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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_bigelowii_NY25127_holotype_1)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_bigelowii_NY25127_holotype_1)

1678141  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678141)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cariceae (Tribe)
  12. Carex (Genus)
  13. Carex subg. Carex (Subgenus)
  14. Carex sect. Phacocystis (Section)
  15. Carex bigelowii (Species)
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  1. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. arctisibirica (Jurtzev) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  2. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. bigelowii
  3. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. ensifolia (Turcz. ex Gorodkov) Holub
  4. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. lugens (Holm) T.V.Egorova
  5. Forma Carex bigelowii f. anguillata (Drejer) Fernald accepted as Carex dacica Heuff.
  6. Forma Carex bigelowii f. bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein. accepted as Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
  7. Forma Carex bigelowii f. glacialis (Fr.) Raymond accepted as Carex dacica Heuff.
  8. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. altaica (Gorodkov) Malyschev accepted as Carex altaica (Gorodkov) V.I.Krecz.
  9. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. dacica (Heuff.) T.V.Egorova accepted as Carex dacica Heuff.
  10. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. ensifolia Holub accepted as Carex ensifolia Turcz. ex Ledeb.
  11. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. hyperborea (Drejer) Böcher accepted as Carex dacica Heuff.
  12. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. hyperborea Bocher accepted as Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
  13. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. nardeticola Holub accepted as Carex dacica Heuff.
  14. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. paishanensis (Nakai) Vorosch. accepted as Carex atrata subsp. atrata
  15. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. rigida (Raf.) W.Schultze-Motel accepted as Carex dacica Heuff.
  16. Subspecies Carex bigelowii subsp. rigidioides (Gorodkov) T.V.Egorova accepted as Carex rigidioides (Gorodkov) V.I.Krecz.
  17. Variety Carex bigelowii var. arctisibirica (Jurtzev) Malyschev accepted as Carex bigelowii subsp. arctisibirica (Jurtzev) Á.Löve & D.Löve
terrestrial
Schweinitz, L. D. (1824). An Analytical Table to facilitate the determination of the hitherto observed North American species of the genus <i>Carex</i>. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1: 62-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913239#page/72/mode/1up
page(s): 67 [details] 
Description Rhizomes short- or long-creeping; shoots solitary or in pairs, ± close together; roots often as thick as rhizomes,...  
Description Rhizomes short- or long-creeping; shoots solitary or in pairs, ± close together; roots often as thick as rhizomes, grey-brown; scales red- or purple-brown, shiny, persistent. Stems 4–30 cm, usually rough, rigid, usually >2 mm wide near base, sharply trigonous. Leaves up to 25 cm × 2–7 mm, stiff or arcuate, ± rough, keeled, ± abruptly tapered to a flat apex, with margins often revolute and rolling outwards on drying, glaucous and papillous below, less glaucous, ± glossy and devoid of papillae above, dying to a red-brown; hypostomous; sheaths brown or red-brown and shiny, persistent, with inner face hyaline, soon decaying; apex ± straight; ligule 1–2 mm, acute, shortly tubular. Inflorescence 1/8–1/5 (up to 1/2) length of stem; bracts leaf-like, with blackish auricles, lowest shorter than inflorescence. Male spike 1, rarely 2, 5–20 mm; male glumes 3–4 mm, obovate-elliptic, black with green midrib; apex acute or rounded. Female spikes 2–3, contiguous or lower ± distant, 5–15 mm, cylindric-ovoid, erect, sessile, lowest sometimes shortly pedunculate; female glumes 2.5–3.5 mm, ovate-elliptic, black with green midrib; apex obtuse. Utricles 2.5–3 mm, broader than glumes, suborbicular-ellipsoid, nerveless, green; beak c. 0.2 mm, truncate or slightly notched; nut ovoid-ellipsoid, biconvex. [details]

