Lipocarpha micrantha

(Vahl) G. C. Tucker

J. Arnold Arbor. 68: 410. 1987.

Common names: Lipocarphe à petites fleurs
Illustrated
Basionym: Scirpus micranthus Vahl Enum. Pl. 2: 254. 1805
Synonyms: Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax Hemicarpha micrantha var. minor (Schrader) Friedland Hemicarpha subsquarrosa (Muhlenberg) Schrader Hemicarpha subsquarrosa var. minor (Schrader) Nees Isolepis subsquarrosa Isolepis subsquarrosa var. minor Schrader Scirpus subsquarrosus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 197. Mentioned on page 195, 196.

Culms 2–20 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. Leaves 1.5–10 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. Inflorescences: spikes 1–2 (–3), ovoid (to globose), 1–3 (–5) × 1–2 mm, not bristly; bracts 1–2 (–3), longest erect, others spreading, 2–5 cm × 0.3–0.6 mm. Spikelets: floral scales 2; 1st scale laterally yellowish to reddish-brown, with green midvein, obtrullate to obovate, widest at or distal to mid length, 0.5–1 × 0.3–0.4 mm; 2d scale 2-fid, sometimes absent, 0.1–0.2 × 0.1 mm; 3d scale absent; stamen 1; anther 0.1–0.2 mm; stigmas 2. Achenes obovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 0.4–0.6 (–0.7) × 0.2–0.3 mm, 1.5–2.5 times long as wide.


Phenology: Fruiting late summer–early fall.
Habitat: Emergent shorelines, rarely freshwater tidal shores
Elevation: 0–1500 m

Distribution

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B.C., Ont., Que., Ala., Ariz., Calif., Conn., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., Tex., Va., Wash., Wis., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Africa

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Lipocarpha micrantha"
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
1.5-2.5 times long +
obovoid;broadly ellipsoid +
0.2mm;0.3mm +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
Gordon C. TuckerTucker +  and Gordon C. +
(Vahl) G. C. Tucker +
persistent +  and deciduous +
not +  and thickened +
Scirpus micranthus +
distinct +
setaceous +  and involute or flat +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Lipocarphe à petites fleurs +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
0.3mm;0.5mm +
B.C. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Conn. +, Fla. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Tex. +, Va. +, Wash. +, Wis. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +, South America +  and Africa +
0–1500 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Emergent shorelines, rarely freshwater tidal shores +
erect +  and spreading +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +  and 10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Fruiting late summer–early fall. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
with involute appendage +  and bladeless +
J. Arnold Arbor. +
adventitious +
laterally yellowish +  and reddish-brown +
basal +  and proximal +
2-fid;obtrullate;obovate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
cylindric +
Illustrated +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
not bristly +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
50 +  and 150 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
2-3-fid +
Hemicarpha micrantha +, Hemicarpha micrantha var. minor +, Hemicarpha subsquarrosa +, Hemicarpha subsquarrosa var. minor +, Isolepis subsquarrosa +, Isolepis subsquarrosa var. minor +  and Scirpus subsquarrosus +
Lipocarpha micrantha +
Lipocarpha +
species +
herb +  and cespitose +