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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex gravida L.H.Bailey

To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_gravida_NY11124_type_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_gravida_NY11124_type_1)

1677832  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677832)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cariceae (Tribe)
  12. Carex (Genus)
  13. Carex subg. Vignea (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. AnnectensClade (Section)
  15. Carex gravida (Species)
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Bailey, L. H. (1889). Notes on Carex. 11. Studies of the types of the various species of the genus Carex. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1: 1-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31679539#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 5 [details] 
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms (20–)30–100 cm, 2.5–8 mm wide basally, 0.7–1.6 mm wide distally. Leaves:...  
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms (20–)30–100 cm, 2.5–8 mm wide basally, 0.7–1.6 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths usually loose, proximally green-and-white-striped, not white spotted, with conspicuous transverse veins on back, fronts hyaline, sometimes transversely rugose and red dotted, thin, white or hyaline and fragile at mouth; ligules 2–7 mm, shorter to longer than wide; widest leaf blades (3–)4–8 mm wide. Inflorescences with 5–15 spikes, 1–5 cm × 8–15 mm, occasionally compound, then somewhat larger; proximal bracts to 3 cm; spikes with 5–15 ascending to spreading perigynia; proximal internodes shorter than to 1.5 times as long as proximal spikes. Pistillate scales hyaline or brown with green, 1–3-veined center, ovate, 2.6–4.4 × 1.3–2.4 mm, body shorter to slightly longer than perigynium, apex acuminate to short-awned. Anthers 1.5–3 mm. Perigynia pale green to pale brown, veinless or 3–7(–12)-veined abaxially, rarely veined adaxially, 3.5–5.5 × 2–3 mm, body somewhat spongy, base thickened, margins serrulate distally; beak 0.6–1.6 mm, apical teeth 0.3–1 mm. Achenes circular to elliptic- circular, 1.8–2.1 × 1.6–2 mm. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 5 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 5 (1889),...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 5 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 5 (1889), 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 gravida L.H.Bailey. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677832 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature

original description Bailey, L. H. (1889). Notes on Carex. 11. Studies of the types of the various species of the genus Carex. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1: 1-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31679539#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 5 [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 
   

Syntype P 00305383, geounit Illinois [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms (20–)30–100 cm, 2.5–8 mm wide basally, 0.7–1.6 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths usually loose, proximally green-and-white-striped, not white spotted, with conspicuous transverse veins on back, fronts hyaline, sometimes transversely rugose and red dotted, thin, white or hyaline and fragile at mouth; ligules 2–7 mm, shorter to longer than wide; widest leaf blades (3–)4–8 mm wide. Inflorescences with 5–15 spikes, 1–5 cm × 8–15 mm, occasionally compound, then somewhat larger; proximal bracts to 3 cm; spikes with 5–15 ascending to spreading perigynia; proximal internodes shorter than to 1.5 times as long as proximal spikes. Pistillate scales hyaline or brown with green, 1–3-veined center, ovate, 2.6–4.4 × 1.3–2.4 mm, body shorter to slightly longer than perigynium, apex acuminate to short-awned. Anthers 1.5–3 mm. Perigynia pale green to pale brown, veinless or 3–7(–12)-veined abaxially, rarely veined adaxially, 3.5–5.5 × 2–3 mm, body somewhat spongy, base thickened, margins serrulate distally; beak 0.6–1.6 mm, apical teeth 0.3–1 mm. Achenes circular to elliptic- circular, 1.8–2.1 × 1.6–2 mm. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 5 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 5 (1889), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Carex gravida var. laxifolia L.H.Bailey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (144 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex lunelliana Mack.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Carex gravida var. gravida L.H.Bailey)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex gravida) 
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 6 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex gravida var. lunelliana (Mack.) F.J.Herm.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex lunelliana Mack.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex gravida var. laxifolia L.H.Bailey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex gravida f. laxifolia (L.H.Bailey) Kük.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_gravida_NY11124_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_gravida_NY11125_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_gravida_NY11126_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_gravida_NY11127_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_gravida_NY11128_type_1) 
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_lunelliana_NY380960_holotype_1) (from synonym Carex lunelliana Mack.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex gravida var. lunelliana (Mack.) F.J.Herm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex gravida var. laxifolia L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex lunelliana Mack.)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex gravida f. laxifolia (L.H.Bailey) Kük.)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex gravida f. gravida L.H.Bailey)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex gravida var. gravida L.H.Bailey)
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