Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex blanda Dewey
1678152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678152)
accepted
Species
Carex anceps var. blanda (Dewey) Boott · unaccepted
Carex laxiflora var. blanda (Dewey) Boott · unaccepted
Deweya blanda (Dewey) Raf. · unaccepted
- Variety Carex blanda var. varians (L.H.Bailey) Burnham accepted as Carex leptonervia (Fernald) Fernald
terrestrial
Dewey, C. (1826). Caricography. <em>The American journal of science and arts.</em> 10: 30-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15902300#page/38/mode/1up
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
Description Culms densely tufted, central or lateral, rarely erect, ascending, lax, or, occasionally, decumbent, slightly winged,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 45 1826 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 45 (1826),...
Description Culms densely tufted, central or lateral, rarely erect, ascending, lax, or, occasionally, decumbent, slightly winged, 14–53 cm × 0.8–1 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths brown or light brown; sheaths 1–48 mm; blades erect, ascending or lax, green, midrib well developed abaxially, lateral veins developed adaxially, flat, 14–36 cm × 1–10 mm, blades of overwintering leaves smooth abaxially. Inflorescences: peduncles of proximal absent; of terminal spike 0–1.7 cm. Bracts 0.9–17 cm × 1–8 mm, bract blade of distal lateral spikes linear, narrower than spikes, not concealing them (viewed from abaxial surface), widest bract blade of distalmost lateral spike 0.5–3.4 mm wide. Spikes 4(–5) per culm; lateral spikes scattered or distal 2 proximate, 15–18 × 3–4 mm; terminal spike overtopping or proximate to proximal pistillate spikes, linear, 9–20 × 1.8–2.4 mm. Pistillate scales 2.8–3 × 1.4–1.6 mm, apex apiculate to aristate, awn to 1.5 mm. Staminate scales 1.8–3.2 × 1.4–1.8 mm, margins hyaline, apex acute or acuminate. Anthers 1.8–2.2 mm. Perigynia 4–18 per spike, closely overlapping, ratio of longer lateral spike length to perigynia number 0.8–1.7, aggregated, ascending, conspicuously (22–)25–32-veined, obovate to elliptic-obovate, 2.5–3.8(–4.1) × 1.3–2.2 mm, 1.5–1.9 times as long as achene bodies; beak abruptly bent, 0.2–0.6 mm. Achenes obovoid, 2.1–3.2 × 0.8–1.8 mm. 2n = 30, 32, 34, 36. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 45 1826 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 45 (1826),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 45 1826 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 45 (1826), 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 blanda Dewey. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678152 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Dewey, C. (1826). Caricography. <em>The American journal of science and arts.</em> 10: 30-48., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15902300#page/38/mode/1up
page(s): 45 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 45 [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 K 001382078 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Culms densely tufted, central or lateral, rarely erect, ascending, lax, or, occasionally, decumbent, slightly winged, 14–53 cm × 0.8–1 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths brown or light brown; sheaths 1–48 mm; blades erect, ascending or lax, green, midrib well developed abaxially, lateral veins developed adaxially, flat, 14–36 cm × 1–10 mm, blades of overwintering leaves smooth abaxially. Inflorescences: peduncles of proximal absent; of terminal spike 0–1.7 cm. Bracts 0.9–17 cm × 1–8 mm, bract blade of distal lateral spikes linear, narrower than spikes, not concealing them (viewed from abaxial surface), widest bract blade of distalmost lateral spike 0.5–3.4 mm wide. Spikes 4(–5) per culm; lateral spikes scattered or distal 2 proximate, 15–18 × 3–4 mm; terminal spike overtopping or proximate to proximal pistillate spikes, linear, 9–20 × 1.8–2.4 mm. Pistillate scales 2.8–3 × 1.4–1.6 mm, apex apiculate to aristate, awn to 1.5 mm. Staminate scales 1.8–3.2 × 1.4–1.8 mm, margins hyaline, apex acute or acuminate. Anthers 1.8–2.2 mm. Perigynia 4–18 per spike, closely overlapping, ratio of longer lateral spike length to perigynia number 0.8–1.7, aggregated, ascending, conspicuously (22–)25–32-veined, obovate to elliptic-obovate, 2.5–3.8(–4.1) × 1.3–2.2 mm, 1.5–1.9 times as long as achene bodies; beak abruptly bent, 0.2–0.6 mm. Achenes obovoid, 2.1–3.2 × 0.8–1.8 mm. 2n = 30, 32, 34, 36. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 45 1826 to Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 45 (1826), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (137 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Deweya blanda (Dewey) Raf.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Carex laxiflora var. blanda (Dewey) Boott)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex blanda)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Deweya blanda (Dewey) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex laxiflora var. blanda (Dewey) Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex anceps var. blanda (Dewey) Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex anceps var. blanda (Dewey) Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex laxiflora var. blanda (Dewey) Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Deweya blanda (Dewey) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex blanda K001382078 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Deweya blanda (Dewey) Raf.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Carex laxiflora var. blanda (Dewey) Boott)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex blanda)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 52 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Deweya blanda (Dewey) Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex laxiflora var. blanda (Dewey) Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex anceps var. blanda (Dewey) Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex anceps var. blanda (Dewey) Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex laxiflora var. blanda (Dewey) Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Deweya blanda (Dewey) Raf.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex blanda K001382078 type 1)
From editor or global species database
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