Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex bonariensis Desf. ex Poir.
1678165 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678165)
accepted
Species
Carex bonariensis f. pumila Osten · unaccepted
Carex bonariensis f. remota (Kük.) Kük. · unaccepted
Carex bonariensis var. bonariensis · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Carex bonariensis var. remota Kük. · unaccepted
Carex bonariensis var. trachycystis (Griseb.) Kük. · unaccepted
Carex compressa Vahl ex Kunth · unaccepted > invalid name (published as synonym)
Carex papillosa Nees · unaccepted
Carex trachycystis Griseb. · unaccepted
Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott · unaccepted > invalid name (published as synonym)
- Forma Carex bonariensis f. pumila Osten accepted as Carex bonariensis Desf. ex Poir.
- Forma Carex bonariensis f. remota (Kük.) Kük. accepted as Carex bonariensis Desf. ex Poir.
- Variety Carex bonariensis var. achalensis Kurtz ex Kük. accepted as Carex feddeana H.Pfeiff.
- Variety Carex bonariensis var. bonariensis accepted as Carex bonariensis Desf. ex Poir. (unaccepted > homotypic synonym)
- Variety Carex bonariensis var. glabrescens Kurtz ex Kük. accepted as Carex pedicularis Jim.Mejías & Naczi (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Variety Carex bonariensis var. remota Kük. accepted as Carex bonariensis Desf. ex Poir.
- Variety Carex bonariensis var. rupicola Pedersen accepted as Carex rupicola (Pedersen) G.A.Wheeler
- Variety Carex bonariensis var. tolimensis Maury accepted as Carex guaguarum Jim.Mejías & Muñoz-Schüler
- Variety Carex bonariensis var. trachycystis (Griseb.) Kük. accepted as Carex bonariensis Desf. ex Poir.
terrestrial
Lamarck, J.B.; Poiret, J.-L.-M. (1813). Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Supplement: Vol. 3 suppl. (p. 250). Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/738409
page(s): 250 [details]
page(s): 250 [details]
Lectotype FI 012272, geounit Buenos Aires, (of Carex...
Holotype FI 012272, geounit Buenos Aires [details]
Lectotype (of Carex trachycystis Griseb.) GOET 006367, geounit Argentina Northeast [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex bonariensis Desf. ex Poir.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678165 on 2026-07-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J.B.; Poiret, J.-L.-M. (1813). Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. Supplement: Vol. 3 suppl. (p. 250). Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/738409
page(s): 250 [details]
original description (of Carex compressa Vahl ex 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): 378 [details]
original description (of Carex papillosa Nees) Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. D. (1840). Cyperaceae a Schomburgkio in Guiana Anglica collectae, ex herbario Lindleyano. Journal de Botanique, 2(16): 393-399., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2925374#page/414/mode/1up
page(s): 398 [details]
original description (of Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott) Boott, F. M. B. (1860). Illustrations of the Genus Carex. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58671180
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Carex trachycystis Griseb.) Grisebach, A. (1879). Symbolae ad floram Argentinam : Zweite Bearbeitung argentinischer Pflanzen nach den auf Befehl der H. Nacional-Regierung der argentinischen Republik durch die Professoren Lorentz und Hieronymus veranstalteten Sammlungen, sowie den im Museum zu Göttingen aufbewarhten Herbarien anderer Naturforscher, besonders den durch Herrn Schickendantz in der Provinz Catamarca gesammelten Pflanzen. 24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39880815#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 314 [details]
original description (of Carex bonariensis var. remota 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): 513 [details]
original description (of Carex bonariensis f. pumila 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): 237 [details]
page(s): 250 [details]
original description (of Carex compressa Vahl ex 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): 378 [details]
original description (of Carex papillosa Nees) Nees von Esenbeck, C. G. D. (1840). Cyperaceae a Schomburgkio in Guiana Anglica collectae, ex herbario Lindleyano. Journal de Botanique, 2(16): 393-399., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2925374#page/414/mode/1up
page(s): 398 [details]
original description (of Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott) Boott, F. M. B. (1860). Illustrations of the Genus Carex. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58671180
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Carex trachycystis Griseb.) Grisebach, A. (1879). Symbolae ad floram Argentinam : Zweite Bearbeitung argentinischer Pflanzen nach den auf Befehl der H. Nacional-Regierung der argentinischen Republik durch die Professoren Lorentz und Hieronymus veranstalteten Sammlungen, sowie den im Museum zu Göttingen aufbewarhten Herbarien anderer Naturforscher, besonders den durch Herrn Schickendantz in der Provinz Catamarca gesammelten Pflanzen. 24., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39880815#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 314 [details]
original description (of Carex bonariensis var. remota 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): 513 [details]
original description (of Carex bonariensis f. pumila 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): 237 [details]
Taxonomy
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 Barros, M. (1935). Ciperáceas Argentinas. <em>Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales.</em> 38: 133–263. [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Fabbroni, M.; Haigh, A. (2020). Chorological, nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from Bolivia and northern Argentina. <em>Kew Bulletin.</em> 75(1): 24., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-020-9880-8 [details] Available for editors
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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 Barros, M. (1935). Ciperáceas Argentinas. <em>Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales.</em> 38: 133–263. [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Fabbroni, M.; Haigh, A. (2020). Chorological, nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from Bolivia and northern Argentina. <em>Kew Bulletin.</em> 75(1): 24., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-020-9880-8 [details] Available for editors
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]
Other
additional source
Jiménez-Mejías, P.; García-Moro, P.; Camilo, A. A.; Mazzei, P. M.; Escudero, M.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Cano, A. (2026). A commented checklist and key for the genus <i>Carex</i> (Cyperaceae) in Peru. <em>PhytoKeys.</em> 271: 93-144., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.271.178418
page(s): 113 [details]
page(s): 113 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Holotype FI 012272, geounit Buenos Aires [details]
Lectotype (of Carex trachycystis Griseb.) GOET 006367, geounit Argentina Northeast [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology note From Buenos Aires. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Carex papillosa Nees)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Carex compressa Vahl ex Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex trachycystis Griseb.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex bonariensis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex trachycystis) (from synonym Carex trachycystis Griseb.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex tuberculata) (from synonym Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Carex trachycystis Griseb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex trachycystis Griseb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. bonariensis)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. remota Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bonariensis f. remota (Kük.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. trachycystis (Griseb.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bonariensis f. pumila Osten)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex compressa Vahl ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex papillosa Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex compressa Vahl ex Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex papillosa Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex trachycystis Griseb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bonariensis f. remota (Kük.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bonariensis f. pumila Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. trachycystis (Griseb.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. remota Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. bonariensis)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex bonariensis K000584729 isotype 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Carex compressa Vahl ex Kunth)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Carex trachycystis Griseb.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex bonariensis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex trachycystis) (from synonym Carex trachycystis Griseb.)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex tuberculata) (from synonym Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Carex trachycystis Griseb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex trachycystis Griseb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. bonariensis)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. remota Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bonariensis f. remota (Kük.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. trachycystis (Griseb.) Kük.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex bonariensis f. pumila Osten)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex compressa Vahl ex Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex papillosa Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex compressa Vahl ex Kunth)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex papillosa Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex tuberculata Nees ex Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex trachycystis Griseb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bonariensis f. remota (Kük.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bonariensis f. pumila Osten)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. trachycystis (Griseb.) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. remota Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex bonariensis var. bonariensis)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex bonariensis K000584729 isotype 1)