Difference between revisions of "Carex sect. Spirostachyae (Drejer) L. H. Bailey in J. M. Coulter (Q544) "

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Carex sect. Spirostachyae (Drejer) L.H. Bailey

taxon name

Carex sect. Spirostachyae

(Drejer) L.H. Bailey

FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.

taxon status

accepted

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taxon name

Carex sect. Spirostachyae

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taxon authority

(Drejer) L.H. Bailey

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taxon rank

section

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taxon status

accepted

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VasCan taxon numeric id

2336

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parent taxon

Carex Linnaeus

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taxon habit

herb

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distribution

Eurasia

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taxon description fragment

Plants cespitose, short-rhizomatous.

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Culms redbrown at base.

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Leaves: basal sheaths not fibrous;

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blades not or sparingly septate-nodulose, V-shaped in cross-section when young, glabrous.

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Inflorescences racemose, with 3–6 spikes;

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proximal nonbasal bracts leaflike, long-sheathing, sheath 4+ mm, longer than diameter of stem;

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lateral spikes pistillate, pedunculate, peduncle usually not longer than spike, prophyllate;

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terminal spike staminate.

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Proximal pistillate scales with apex acute or cuspidate.

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Perigynia ascending or spreading, yellow-or gray-green or brown, usually speckled reddish-brown, strongly 10–16-veined, elliptic or ovate, rounded-trigonous in cross-section, base cuneate, apex tapering to beak, glabrous;

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beak 0.4–1.4 mm, bidentate, teeth 0.2–0.4 mm.

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Stigmas 3.

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Achenes trigonous, smaller than bodies of perigynia;

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style deciduous.

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morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

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whole organism

short-rhizomatous

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whole organism

growth form

plant

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stem

redbrown

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leaf sheath

texture

fibrous

not

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leaf blade

septate-nodulose

sparingly

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leaf blade

v--shaped

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arrangement

racemose

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d0_s5

range morphology value

morphology statement value from

quantity

3

morphology statement value to

6

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inflorescence peduncle bract

leaflike

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inflorescence peduncle bract

long-sheathing

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d0_s6

range morphology value

leaf sheath

morphology statement value from

some measurement

4

morphology statement value to

?

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d0_s6

leaf sheath

length

size

longer

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stem

character

diameter

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pistillate

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d0_s7

pedunculate

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inflorescence peduncle

length

size

usually not longer

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inflorescence peduncle

prophyllate

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staminate

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inflorescence flower scale

pistillate

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acute

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cuspidate

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orientation

ascending

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orientation

spreading

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gray-green

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brown

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speckled reddish-brown

usually

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10-16-veined

strongly

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elliptic

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ovate

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rounded-trigonous

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inflorescence phyllaries base

cuneate

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tapering

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pubescence

glabrous

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d0_s10

range morphology value

fruit beak

morphology statement value from

some measurement

0.4

morphology statement value to

1.4

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fruit beak

bidentate

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil stigma

quantity

3

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fruit

trigonous

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fruit

size

smaller

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inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

duration

deciduous

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