Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex godfreyi Naczi
1677811 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677811)
accepted
Species
Carex amphibola var. godfreyi (Naczi) D.B.Ward · unaccepted
terrestrial
Naczi, R. F. C. (1993). Carex brysonii and Carex godfreyi, new species of Carex section Griseae (Cyperaceae) from the southeastern United States. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium, 19: 195-205.
page(s): 200 [details]
page(s): 200 [details]
Description Plants densely to loosely cespitose; rhizome internodes 1.2–2 mm thick. Culms dark purple-red to (3.4–)4–7.3 cm high...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 200 1993 to Contr. Univ. Michigan...
Description Plants densely to loosely cespitose; rhizome internodes 1.2–2 mm thick. Culms dark purple-red to (3.4–)4–7.3 cm high at base, 8–65(–85) cm. Leaves: sheaths glabrous; blades green, widest blades 2.4–4(–5.3) mm wide, smooth abaxially. Inflorescences 0.094–0.94 of culm height; peduncles of lateral spikes smooth or barely scaberulous; peduncles of terminal spikes 1.6–22(–51) mm, usually barely exceeding lateral spikes; proximal bract sheaths loose, glabrous abaxially, sheath front slightly concave to slightly convex, elongated 0.1–0.6(–1.1) mm beyond apex; ligules 0.9–3.9(–6.6) mm; distal bract slightly exceeding or rarely much exceeding terminal spike. Spikes (3–)4–5(–6), distal 2–4 overlapping; lateral spikes pistillate or rarely androgynous, with 3–19 perigynia, 5–26 × 4.6–9.2 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number = 1.4–2.2; terminal spikes 7–37(–46) × 1–2.9 mm. Pistillate scales 2.1–5.3 × 1.2–2.4 mm, margins whitish, usually with red-brown speckles, entire, apex with awn 0.2–3.3 mm, rarely awnless. Staminate scales 3.3–4.8 × 1.1–1.6 mm. Anthers 2–2.8 mm. Perigynia spirally imbricate, 52–64-veined, unwrinkled to wrinkled, narrowly ellipsoid to obovoid, obtusely triangular in cross section, (4–) 4.3–5(–5.6) × 1.5–1.9(–2.1) mm, 2.4–2.9(–3.2) times as long as wide, lustrous, base very gradually tapered, apex gradually tapered; beak absent or straight, 0–0.2 mm. Achenes broadly obovoid to obovoid, (3–)3.1–3.5(–3.7) × 1.5–1.8 mm, loosely enveloped by perigynia; stipe straight, 0.6–0.8(–0.9) mm; beak usually straight, occasionally bent 10–30°, 0.3–0.6 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 200 1993 to Contr. Univ. Michigan...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 200 1993 to Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 200 (1993), 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 godfreyi Naczi. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677811 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Naczi, R. F. C. (1993). Carex brysonii and Carex godfreyi, new species of Carex section Griseae (Cyperaceae) from the southeastern United States. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium, 19: 195-205.
page(s): 200 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 200 [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 US 00479359, geounit Florida [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely to loosely cespitose; rhizome internodes 1.2–2 mm thick. Culms dark purple-red to (3.4–)4–7.3 cm high at base, 8–65(–85) cm. Leaves: sheaths glabrous; blades green, widest blades 2.4–4(–5.3) mm wide, smooth abaxially. Inflorescences 0.094–0.94 of culm height; peduncles of lateral spikes smooth or barely scaberulous; peduncles of terminal spikes 1.6–22(–51) mm, usually barely exceeding lateral spikes; proximal bract sheaths loose, glabrous abaxially, sheath front slightly concave to slightly convex, elongated 0.1–0.6(–1.1) mm beyond apex; ligules 0.9–3.9(–6.6) mm; distal bract slightly exceeding or rarely much exceeding terminal spike. Spikes (3–)4–5(–6), distal 2–4 overlapping; lateral spikes pistillate or rarely androgynous, with 3–19 perigynia, 5–26 × 4.6–9.2 mm, ratio of spike length (in mm) to flower number = 1.4–2.2; terminal spikes 7–37(–46) × 1–2.9 mm. Pistillate scales 2.1–5.3 × 1.2–2.4 mm, margins whitish, usually with red-brown speckles, entire, apex with awn 0.2–3.3 mm, rarely awnless. Staminate scales 3.3–4.8 × 1.1–1.6 mm. Anthers 2–2.8 mm. Perigynia spirally imbricate, 52–64-veined, unwrinkled to wrinkled, narrowly ellipsoid to obovoid, obtusely triangular in cross section, (4–) 4.3–5(–5.6) × 1.5–1.9(–2.1) mm, 2.4–2.9(–3.2) times as long as wide, lustrous, base very gradually tapered, apex gradually tapered; beak absent or straight, 0–0.2 mm. Achenes broadly obovoid to obovoid, (3–)3.1–3.5(–3.7) × 1.5–1.8 mm, loosely enveloped by perigynia; stipe straight, 0.6–0.8(–0.9) mm; beak usually straight, occasionally bent 10–30°, 0.3–0.6 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 200 1993 to Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 200 (1993), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex godfreyi)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex amphibola var. godfreyi (Naczi) D.B.Ward)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex amphibola var. godfreyi (Naczi) D.B.Ward)
To US Herbarium (Carex godfreyi US3320681 type 1)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex godfreyi)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex amphibola var. godfreyi (Naczi) D.B.Ward)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex amphibola var. godfreyi (Naczi) D.B.Ward)
To US Herbarium (Carex godfreyi US3320681 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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