Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex specifica L.H.Bailey
1676042 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676042)
accepted
Species
Carex adusta var. congesta W.Boott · unaccepted
Carex lancifructus Mack. · unaccepted
Carex liddonii var. incerta L.H.Bailey · unaccepted
Carex specifica f. brevifructus Kük. · unaccepted
- Forma Carex specifica f. brevifructus Kük. accepted as Carex specifica L.H.Bailey
terrestrial
Bailey, L. H. (1889). Studies of the types of various species of the genus <i>Carex</i>. Notes on <i>Carex</i>.—XI. <em>Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club.</em> 1(1): 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31679539#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 21 [details]
page(s): 21 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 50–85 cm. Leaves: sheaths often green-veined, white-hyaline at least 10 mm below summit,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 21 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 21...
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 50–85 cm. Leaves: sheaths often green-veined, white-hyaline at least 10 mm below summit, ± firm, summits U-shaped or rounded, prolonged to 4 mm beyond collar; distal ligules 1–4 mm; blades 3–6 per fertile culm, flat or folded, 14–50 cm × (2.3–)3–5 mm. Inflorescences usually dense, greenish or gold, usually oblong, 1.9–5 cm × 12–19 mm; proximal internode 2.5–5(–7) mm; 2d internode 2–5.5 mm; proximal bracts scalelike or bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes 5–14, aggregated or proximal 1 more distant, narrowly to broadly ovoid, 9–18 × 6–9(–11) mm, base rounded to attenuate, apex truncate to tapered. Pistillate scales green to gold or red-brown, with pale midstripe, lanceolate to ovate, (3.9–)4.3–5.2 mm, shorter than or ± equaling and narrower than perigynia, margin white, 0–0.5 mm wide, apex acute to acuminate. Perigynia appressed to ascending, green to straw colored, conspicuously usually 10–18-veined abaxially, conspicuously 4–10-veined adaxially, at least 3 adaxial veins longer than achene, lanceolate to ovate, plano-convex, 4.9–6.3(–7) × 1.5–1.8(–2) mm, 0.5–0.7 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.25–0.4 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least on distal body; beak gold to red-brown at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture inconspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene 2.7–4.2 mm. Achenes elliptic to obovate, 1.6–2(–2.3) × 1–1.5 mm, 0.4–0.5(–0.6) mm thick. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 21 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 21...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 21 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 21 (1889), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex specifica L.H.Bailey. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676042 on 2026-08-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Bailey, L. H. (1889). Studies of the types of various species of the genus <i>Carex</i>. Notes on <i>Carex</i>.—XI. <em>Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club.</em> 1(1): 1-86., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31679539#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 21 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 21 [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
Isotype CAS 0005867, geounit United States [details]
Syntype P 00314708, geounit California [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 50–85 cm. Leaves: sheaths often green-veined, white-hyaline at least 10 mm below summit, ± firm, summits U-shaped or rounded, prolonged to 4 mm beyond collar; distal ligules 1–4 mm; blades 3–6 per fertile culm, flat or folded, 14–50 cm × (2.3–)3–5 mm. Inflorescences usually dense, greenish or gold, usually oblong, 1.9–5 cm × 12–19 mm; proximal internode 2.5–5(–7) mm; 2d internode 2–5.5 mm; proximal bracts scalelike or bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences. Spikes 5–14, aggregated or proximal 1 more distant, narrowly to broadly ovoid, 9–18 × 6–9(–11) mm, base rounded to attenuate, apex truncate to tapered. Pistillate scales green to gold or red-brown, with pale midstripe, lanceolate to ovate, (3.9–)4.3–5.2 mm, shorter than or ± equaling and narrower than perigynia, margin white, 0–0.5 mm wide, apex acute to acuminate. Perigynia appressed to ascending, green to straw colored, conspicuously usually 10–18-veined abaxially, conspicuously 4–10-veined adaxially, at least 3 adaxial veins longer than achene, lanceolate to ovate, plano-convex, 4.9–6.3(–7) × 1.5–1.8(–2) mm, 0.5–0.7 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.25–0.4 mm wide, ciliate-serrulate at least on distal body; beak gold to red-brown at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture inconspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene 2.7–4.2 mm. Achenes elliptic to obovate, 1.6–2(–2.3) × 1–1.5 mm, 0.4–0.5(–0.6) mm thick. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 21 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 21 (1889), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex lancifructus Mack.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex specifica)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex lancifructus Mack.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex adusta var. congesta W.Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex liddonii var. incerta L.H.Bailey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex specifica f. brevifructus Kük.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_lancifructus_NY11193_type_1) (from synonym Carex lancifructus Mack.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex adusta var. congesta W.Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex liddonii var. incerta L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex specifica f. brevifructus Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex lancifructus Mack.)
To US Herbarium (Carex specifica US30329 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex lancifructus Mack.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex specifica)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex lancifructus Mack.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex adusta var. congesta W.Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex liddonii var. incerta L.H.Bailey)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex specifica f. brevifructus Kük.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_lancifructus_NY11193_type_1) (from synonym Carex lancifructus Mack.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex adusta var. congesta W.Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex liddonii var. incerta L.H.Bailey)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex specifica f. brevifructus Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex lancifructus Mack.)
To US Herbarium (Carex specifica US30329 type 1)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Hosted externally
