View source for Carex podocarpa

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|accepted_name=Carex podocarpa
|accepted_authority=R. Brown ex Richardson in J. Franklin et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Franklin et al., Narr. Journey Polar Sea,
|place=751. 1823
|year=1823
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex behringensis
|authority=C. B. Clarke
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex montanensis
|authority=L. H. Bailey
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex venustula
|authority=T. Holm
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Scitae;Carex podocarpa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Scitae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex podocarpa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 413, 414, 415
|treatment_page=page 416
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>5–60 cm. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; proximal leaves reduced to sheaths; distal leaves with blades 3–6 mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b>: spikes separate, elongate, 6–20 × 5–8 mm; lateral spikes 1–3, pendent, long-pedunculate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales dark brown or black, margins occasionally narrowly hyaline, midvein seldom prominent, same color as the body, inconspicuous, broadly lanceolate, shorter than or equaling and as wide as perigynia, apex acute. <b>Perigynia</b> brown or purple-brown, veinless, ovate, 3–3.5 × 1.75–2 mm, papillose; beak 0.3–0.4 mm, shallowly bidentate or truncate, sparsely papillose or smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Subalpine and alpine meadows, arctic tundra
|elevation=10–1800 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Asia (Russian Far East).
|discussion=<p>The name <i>Carex microchaeta</i> has been misapplied to specimens of <i>C. podocarpa</i>. Within sect. Scitae, <i>C. podocarpa</i> is the only species having all the lateral spikes pendent and long-pedunculate.</p>
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name=Carex podocarpa
|authority=R. Brown ex Richardson in J. Franklin et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Carex behringensis;Carex montanensis;Carex venustula
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Subalpine and alpine meadows, arctic tundra
|elevation=10–1800 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;N.W.T.;Yukon;Alaska;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Asia (Russian Far East).
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Franklin et al., Narr. Journey Polar Sea,
|publication year=1823
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Scitae
|species=Carex podocarpa
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