familyCyperaceae
genusCarex
sectionCarex sect. Lamprochlaenae
speciesCarex supina
subspeciesCarex supina subsp. spaniocarpa

Carex supina subsp. spaniocarpa

(Steudel) Hultén

Acta Univ. Lund., n. s. 38: 365. 1942.

Peter W. Ball, David F. Murray
Illustrated
Basionym: Carex spaniocarpa Steudel Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 225. 1855
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 557. Mentioned on page 553.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Susan A. Reznicek

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Plants loosely cespitose, usually long-rhizomatous. Culms to 30 cm. Leaf-blades 3–15 cm × 1–1.5 mm. Spikes: staminate 5–15 × 1–2 mm; pistillate to 15 × 5 mm. Pistillate scales redbrown, margins hyaline, ovate to ovate-circular, 2–3.5 × 1.4–2.2 mm, apex subobtuse to acuminate, ± covering perigynium body. Staminate scales light-brown, margins hyaline, oblong-lanceolate, 3–4.5 × 1–1.8 mm, apex acute. Perigynia yellow-green to brown, 2.5–3.3 × 1.2–2 mm; beak 0.4–0.9 mm. Achenes obovoid, 1.7–2 × 1.3–1.4 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Dry meadows and bluffs, rock outcrops, sandy soil on lakeshores and flood plains
Elevation: 10–1300 m

Distribution

V23 1061-distribution-map.jpg

Greenland, B.C., Man., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Minn., nc, ne Asia (Siberia), ne Asia (Russian Far East)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

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2n chromosome quantity
36 +
Achene length
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Achene shape
obovoid +
Achene width
1.3mm;1.4mm +
Anther fixation
basifixed +
Apex pubescence
glabrous +
Apex shape
acute;subobtuse;acuminate +
Author
Peter W. Ball +  and David F. Murray +
Authority
(Steudel) Hultén +
Basal sheath texture
not +  and fibrous +
Base architecture
stipitate +
Base shape
rounded +  and tapering +
Basionyms
Carex spaniocarpa +
Beak shape
abrupt +
Beak some measurement
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
Blade height or length or size
short +
Blade presence
absent +
Blade prominence or shape
flat +
Blade shape
thread-like +  and v--shaped +
Blade width
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Bract architecture
short-sheathing +  and sheathless +
Bract architecture or shape
leaflike +
Bract arrangement
2-ranked +  and arranged +
Bract orientation
ascending +  and appressed +
Bract quantity
1;many +
Bract shape
with short threadlike blade +  and scale-like +
Bract some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Branch atypical quantity
3 (4) +
Branch quantity
2;3 +
Bristle atypical quantity
6;30 +
Bristle quantity
3;6 +
Cauline leaf architecture or shape
folded +
Cauline leaf arrangement
parallel +  and divergent +
Cauline leaf arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Cauline leaf orientation
Ascending (?) +
Cauline leaf prominence or shape
flat +
Cauline leaf shape
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Culm coloration
purple +  and red +
Culm shape
round +  and trigonous +
Culm some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Distal scale architecture
empty +
Distribution
Greenland +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Minn. +, nc +, ne Asia (Siberia) +  and ne Asia (Russian Far East) +
Elevation
10–1300 m +
Embryo position
basal +
Endosperm quantity
abundant +
Flower architecture
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
Flower position
hypogynous +  and subtending +
Flower quantity
single +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +
Fruits achene shape
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Habitat
Dry meadows and bluffs, rock outcrops, sandy soil on lakeshores and flood plains +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Susan A. Reznicek +
Inflorescence arrangement
racemose +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescences panicle architecture
pseudoumbel +
Inflorescences panicle development
modified +
Larger leaf shape
septate-nodulose +
Lateral spike architecture
prophyllate +, subsessile +  and short-pedunculate +
Leaf-blade length
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
Leaf-blade width
1mm;1.5mm +
Leaf arrangement
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
Leaf position
basal +  and cauline +
Ligule presence
absent +
Locule quantity
1 +
Margin coloration
hyaline +
Margin fusion
fused +
Margin length
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Margin shape
oblong-lanceolate;ovate;ovate-circular +
Margin width
1mm +  and 1.8mm +
Marginal vein fusion
distinct +
Marginal vein quantity
2 +
Midvein fusion
distinct +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Orifice shape
bidentate +  and entire +
Panicle arrangement
arranged +
Perianth life cycle
falling +
Perianth presence
absent +
Perianth quantity
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Pericarp width
thin +
Perigynium architecture
veined +  and veinless +
Perigynium coloration
yellow-green +  and brown +
Perigynium length
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br />) +
Perigynium orientation
ascending +  and spreading +
Perigynium shape
Rounded-trigonous (Ovate) +
Perigynium width
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Phenology
Fruiting summer. +
Pistil architecture
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
Pistil fusion
fused +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Prophyll architecture
pistillate +
Prophyll atypical quantity
0 (3) +
Prophyll position
subtending +
Prophyll quantity
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
Publication title
Acta Univ. Lund., n. s. +
Publication year
1942 +
Raceme arrangement
arranged +
Reference
None +
Root derivation
adventitious +
Root texture
fibrous +
Scale architecture
staminate +  and pistillate +
Scale atypical quantity
6 (30) +
Scale coloration
light-brown +  and redbrown +
Scale position
basal +  and proximal +
Scale quantity
1;0;1 +
Scale reproduction
fertile +
Scale shape
2-keeled +
Seed quantity
1 +
Sheath front texture
membranous +
Sheath shape
septate-nodulose +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +
Spike architecture
pistillate +  and staminate +
Spike arrangement
arranged +
Spike atypical quantity
4 (5) +
Spike length
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Spike quantity
2;4 +
Spike width
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Spikelet architecture
1-flowered +
Stamen atypical quantity
1 (3) +
Stamen fusion
distinct +
Stamen quantity
1 +  and 3 +
Stem architecture
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
Stem shape
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
Stigma quantity
3 +
Stigma relief
papillate +
Style architecture or shape
undivided +
Style arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Style duration
deciduous +
Style shape
2-3(-4)-fid +
Taxon family
Cyperaceae +
Taxon name
Carex supina subsp. spaniocarpa +
Taxon parent
Carex supina +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Terminal spike architecture
staminate +
Testa fusion
free +
Testa width
thin +
Volume
Volume 23 +
Whole organism architecture
long-rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
plant +  and cespitose +
Whole organism size or length
short to long +
Widest leaf-blade pubescence
glabrous +
Widest leaf-blade width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
X chromosome quantity
10 +