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Lipocarpha drummondii

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Name

Identification
Lipocarpha drummondii (Nees) G.C.Tucker [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Adams, C.D., Scirpus micranthus Vahl [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B., Hemicarpha subsquarrosa (Muhl.) Nees [family CYPERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Isolepis subsquarrosa
  • Hemicarpha subsquarrosa
  • Scirpus micranthus
  • Isolepis micrantha
  • Scirpus subsquarrosus
  • Scirpus minimus
  • Hemicarpha drummondii
  • Hemicarpha micrantha
  • Lipocarpha drummondii

Flora

Entry for Lipocarpha drummondii (Nees) G. C. Tucker [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 23,
Names
Lipocarpha drummondii (Nees) G. C. Tucker [family CYPERACEAE], J. Arnold Arbor., 68: 410. 1987
Hemicarpha drummondii Nees [family CYPERACEAE], in C. F. P. von Martius et al., Fl. Bras., 2(1): 62. 1842 (as drummondi )
Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax var. drummondii (Nees) Friedland [family CYPERACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Gordon C. TuckerTucker, Gordon C.
Information
Culms 2–12 cm × (0.2–)0.3–0.5 mm. Leaves 1–3 cm × 0.3–0.6 mm; longest involucral leaf ± erect. Inflorescences: spikes 1–2(–3), ovoid (to globose), 1–5(–6) × 1–2 mm, not bristly; bracts 1–2, longest erect, 0.5–2 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. Spikelets: floral scales 2; 1st scale light brown to reddish brown, with greenish midvein, obtrullate, 0.9–1.3 × 0.3–0.6 mm, widest above mid length, long-acuminate; 2d scale reddish brown distally, with 2–4 reddish veins, oblong, 0.5–0.8 × 0.2 mm; 3d scale absent; stamen 1; anther 0.2 mm; stigmas 2. Achenes obovoid, terete, 0.5–0.75 × 0.25–0.35 mm, 1.5–2.5 times long as wide.
Phenology Fruiting
summer
jun
jul
aug
fall
sep
oct
nov
Altitude range
0–1200 m;
Distribution
USA Ariz.USA Ark.USA Ill.USA Ind.USA Kans.USA Mo.USA Nebr.USA N.Mex.USA OhioUSA Okla.USA Tex.USA Wis.

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