Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex hooker-grayi C.B.Clarke
1682833 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1682833)
accepted
Species
terrestrial
Clarke, C. B. (1908). New genera and species of Cyperaceae. <em>Bulletin of miscellaneous information. Additional Series.</em> 8: 1-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104847
page(s): 85 [details]
page(s): 85 [details]
Holotype K 002564691, geounit Colorado
Holotype K 002564691, geounit Colorado [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex hooker-grayi C.B.Clarke. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1682833 on 2025-09-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Clarke, C. B. (1908). New genera and species of Cyperaceae. <em>Bulletin of miscellaneous information. Additional Series.</em> 8: 1-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104847
page(s): 85 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 85 [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 K 002564691, geounit Colorado [details]
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Original description Spicis foemineis maturis 4 cm longis 6 mm latis, densis, cylindricis, stramineis; glumis foemineis (aristâ longâ hispidâ sub-alopecuroideâ inclusâ) utriculos superantibus; utriculis 2-2 1/2 mm longis, lata ovoideis, inflatis, stramineo-luteis ; ceteroquin ut C. utriculata Boott. Exemplum unicum inscriptum "C. ampullacea, Gooden. Dr. B[oott] autem dixerat squamae inferiores nunquam aristatae." Utriculi perparvae, glumarum aristae paullo dilatatae, undique densius hispidae [details]Translation Mature female spikes 4 cm long, 6 mm wide, dense, cylindrical, stramineous; female glumes (with a long hispid awn, like a foxtail) exceeding the perigynia; perigynia 2-2 1/2 mm long, broadly ovoid, inflated, yellow-stramineous; otherwise as C. utriculata
Boott. A single specimen bearing the inscription "C. ampullacea, Gooden. but Dr. B[oott] says squamae inferiores nunquam aristatae [lower scales never aristate]". Utricles very small, awns of the pistillate scales slightly widened at their base, densely hispid all over. [details]
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