Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex exsiccata L.H.Bailey
1677686 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677686)
accepted
Species
Carex vesicaria var. major Boott · unaccepted
- Variety Carex exsiccata var. globosa (Olney) L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex vesicaria L.
- Variety Carex exsiccata var. pungens L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex vesicaria L.
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): 6 [details]
page(s): 6 [details]
Description Plants cespitose; rhizomes short or inconspicuous. Culms trigonous in cross section, 30–100 cm, scabrous-angled distally....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 6 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 6 (1889),...
Description Plants cespitose; rhizomes short or inconspicuous. Culms trigonous in cross section, 30–100 cm, scabrous-angled distally. Leaves: basal sheaths reddish purple, thickened, not spongy; ligules longer than wide; blades mid to dark green, flat to W-shaped, widest leaves 2.5–6.2 mm wide, smooth adaxially. Inflorescences 10–36 cm; proximal bract 12–55 cm, exceeding but not more than 2.5 times as long as inflorescence; proximal 2–4(–5) spikes pistillate, erect, ca. 20–150-flowered, cylindric; terminal 2–3 spikes staminate, well elevated beyond summit of separate pistillate spikes. Pistillate scales lanceolate to ovate, 2.6–5.5 × 0.8–2 mm, shorter than perigynia, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, awnless. Perigynia ascending, often green or straw colored, strongly 9–20-veined, veins running into beak, lanceolate, 7.5–10.1 × 1.5–2.4(–2.7) mm, 3.4–5 times as long as wide, leathery, apex gradually tapered; beak indistinct, 1.5–3 mm, bidentate, smooth, teeth straight, 0.2–0.9 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes brown, symmetric, not indented, trigonous, smooth. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 6 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 6 (1889),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 6 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 6 (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 exsiccata L.H.Bailey. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677686 on 2026-08-23
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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): 6 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 6 [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 vesicaria var. major Boott) NY 11404, geounit Columbia River [details]
Syntype NY 001067592, geounit Canada [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants cespitose; rhizomes short or inconspicuous. Culms trigonous in cross section, 30–100 cm, scabrous-angled distally. Leaves: basal sheaths reddish purple, thickened, not spongy; ligules longer than wide; blades mid to dark green, flat to W-shaped, widest leaves 2.5–6.2 mm wide, smooth adaxially. Inflorescences 10–36 cm; proximal bract 12–55 cm, exceeding but not more than 2.5 times as long as inflorescence; proximal 2–4(–5) spikes pistillate, erect, ca. 20–150-flowered, cylindric; terminal 2–3 spikes staminate, well elevated beyond summit of separate pistillate spikes. Pistillate scales lanceolate to ovate, 2.6–5.5 × 0.8–2 mm, shorter than perigynia, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, awnless. Perigynia ascending, often green or straw colored, strongly 9–20-veined, veins running into beak, lanceolate, 7.5–10.1 × 1.5–2.4(–2.7) mm, 3.4–5 times as long as wide, leathery, apex gradually tapered; beak indistinct, 1.5–3 mm, bidentate, smooth, teeth straight, 0.2–0.9 mm. Stigmas 3. Achenes brown, symmetric, not indented, trigonous, smooth. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 6 1889 to Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 6 (1889), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carex vesicaria var. major Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex exsiccata)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vesicaria var. major Boott)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_vesicaria_major_NY11404_type_1) (from synonym Carex vesicaria var. major Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vesicaria var. major Boott)
To Plants of the World Online
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex exsiccata)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex vesicaria var. major Boott)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_vesicaria_major_NY11404_type_1) (from synonym Carex vesicaria var. major Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex vesicaria var. major Boott)
To Plants of the World Online
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
