Carex endlichii

Kükenthal

Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 291. 1910.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 396. Mentioned on page 381, 393.

Plants cespitose. Culms acutely angled, 30–50 cm, scabrous. Leaves: basal sheaths redbrown, ladder-fibrillose; sheaths of proximal leaves glabrous, fronts redbrown spotted, veinless; blades 2.5–4 mm wide. Inflorescences: proximal bract subequal to inflorescence, 1–3 mm wide. Spikes erect; proximal 3–4 spikes pistillate, 2.5–4 cm × 4 mm, base attenuate; terminal 1–2 spikes staminate. Pistillate scales redbrown, shorter than perigynia, apex obtuse, awnless. Perigynia erect, orangebrown at maturity, veinless, somewhat flattened, tightly enclosing and distended by the achenes, obovoid, 2.3–2.5 × 1.3–1.5 mm, dull, apex acute, glabrous; beak white with redbrown spots, triangular, often twisted, 0.5–0.8 mm, orifice oblique. Achenes not constricted, dull.


Phenology: Fruiting May–Jun.
Habitat: Marshes, stream banks
Elevation: 0–400 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

One locality for Carex endlichii is known from the Chiricahua Mountains of southern Arizona; it may be present at additional sites within the flora area. The perigynium surface of the species is unique, becoming orange-brown at maturity due to the dense packing of crystalline epidermal cells. The small size of the perigynia that tightly enclose the achenes and the flattened, somewhat twisted beak suggest a relationship with C. interrupta and C. torta.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

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0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
acute;obovoid;distended;flattened +
not constricted +
1.3mm;1.5mm +
veinless +  and awnless +
2.3mm;2.5mm +
, +  and papillose +
acute;obovoid;distended;flattened;obtuse +
1.3mm;1.5mm +
Lisa A. Standley +, Jacques Cayouette +  and Leo Bruederle +
Kükenthal +
ladder-fibrillose +
not +  and fibrous +
attenuate +
bidentate +  and emarginate +
m--shaped +  and v--shaped +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
redbrown +  and brown +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
prophyllate +, subsessile +, pedunculate +  and staminate +
Ariz. +  and Mexico +
0–400 m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
redbrown spotted +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Marshes, stream banks +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
stipitate +, sessile +, veinless +  and veined +
Fruiting May–Jun. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
short-sheathing +, sheathless +  and leaflike +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. +
adventitious +
basal +  and proximal +
2-keeled +
ladder-fibrillose +  and veined +
cylindric +
staminate +  and pistillate +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
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Carex endlichii +
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species +
, +  and staminate +
plant +  and cespitose +