Description Plants cespitose or not. Culms acutely angled, 10–50 cm, scabrous. Leaves: sheaths of proximal leaves glabrous, fronts...  
Description Plants cespitose or not. Culms acutely angled, 10–50 cm, scabrous. Leaves: sheaths of proximal leaves glabrous, fronts lacking spots and veins, apex concave; blades 1.5–4 mm wide. Inflorescences: proximal bract setaceous or foliaceous, shorter than inflorescence, 0.5–3 mm wide. Spikes erect; proximal (1–)2–3 spikes pistillate, 0.7–3 cm × 3–4 mm, base cuneate or attenuate; terminal 1(–2) spikes staminate. Pistillate scales black, equaling or shorter than perigynia, apex obtuse or acute, awnless. Perigynia ascending, green, spotted purple-black or mottled on apical 1/2, veinless, somewhat flattened, tightly enclosing the achenes, ellipsoid, 1.5–3.5 × 0.9–2 mm, dull, apex rounded or acute, papillose; stipe to 0.45 mm; beak 0–0.2(–1) mm. Achenes not constricted, dull. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 67 1824 to Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist....  
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 67 1824 to Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 67 (1824), 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 bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678141 on 2026-06-03
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Nomenclature

original description Schweinitz, L. D. (1824). An Analytical Table to facilitate the determination of the hitherto observed North American species of the genus <i>Carex</i>. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 1: 62-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15913239#page/72/mode/1up
page(s): 67 [details] 

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Jermy, A.C.; Simpson, D.A.; Foley, M.J.Y.; Porter, M.S. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. 554 pp. Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, United Kingdom. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Additional information 2n=68 [details]

Description Rhizomes short- or long-creeping; shoots solitary or in pairs, ± close together; roots often as thick as rhizomes, grey-brown; scales red- or purple-brown, shiny, persistent. Stems 4–30 cm, usually rough, rigid, usually >2 mm wide near base, sharply trigonous. Leaves up to 25 cm × 2–7 mm, stiff or arcuate, ± rough, keeled, ± abruptly tapered to a flat apex, with margins often revolute and rolling outwards on drying, glaucous and papillous below, less glaucous, ± glossy and devoid of papillae above, dying to a red-brown; hypostomous; sheaths brown or red-brown and shiny, persistent, with inner face hyaline, soon decaying; apex ± straight; ligule 1–2 mm, acute, shortly tubular. Inflorescence 1/8–1/5 (up to 1/2) length of stem; bracts leaf-like, with blackish auricles, lowest shorter than inflorescence. Male spike 1, rarely 2, 5–20 mm; male glumes 3–4 mm, obovate-elliptic, black with green midrib; apex acute or rounded. Female spikes 2–3, contiguous or lower ± distant, 5–15 mm, cylindric-ovoid, erect, sessile, lowest sometimes shortly pedunculate; female glumes 2.5–3.5 mm, ovate-elliptic, black with green midrib; apex obtuse. Utricles 2.5–3 mm, broader than glumes, suborbicular-ellipsoid, nerveless, green; beak c. 0.2 mm, truncate or slightly notched; nut ovoid-ellipsoid, biconvex. [details]

Description Plants cespitose or not. Culms acutely angled, 10–50 cm, scabrous. Leaves: sheaths of proximal leaves glabrous, fronts lacking spots and veins, apex concave; blades 1.5–4 mm wide. Inflorescences: proximal bract setaceous or foliaceous, shorter than inflorescence, 0.5–3 mm wide. Spikes erect; proximal (1–)2–3 spikes pistillate, 0.7–3 cm × 3–4 mm, base cuneate or attenuate; terminal 1(–2) spikes staminate. Pistillate scales black, equaling or shorter than perigynia, apex obtuse or acute, awnless. Perigynia ascending, green, spotted purple-black or mottled on apical 1/2, veinless, somewhat flattened, tightly enclosing the achenes, ellipsoid, 1.5–3.5 × 0.9–2 mm, dull, apex rounded or acute, papillose; stipe to 0.45 mm; beak 0–0.2(–1) mm. Achenes not constricted, dull. [details]

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 67 1824 to Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 67 (1824), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
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Japanese オハグロス（Ohaguro-suge）  [details]
Photos of Cyperaceae by Hoshino Labo. from Japan 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex bigelowii) 
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 16 proteins) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) 
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex warmingii Holm)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex rigida var. bigelowii (Torr. ex Schwein.) Tuck.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex saxatilis var. bigelowii (Torr. ex Schwein.) Torr.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_bigelowii_NY25127_holotype_1) 
To Plants of the World Online 
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex rigida var. bigelowii (Torr. ex Schwein.) Tuck.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex saxatilis var. bigelowii (Torr. ex Schwein.) Torr.)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex bigelowii K000960473 type 1) 
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex warmingii Holm)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex bigelowii subsp. hyperborea Bocher)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex bigelowii f. bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.)
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