US 00087203, geounit New Mexico
Holotype US 00087203, geounit New Mexico [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes, horizontal to ascending, brown to reddish brown, 0–9 mm, slender. Culms 3–22 cm,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 546 1913 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 546...
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes, horizontal to ascending, brown to reddish brown, 0–9 mm, slender. Culms 3–22 cm, strongly scabrous distally; bases (remnants of old leaves) fibrous. Leaf blades pale green, equaling or exceeding stems, 0.8–2.3 mm wide, coriaceous, glabrous abaxially, scabrous to papillose adaxially. Inflorescences with both staminate and pistillate spikes; peduncles of basal spikes stout, usually short, erect; peduncles of staminate spikes 1.1–8.8 mm; proximal nonbasal bracts scalelike, usually equaling or shorter than inflorescences. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 1–4 (basal spikes 1–2); cauline spikes overlapping or somewhat separated, with 5–15 perigynia; staminate spikes 6.9–16.9 × 1.4–2 mm. Scales: pistillate scales pale reddish brown with broad white margins, ovate, 3–4.3 × 1.5–1.8 mm, equaling perigynia, apex acute or cuspidate to acuminate; staminate scales lanceolate, 4.8–6.8 × 1.5–1.6 mm, apex acute to acuminate. Anthers 2–3.1 mm. Perigynia pale green to yellowish brown, veinless or faintly to 6-veined near base, globose to obovoid or ellipsoid, round in cross section, 2.7–4 × 1.5–2 mm; beak straight, pale green, not strongly 2-edged, 0.4–1 mm, ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.2 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes brown, globose to obovoid, round in cross section, 1.6–2.8 × 1.5–1.9 mm.
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Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 546 1913 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 546...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 546 1913 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 546 (1913), 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 geophila Mack.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677785 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Mackenzie, K. K. (1913). Notes on Carex VII. <em>Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club.</em> 40: 529-554., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16442720#page/554/mode/1up
page(s): 546 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 546 [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 US 00087203, geounit New Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes, horizontal to ascending, brown to reddish brown, 0–9 mm, slender. Culms 3–22 cm, strongly scabrous distally; bases (remnants of old leaves) fibrous. Leaf blades pale green, equaling or exceeding stems, 0.8–2.3 mm wide, coriaceous, glabrous abaxially, scabrous to papillose adaxially. Inflorescences with both staminate and pistillate spikes; peduncles of basal spikes stout, usually short, erect; peduncles of staminate spikes 1.1–8.8 mm; proximal nonbasal bracts scalelike, usually equaling or shorter than inflorescences. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 1–4 (basal spikes 1–2); cauline spikes overlapping or somewhat separated, with 5–15 perigynia; staminate spikes 6.9–16.9 × 1.4–2 mm. Scales: pistillate scales pale reddish brown with broad white margins, ovate, 3–4.3 × 1.5–1.8 mm, equaling perigynia, apex acute or cuspidate to acuminate; staminate scales lanceolate, 4.8–6.8 × 1.5–1.6 mm, apex acute to acuminate. Anthers 2–3.1 mm. Perigynia pale green to yellowish brown, veinless or faintly to 6-veined near base, globose to obovoid or ellipsoid, round in cross section, 2.7–4 × 1.5–2 mm; beak straight, pale green, not strongly 2-edged, 0.4–1 mm, ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.2 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes brown, globose to obovoid, round in cross section, 1.6–2.8 × 1.5–1.9 mm.[details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 546 1913 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 546 (1913), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex geophila)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex geophila US660800 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex geophila)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To US Herbarium (Carex geophila US660800 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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