Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex occidentalis L.H.Bailey
1676628 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676628)
accepted
Species
Carex hookeriana var. occidentalis (L.H.Bailey) Kük. · unaccepted
Carex neomexicana Mack. · unaccepted
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): 14 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms 25–90 cm, 1.6–2 mm wide basally, 0.6–0.7 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 14 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 14...
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms 25–90 cm, 1.6–2 mm wide basally, 0.6–0.7 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths tight, green, fronts hyaline; ligules less than 2 mm, as long as wide; widest leaf blades 1.5–2.5(–3) mm wide. Inflorescences with 4–10 spikes, 1.5–3.5 cm × 6–10 mm; proximal internodes as long as to slightly longer than proximal spikes, rarely 2 times as long; proximal bracts to 3 cm; spikes with 3–10 ascending to spreading perigynia. Pistillate scales brown with green, 3-veined center, ovate, 3.4–4 × 1.6–2 mm, body wider than and as long as perigynium, apex acuminate to short-awned, awn less than 1 mm. Anthers 2.5 mm. Perigynia brown, sometimes with green margins, faces obscurely veined, 2.5–4.5 × 1.5–1.9 mm, base of body somewhat spongy, margins serrulate distally; beak 0.6–1.3 mm, apical teeth 0.2–0.3 mm. Stigmas straight, 0.07 mm wide. Achenes elliptic-circular, 1.9–2 × 1.5–1.6 mm. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 14 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 14...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 14 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 14 (1889), 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 occidentalis L.H.Bailey. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676628 on 2026-08-10
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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): 14 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 14 [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 (of Carex neomexicana Mack.) NY 11241., geounit New Mexico [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms 25–90 cm, 1.6–2 mm wide basally, 0.6–0.7 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths tight, green, fronts hyaline; ligules less than 2 mm, as long as wide; widest leaf blades 1.5–2.5(–3) mm wide. Inflorescences with 4–10 spikes, 1.5–3.5 cm × 6–10 mm; proximal internodes as long as to slightly longer than proximal spikes, rarely 2 times as long; proximal bracts to 3 cm; spikes with 3–10 ascending to spreading perigynia. Pistillate scales brown with green, 3-veined center, ovate, 3.4–4 × 1.6–2 mm, body wider than and as long as perigynium, apex acuminate to short-awned, awn less than 1 mm. Anthers 2.5 mm. Perigynia brown, sometimes with green margins, faces obscurely veined, 2.5–4.5 × 1.5–1.9 mm, base of body somewhat spongy, margins serrulate distally; beak 0.6–1.3 mm, apical teeth 0.2–0.3 mm. Stigmas straight, 0.07 mm wide. Achenes elliptic-circular, 1.9–2 × 1.5–1.6 mm. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 14 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 14 (1889), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Carex neomexicana Mack.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex occidentalis)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex neomexicana Mack.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hookeriana var. occidentalis (L.H.Bailey) Kük.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_neomexicana_NY11240_type_1) (from synonym Carex neomexicana Mack.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_neomexicana_NY11241_type_1) (from synonym Carex neomexicana Mack.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hookeriana var. occidentalis (L.H.Bailey) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex neomexicana Mack.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex occidentalis)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex neomexicana Mack.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex hookeriana var. occidentalis (L.H.Bailey) Kük.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_neomexicana_NY11240_type_1) (from synonym Carex neomexicana Mack.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_neomexicana_NY11241_type_1) (from synonym Carex neomexicana Mack.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex hookeriana var. occidentalis (L.H.Bailey) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex neomexicana Mack.)
