Cyperaceae taxon details
Carpha Banks & Sol. ex R.Br.
1675237 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1675237)
accepted
Genus
Asterochaete Nees · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Oreograstis K.Schum. · unaccepted
- Species Carpha alpina R.Br.
- Species Carpha angustissima Cherm.
- Species Carpha borbonica (Steud.) C.B.Clarke
- Species Carpha capitellata (Nees) Boeckeler
- Species Carpha curvata W.M.Curtis
- Species Carpha filifolia C.Reid & T.H.Arnold
- Species Carpha nitens (Kunth) Kük.
- Species Carpha nivicola F.Muell.
- Species Carpha rodwayi W.M.Curtis
- Species Carpha schlechteri C.B.Clarke
- Species Carpha schoenoides Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f.
- Species Carpha aristata Kük. (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, No type has been found and this genus does not occur in Japan (where the type specimen is said to be from) - possibly a South African species - Karen L Wilson)
- Species Carpha glomerata Nees (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subgenus Carpha subg. subgen. Carpha R.Br. (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subgenus Carpha subg. subgen. Eu-carpha Kük. (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Carpha andina Phil. accepted as Schoenus andinus (Phil.) H.Pfeiff.
- Species Carpha antarctica (Hook.f.) C.B.Clarke accepted as Schoenus antarcticus (Hook.f.) Dusén
- Species Carpha arundinacea Brongn. accepted as Tetraria pilisepala (Steud.) Larridon
- Species Carpha aubertii Nees ex Boeckeler accepted as Carpha nitens (Kunth) Kük. (unaccepted > homotypic synonym)
- Species Carpha avenacea R.Br. accepted as Cyathochaeta avenacea (R.Br.) Benth.
- Species Carpha bracteosa C.B.Clarke accepted as Carpha capitellata (Nees) Boeckeler (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Species Carpha capensis (Steud.) M.Martens ex Steud. accepted as Trianoptiles capensis (Steud.) Harv.
- Species Carpha capensis (Steud.) H.Pfeiff. accepted as Trianoptiles capensis (Steud.) Harv.
- Species Carpha clandestina R.Br. accepted as Cyathochaeta clandestina (R.Br.) Benth.
- Species Carpha costularioides C.B.Clarke accepted as Costularia melicoides (Poir.) C.B.Clarke
- Species Carpha deusta R.Br. accepted as Ptilothrix deusta (R.Br.) K.L.Wilson (unaccepted > homotypic synonym)
- Species Carpha diandra R.Br. accepted as Cyathochaeta diandra (R.Br.) Nees
- Species Carpha elongata (Kunth) Boeckeler accepted as Costularia melicoides (Poir.) C.B.Clarke
- Species Carpha eminii (K.Schum.) C.B.Clarke accepted as Asterochaete eminii (K.Schum.) X.F.Zhang
- Species Carpha graciliceps C.B.Clarke accepted as Mesomelaena graciliceps (C.B.Clarke) K.L.Wilson
- Species Carpha hexandra Nees accepted as Cyathocoma hexandra (Nees) Browning
- Species Carpha junciformis Boeckeler accepted as Anthelepis undulata (Thwaites) R.L.Barrett, K.L.Wilson & J.J.Bruhl
- Species Carpha laxa (Hook.f.) H.Pfeiff. accepted as Schoenus rhynchosporoides (Steud.) Kük.
- Species Carpha novae-zelandiae Gand. accepted as Carpha alpina R.Br. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Species Carpha paniculata Phil. accepted as Schoenus rhynchosporoides (Steud.) Kük.
- Species Carpha perrieri Cherm. accepted as Carpha capitellata (Nees) Boeckeler (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Species Carpha schweinfurthiana Boeckeler accepted as Coleochloa schweinfurthiana (Boeckeler) Nelmes
- Species Carpha solitaria (C.B.Clarke) H.Pfeiff. accepted as Trianoptiles solitaria (C.B.Clarke) Levyns
- Species Carpha tasmanica Gand. accepted as Carpha alpina R.Br.
- Species Carpha urvilleana Gaudich. ex Boeckeler accepted as Tetraria pilisepala (Steud.) Larridon
terrestrial
Not documented
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. 230. 1810. (27 Mar 1810) to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 230...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. 230. 1810. (27 Mar 1810) to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 230 (1810), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carpha Banks & Sol. ex R.Br.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1675237 on 2026-08-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Asterochaete Nees) Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. D. (1834). Übersicht der Cyperaceen Gattungen. Linnea, 9: 273-306., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2019#page/276/mode/1up
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basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 300 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: TPL1.1 Update namepublishedIn from Prodr. 230. 1810. (27 Mar 1810) to Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 230 (1810), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carpha)
To Genbank
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Oreograstis K.Schum.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Asterochaete Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Asterochaete Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Oreograstis K.Schum.)
To Genbank
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Oreograstis K.Schum.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Asterochaete Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Asterochaete Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Oreograstis K.Schum.)