Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willdenow (Q149)

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Carex bromoides is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Deweyanae
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Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willdenow
Carex bromoides is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Deweyanae

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    taxon/id/Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willdenow
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    Carex bromoides Schkuhr ex Willdenow
    Carex bromoides
    Schkuhr ex Willdenow
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    brome-like sedge (English)
    brome hummock sedge (English)
    carex faux-brome (French)
    Mexico
    Plants densely to loosely cespitose.
    Culms 23–88 cm × 0.5–1.6 mm, smooth.
    Leaves: ligules 1–3.5 mm, 1–3 times as long as wide;
    blades 1.1–4.4 mm wide, widest blade 1.3–4.4 mm wide.
    Inflorescences (12–) 21–63 (–71) mm;
    proximal internode 3.3–16 (–23) mm;
    proximal bracts 5–24 (–28) mm, awn 1.3–19 mm;
    spikes 3–8, usually gynecandrous, sometimes also pistillate, staminate or with pistillate and staminate flowers scattered throughout;
    proximal spikes with 0–2 staminate and 9–19 pistillate flowers, 10–17 (–20) × 1.8–5 mm;
    terminal spikes usually with 0–3 staminate and 8–18 pistillate flowers, 9–20 (–25) × 1.5–5 mm.
    Pistillate scales with pale to redbrown margins, 2.8–4.1 × 1.1–1.6 mm, apex acuminate or with awn to 0.6 mm.
    Staminate scales with pale to redbrown margins, 2.8–3.9 × 1.4–1.6 mm, apex acute to acuminate.
    Anthers 1.7–2.9 mm.
    Perigynia erect, green to pale-brown, (3–) 4–8-veined abaxially, prominently to weakly 3–6-veined adaxially, narrowly lanceolate, (3.3–) 4.1–6.7 × 0.8–1.3 mm, (3.5–) 4–6.1 (–6.6) times as long as wide, apex abruptly contracted or gradually tapering;
    beak 1.2–2.2 (–2.8) mm, 0.28–0.51 times as long as perigynia, margins serrulate, apex entire or bidentulate, teeth to 0.2 mm, 0–0.05 times as long as perigynia.
    Stigmas 2–3.4 mm.
    Achenes 1.7–2.2 × 0.7–1.1 mm, 1.9–2.9 times as long as wide.