Difference between revisions of "Carex sect. Firmiculmes (Kükenthal) Mackenzie in N. L. Britton et al. (Q171) "

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accepted id

Carex sect. Firmiculmes (Kükenthal) Mackenzie

taxon name

Carex sect. Firmiculmes

taxon authority

(Kükenthal) Mackenzie

taxon rank

section

publication

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. Firmiculmes

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taxon authority

(Kükenthal) Mackenzie

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taxon rank

section

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taxon status

accepted

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VasCan taxon numeric id

2135

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parent taxon

Carex Linnaeus

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taxon habit

herb

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distribution

w North America

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taxon description fragment

Plants cespitose or not, short to long rhizomatous, sometimes inconspicuously rhizomatous.

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Culms brown or red brown at base.

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Leaves: basal sheaths fibrous;

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blades V-shaped in cross-section when young, glabrous.

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bractless;

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spike androgynous, with not more than 15 perigynia, lax.

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Proximal pistillate scales less than 10 mm, apex short or long-awned.

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Perigynia ascending, veinless or weakly veined with 2 strong marginal veins, stipitate, narrowly obovate, trigonous in cross-section, 4.7–8.4 mm, 2–3 times as long as wide, base tapering, with spongy tissue, apex rounded to beak, glabrous;

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beak truncate.

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Stigmas 3.

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Achenes trigonous, 4–5 mm, almost as large as bodies of perigynia;

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style deciduous.

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morphology statement

growth form

cespitose

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growth form

not

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size

length

short to long

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d0_s0

rhizomatous

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d0_s0

morphology statement value modifier

rhizomatous

sometimes inconspicuously

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d0_s0

growth form

plant

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d0_s0

leaf sheath

texture

fibrous

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leaf blade

v--shaped

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inflorescence

1

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inflorescence

bractless

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d0_s6

15

?

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inflorescence flower scale

pistillate

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d0_s8

inflorescence flower scale

some measurement

0

10

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d0_s8

height

length

size

short

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d0_s8

long-awned

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d0_s8

orientation

ascending

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veinless

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morphology statement value modifier

veined

weakly

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stipitate

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d0_s9

morphology statement value modifier

obovate

narrowly

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d0_s9

trigonous

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d0_s9

some measurement

4.7

8.4

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d0_s9

l w ratio

2-3

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d0_s9

inflorescence phyllaries base

tapering

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d0_s9

tissue

texture

spongy

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d0_s9

rounded

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d0_s9

pubescence

glabrous

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fruit beak

truncate

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil stigma

3

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inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

duration

deciduous

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stem culm

coloration

brown

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stem culm

coloration

red brown

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d0_s1

inflorescence spike

reproduction

androgynous

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d0_s7

inflorescence spike

arrangement

lax

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d0_s7

inflorescence flower petal venation vein

2

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d0_s9

inflorescence flower petal venation vein

fragility

strong

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d0_s9

fruit achene

trigonous

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d0_s12

fruit achene

some measurement

4

5

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