Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex sororia Kunth
1676038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676038)
accepted
Species
Carex apiahyensis Palla · unaccepted
Carex involucrata var. pseudobracteosa Kük. · unaccepted
Carex sororia f. paupera Osten · unaccepted
Carex sororia subsp. sororia · unaccepted
Carex sororia var. pseudobracteosa (Kük.) Kük. · unaccepted
- Variety Carex sororia var. sororia
- Forma Carex sororia f. paupera Osten accepted as Carex sororia Kunth
- Forma Carex sororia f. subdivulsa (Kük.) Kük. accepted as Carex subdivulsa (Kük.) G.A.Wheeler
- Subspecies Carex sororia subsp. sororia accepted as Carex sororia Kunth
- Subspecies Carex sororia subsp. uruguensis (Boeckeler) Luceño & M.Alves accepted as Carex uruguensis Boeckeler
- Variety Carex sororia var. involucrata Kük. accepted as Carex fossa G.A.Wheeler
- Variety Carex sororia var. pseudobracteosa (Kük.) Kük. accepted as Carex sororia Kunth
Kunth, C. S. (1837). Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Vol 2. Cyperographia synoptica sive enumeratio Cyperacearum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Stuttgart: Germany., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7428301#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 379 [details]
page(s): 379 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sororia Kunth. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676038 on 2026-06-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Kunth, C. S. (1837). Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum, Secundum Familias Naturales Disposita, Adjectis Characteribus, Differentiis et Synonymis. Vol 2. Cyperographia synoptica sive enumeratio Cyperacearum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Stuttgart: Germany., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7428301#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 379 [details]
original description (of Carex apiahyensis Palla) Palla, E. (1908). Cyperaceae. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 1.79: 168-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6683818#page/178/mode/1up
page(s): 199 [details]
original description (of Carex involucrata var. submuricata C.B.Clarke ex Kük.) Kükenthal, G. ((1899)1900). Die Carex-Vegetation des aussertropischen Südamerika (ausgenommen Paraguay und Südbrasilien). <em>Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.</em> 27: 485-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/210229#page/499/mode/1up
page(s): 510 [details]
original description (of Carex involucrata var. pseudobracteosa Kük.) Kükenthal, G. ((1899)1900). Die Carex-Vegetation des aussertropischen Südamerika (ausgenommen Paraguay und Südbrasilien). <em>Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.</em> 27: 485-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/210229#page/499/mode/1up
page(s): 510 [details]
original description (of Carex sororia f. paupera Osten) Osten, C. (1931). Las ciperáceas del Uruguay. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo, 2(2): 109-253., available online at https://www.mna.gub.uy/innovaportal/file/81454/1/osten-1931-las-ciperaceas-del-uruguay.pdf
page(s): 236 [details]
page(s): 379 [details]
original description (of Carex apiahyensis Palla) Palla, E. (1908). Cyperaceae. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften / Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 1.79: 168-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6683818#page/178/mode/1up
page(s): 199 [details]
original description (of Carex involucrata var. submuricata C.B.Clarke ex Kük.) Kükenthal, G. ((1899)1900). Die Carex-Vegetation des aussertropischen Südamerika (ausgenommen Paraguay und Südbrasilien). <em>Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.</em> 27: 485-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/210229#page/499/mode/1up
page(s): 510 [details]
original description (of Carex involucrata var. pseudobracteosa Kük.) Kükenthal, G. ((1899)1900). Die Carex-Vegetation des aussertropischen Südamerika (ausgenommen Paraguay und Südbrasilien). <em>Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.</em> 27: 485-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/210229#page/499/mode/1up
page(s): 510 [details]
original description (of Carex sororia f. paupera Osten) Osten, C. (1931). Las ciperáceas del Uruguay. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo, 2(2): 109-253., available online at https://www.mna.gub.uy/innovaportal/file/81454/1/osten-1931-las-ciperaceas-del-uruguay.pdf
page(s): 236 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Morales-Alonso, A.; Muñoz-Schüler, P.; Villaverde, T.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2025). A tale of two lineages: comparative biogeography across the Southern Cone of two South American
<i>Carex</i>
(Cyperaceae) groups. <em>Annals of Botany.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf262 [details]
taxonomy source Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Donadío, S.; Roalson, E. H.; Naczi, R. F. C. (2021). A synopsis of the androgynous species of <i>Carex</i> subgenus <i>Vignea</i> (Cyperaceae) in South America. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 196(2): 188-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa100 [details]
taxonomy source Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Donadío, S.; Roalson, E. H.; Naczi, R. F. C. (2021). A synopsis of the androgynous species of <i>Carex</i> subgenus <i>Vignea</i> (Cyperaceae) in South America. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 196(2): 188-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa100 [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Donadío, S.; Roalson, E. H.; Naczi, R. F. C. (2021). A synopsis of the androgynous species of <i>Carex</i> subgenus <i>Vignea</i> (Cyperaceae) in South America. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 196(2): 188-220., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa100 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology note From the Latin sororius, ‘from the sister’, perhaps meaning morphological resemblance to other Carex spp. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Carex apiahyensis Palla)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex sororia)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex sororia Kunth photographed at B type [status unknown] 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex apiahyensis Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex involucrata var. submuricata C.B.Clarke ex Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex involucrata var. pseudobracteosa Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sororia var. pseudobracteosa (Kük.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sororia f. paupera Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex involucrata var. submuricata C.B.Clarke ex Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sororia f. paupera Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sororia var. pseudobracteosa (Kük.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex involucrata var. pseudobracteosa Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex apiahyensis Palla)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex sororia subsp. sororia)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex sororia)
To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex sororia Kunth photographed at B type [status unknown] 1)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex apiahyensis Palla)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex involucrata var. submuricata C.B.Clarke ex Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex involucrata var. pseudobracteosa Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sororia var. pseudobracteosa (Kük.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sororia f. paupera Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex involucrata var. submuricata C.B.Clarke ex Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sororia f. paupera Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex sororia var. pseudobracteosa (Kük.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex involucrata var. pseudobracteosa Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex apiahyensis Palla)
To The Plant List (from synonym Carex sororia subsp. sororia)
From editor or global species database
![To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex sororia Kunth photographed at B type [status unknown] 1)](http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/29/497/13405.jpg "To Field Museum Herbarium (Carex sororia Kunth photographed at B type [status unknown] 1)")
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