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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell

To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex brevior K000907788 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex brevior K000907788 type 1)

1678191  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678191)

  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. Cyperoideae (Section)
  15. Carex brevior (Species)
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(of Carex straminea var. brevior Dewey) Dewey, C. (1826). Caricography. <em>The American journal of science and arts.</em> 11: 147-166., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15575506#page/151/mode/1up
page(s): 158 [details] 
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes sometimes short-prolonged, appearing elongate in old clumps. Culms 15–120 cm;...  
Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes sometimes short-prolonged, appearing elongate in old clumps. Culms 15–120 cm; vegetative culms few, inconspicuous, usually fewer than 15 leaves, not strikingly 3-ranked. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped or sometimes prolonged to 2 mm beyond collar and rounded, smooth; distal ligules 2.2–3.5 mm; blades 3–5 per fertile culm, 12–30 cm × 1.5–3.5 mm. Inflorescences open, brown, (1.3–)2.5–5(–6.5) cm × 5–18 mm; proximal internode (3–)6–13(–23) mm; 2d internode 2–12 mm; proximal bracts scalelike or bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes (3–)4–7, 5–7 on larger culms, distant, distinct, ovoid to ellipsoid, 7–17(–24) × 4–8(–12) mm, base attenuate or rarely rounded, apex acute to rounded; terminal spike usually with conspicuous staminate base. Pistillate scales white-hyaline, tinged reddish brown, usually with whitish, pale gold, or green midstripe, broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2.6–4.3 mm, as long as to 0.7–0.9 mm shorter than perignyium beaks, narrower than perigynia, margins thin, sometimes involute, apex mostly acute. Perigynia (10–)15–40(–45) per spike, ascending-spreading, green or reddish brown, veinless or faintly and irregularly 1–5-veined adaxially, orbiculate or broadly ovate, plano-convex, (2.6–)3.4–4.8(–5.2) × (2–)2.3–3.2 mm, 0.5–0.6 mm thick, 1.2–1.8 times as long as wide, nearly leathery, margin flat, including wing 0.3–0.8 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least distally, smooth; beak pale green or brown at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with gold or reddish brown-hyaline margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.5–2.4 mm. Achenes orbiculate to broadly ovate, 1.5–2.2 × 1.3–1.8 mm, 0.5–0.6 mm thick. 2n = 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell to (Dewey) Mack., information...  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell to (Dewey) Mack., information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in Th [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678191 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature

original description (of Carex straminea var. brevior Dewey) Dewey, C. (1826). Caricography. <em>The American journal of science and arts.</em> 11: 147-166., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15575506#page/151/mode/1up
page(s): 158 [details] 

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

new combination reference (1915-1916). The American midland naturalist. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29527285#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 235 [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes sometimes short-prolonged, appearing elongate in old clumps. Culms 15–120 cm; vegetative culms few, inconspicuous, usually fewer than 15 leaves, not strikingly 3-ranked. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped or sometimes prolonged to 2 mm beyond collar and rounded, smooth; distal ligules 2.2–3.5 mm; blades 3–5 per fertile culm, 12–30 cm × 1.5–3.5 mm. Inflorescences open, brown, (1.3–)2.5–5(–6.5) cm × 5–18 mm; proximal internode (3–)6–13(–23) mm; 2d internode 2–12 mm; proximal bracts scalelike or bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes (3–)4–7, 5–7 on larger culms, distant, distinct, ovoid to ellipsoid, 7–17(–24) × 4–8(–12) mm, base attenuate or rarely rounded, apex acute to rounded; terminal spike usually with conspicuous staminate base. Pistillate scales white-hyaline, tinged reddish brown, usually with whitish, pale gold, or green midstripe, broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2.6–4.3 mm, as long as to 0.7–0.9 mm shorter than perignyium beaks, narrower than perigynia, margins thin, sometimes involute, apex mostly acute. Perigynia (10–)15–40(–45) per spike, ascending-spreading, green or reddish brown, veinless or faintly and irregularly 1–5-veined adaxially, orbiculate or broadly ovate, plano-convex, (2.6–)3.4–4.8(–5.2) × (2–)2.3–3.2 mm, 0.5–0.6 mm thick, 1.2–1.8 times as long as wide, nearly leathery, margin flat, including wing 0.3–0.8 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least distally, smooth; beak pale green or brown at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with gold or reddish brown-hyaline margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.5–2.4 mm. Achenes orbiculate to broadly ovate, 1.5–2.2 × 1.3–1.8 mm, 0.5–0.6 mm thick. 2n = 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 68. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Updated scientificnameAuthorship from (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell to (Dewey) Mack., information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 More details could be found in Th [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex festucacea var. brevior (Dewey) Fernald)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Carex straminea var. brevior Dewey)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex brevior) 
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 6 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex straminea var. brevior Dewey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex festucacea var. brevior (Dewey) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex festucacea var. brevior (Dewey) Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex straminea var. brevior Dewey)
To Plants of the World Online 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex brevior K000907788 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex brevior K000907791 type 1) 
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex brevior K000907792 type 1) 
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