Cyperaceae name details
Carex brevicaulis Mack.
1696010 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1696010)
unaccepted
Species
terrestrial
Not documented
Description Plants densely to loosely cespitose; rhizomes horizontally spreading to ascending, brown to reddish brown, 0–10 mm,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 547 1913 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 547...
Description Plants densely to loosely cespitose; rhizomes horizontally spreading to ascending, brown to reddish brown, 0–10 mm, slender or stout. Culms 2–19 cm, strongly scabrous distally; bases and remnants of old leaves slightly fibrous. Leaf blades pale green, exceeding stems, 1.3–2(–3.5) mm wide, herbaceous to coriaceous, glabrous abaxially, scabrous to papillose adaxially. Inflorescences with both staminate or pistillate spikes; peduncles of basal spikes erect, elongate, slender; peduncles of staminate spikes 1.7–8.5(–21) mm; proximal nonbasal bracts scalelike, usually equaling or shorter than inflorescences, rarely longer. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 2–5 (basal spikes 1–3); cauline spikes usually separated, with 1–6 perigynia; staminate spikes 5.7–14.4 × 0.9–2.1 mm. Scales: pistillate scales reddish brown with narrow white margins, ovate, 3.2–6 × 2–2.2 mm, equaling or exceeding perigynia, apex acute to acuminate (short-awned in some basal spikes); staminate scales lanceolate, 4.1–5.1 × 2 mm, apex acute to obtuse. Anthers 2–2.5 mm. Perigynia pale bright green, finely 12–15 veined near base, globose, round in cross section, 3.5–4.8 × 1.7–2.1 mm; beak straight, pale green, not strongly 2-edged, 0.6–1.6 mm, ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.2–0.5 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes brown, globose to obovoid, round in cross section, 1.9–2.4 × 1.6–2 mm. 2n = 28. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 547 1913 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 547...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 547 1913 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 547 (1913), 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 brevicaulis Mack.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1696010 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
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 NY 25132, geounit Oregon [details]
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Description Plants densely to loosely cespitose; rhizomes horizontally spreading to ascending, brown to reddish brown, 0–10 mm, slender or stout. Culms 2–19 cm, strongly scabrous distally; bases and remnants of old leaves slightly fibrous. Leaf blades pale green, exceeding stems, 1.3–2(–3.5) mm wide, herbaceous to coriaceous, glabrous abaxially, scabrous to papillose adaxially. Inflorescences with both staminate or pistillate spikes; peduncles of basal spikes erect, elongate, slender; peduncles of staminate spikes 1.7–8.5(–21) mm; proximal nonbasal bracts scalelike, usually equaling or shorter than inflorescences, rarely longer. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes 2–5 (basal spikes 1–3); cauline spikes usually separated, with 1–6 perigynia; staminate spikes 5.7–14.4 × 0.9–2.1 mm. Scales: pistillate scales reddish brown with narrow white margins, ovate, 3.2–6 × 2–2.2 mm, equaling or exceeding perigynia, apex acute to acuminate (short-awned in some basal spikes); staminate scales lanceolate, 4.1–5.1 × 2 mm, apex acute to obtuse. Anthers 2–2.5 mm. Perigynia pale bright green, finely 12–15 veined near base, globose, round in cross section, 3.5–4.8 × 1.7–2.1 mm; beak straight, pale green, not strongly 2-edged, 0.6–1.6 mm, ciliate-serrulate, apical teeth 0.2–0.5 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes brown, globose to obovoid, round in cross section, 1.9–2.4 × 1.6–2 mm. 2n = 28. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 547 1913 to Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 547 (1913), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex brevicaulis)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_brevicaulis_NY25132_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex brevicaulis)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_brevicaulis_NY25132_type_1)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
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