Cyperaceae name details
Carex biconvexis Michx.
1682866 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1682866)
unaccepted (Lapsus)
Species
terrestrial
Not documented
Nomenclature Simpson and Koyama (1998) apparently intended to cite the name Carex lenticularis D. Don. Since the epithets 'lenticularis'...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0
Nomenclature Simpson and Koyama (1998) apparently intended to cite the name Carex lenticularis D. Don. Since the epithets 'lenticularis' and 'biconvexis' have similar meanings, it seems that the latter was created to replace Carex lenticularis D. Don, a later homonym of C. lenticularis Michx. As a speculation, it is possible that the epithet was written by either David Don or someone else in a copy of the original article or on a herbarium voucher, remaining as a manuscript name. When Simpson and Koyama intended to cite Michaux's Carex lenticularis, the epithet was seemingly inadvertently changed as well (Kanchi N. Gandhi, Harvard University Herbaria, pers. comm.). [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex biconvexis Michx.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1682866 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
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basis of record Simpson, D.A.; Koyama, T. (1998). Cyperaceae. In: Flora of Thailand, Volume 6, Part 4: 247-485. Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Thailand., available online at https://botany.dnp.go.th/eflora/florafamily.html?factsheet=Cyperaceae
page(s): 480; note: The name Carex biconvexis appears to be a mistake, and the authors were likely intending to cite Carex lenticularis. The reference provided by Koyama and Simpson for the name Carex biconvexis D.Don co...
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basis of record Simpson, D.A.; Koyama, T. (1998). Cyperaceae. In: Flora of Thailand, Volume 6, Part 4: 247-485. Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department, Thailand., available online at https://botany.dnp.go.th/eflora/florafamily.html?factsheet=Cyperaceae
page(s): 480; note: The name Carex biconvexis appears to be a mistake, and the authors were likely intending to cite Carex lenticularis. The reference provided by Koyama and Simpson for the name Carex biconvexis D.Don co...
The name Carex biconvexis appears to be a mistake, and the authors were likely intending to cite Carex lenticularis. The reference provided by Koyama and Simpson for the name Carex biconvexis D.Don corresponds to a page (Don, Trans. Linn. Soc. 14: 331. 1824) where Carex lenticularis D.Don is mentioned. Additionally, there is no Carex biconvexis Michx. in any of Michaux’s works, but in his 1803 publication, Carex lenticularis is cited again (Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2:172. 1803).
Since lenticularis and biconvexis have similar meanings, it seems that the epithet biconvexis was inadvertently used in place of lenticularis.
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Nomenclature Simpson and Koyama (1998) apparently intended to cite the name Carex lenticularis D. Don. Since the epithets 'lenticularis' and 'biconvexis' have similar meanings, it seems that the latter was created to replace Carex lenticularis D. Don, a later homonym of C. lenticularis Michx. As a speculation, it is possible that the epithet was written by either David Don or someone else in a copy of the original article or on a herbarium voucher, remaining as a manuscript name. When Simpson and Koyama intended to cite Michaux's Carex lenticularis, the epithet was seemingly inadvertently changed as well (Kanchi N. Gandhi, Harvard University Herbaria, pers. comm.). [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs More details could be found in The Plant List v.1.1. Originally in The Plant List v.1.0 [details]
