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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex sect. Phacocystis Dumort.

1774146  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774146)

accepted
Section
Carex acuta L. (type by subsequent designation)
Carex sect. Acutae (Fr.) Christ · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Aquatiles (Fr.) Meinsh. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Auritae Heuff. · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Carex sect. Caespitosae (Fr.) Meinsh. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Cryptocarpae (Tuck. ex L.H.Bailey) Mack. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Eglandulosae (T.V.Egorova) Schekhovts. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Forficulae (Franch.) Raymond · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Jouvella (Bonnet) Baill. · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Carex sect. Lentex Raf. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Limnonastes (Rchb.) Pax · unaccepted (nomen superfluum)
Carex sect. Maritimae (O.Lang. ) Meinsh. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Microrhynchae (Drejer) L.H.Bailey · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Onatex Raf. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Podogynae (Holm) Ohwi · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Prolixae (Fr.) Rouy · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Rigidae (Fr.) Asch. & Graebn. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Salinae (Fr.) Meinsh. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Scitae (Franch.) Kük. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Temnemis (Raf.) V.I.Krecz. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Trinerviae Rouy · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Tuminenses Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Vulgares (Asch.) C.B.Clarke · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex subsect. Eglandulosae T.V.Egorova · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Temnemis Raf. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym

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  1. Species Carex ×abitibiana Lepage
  2. Species Carex ×akiyamana Ohwi
  3. Species Carex ×allolepis Rchb.
  4. Species Carex ×alluvialis Figert
  5. Species Carex ×aniaiensis Fujiw. & Y.Matsuda
  6. Species Carex ×arakanei T.Koyama
  7. Species Carex ×bolina O.Lang
  8. Species Carex ×crinitoides Lepage
  9. Species Carex ×cryptochlaena Holm
  10. Species Carex ×decolorans Wimm.
  11. Species Carex ×doroyuensis K.Nagas., S.Sakag. & K.Sawa
  12. Species Carex ×dumanii Lepage
  13. Species Carex ×elytroides Fr.
  14. Species Carex ×exsalina Lepage
  15. Species Carex ×flavicans (F.Nyl.) F.Nyl.
  16. Species Carex ×grantii A.Benn.
  17. Species Carex ×groenlandica Lange
  18. Species Carex ×haematolepis Drejer
  19. Species Carex ×halophila F.Nyl.
  20. Species Carex ×hibernica A.Benn.
  21. Species Carex ×hosoii T.Koyama
  22. Species Carex ×kattaeana Kük.
  23. Species Carex ×kenaica Lepage
  24. Species Carex ×ketonensis Akiyama
  25. Species Carex ×kurilensis Ohwi
  26. Species Carex ×ligniciensis Figert
  27. Species Carex ×limula Fr.
  28. Species Carex ×mendica Lepage
  29. Species Carex ×moriyoshiensis Fujiw. & Y.Matsuda
  30. Species Carex ×musashiensis Ohwi
  31. Species Carex ×neobigelowii Lepage
  32. Species Carex ×neofilipendula Lepage
  33. Species Carex ×neorigida Lepage
  34. Species Carex ×oberrodensis B.Walln.
  35. Species Carex ×oenensis A.Neumann ex B.Walln.
  36. Species Carex ×otayai Ohwi
  37. Species Carex ×persalina Lepage
  38. Species Carex ×prolixa Fr.
  39. Species Carex ×pseudosadoensis Akiyama
  40. Species Carex ×quebecensis Lepage
  41. Species Carex ×reducta Drejer
  42. Species Carex ×reichgeltii Jac.Koopman, Wieclaw & Waltje
  43. Species Carex ×rikuchiuensis Akiyama
  44. Species Carex ×salina Wahlenb.
  45. Species Carex ×saxenii Raymond
  46. Species Carex ×shakushizawaensis Akiyama
  47. Species Carex ×shinanoana Nakai ex Aliyama
  48. Species Carex ×spiculosa Fr.
  49. Species Carex ×squamigera V.I.Krecz. & Luchnik
  50. Species Carex ×strictiformis Almq.
  51. Species Carex ×subpaleacea J.Cay.
  52. Species Carex ×subrecta J.Cay.
  53. Species Carex ×subreducta Lepage
  54. Species Carex ×terschellingensis Jac.Koopman, Wieclaw & Waltje
  55. Species Carex ×thermalis K.Nagas. & S.Sakag.
  56. Species Carex ×timmiana Junge
  57. Species Carex ×turfosa Fr.
  58. Species Carex ×uzenensis Koidz.
  59. Species Carex ×viadrina Figert
  60. Species Carex ×vratislaviensis Figert
  61. Species Carex acuta L.
  62. Species Carex alligata Boott
  63. Species Carex altaica (Gorodkov) V.I.Krecz.
  64. Species Carex andersonii Boott
  65. Species Carex angustata Boott
  66. Species Carex angustisquama Franch.
  67. Species Carex antucensis Kunze ex Kunth
  68. Species Carex aphyllopus Kük.
  69. Species Carex apoiensis Akiyama
  70. Species Carex appendiculata (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) Kük.
  71. Species Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
  72. Species Carex arcatica Meinsh.
  73. Species Carex arnottiana Nees ex Drejer
  74. Species Carex austrojacutensis Schekhovts.
  75. Species Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
  76. Species Carex borealihinganica Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang
  77. Species Carex brehmeri Boeckeler
  78. Species Carex brevicrinis (Fernald) A.Haines
  79. Species Carex buekii Wimm.
  80. Species Carex caespititia Nees
  81. Species Carex cespitosa L.
  82. Species Carex chikungana L.H.Bailey
  83. Species Carex cinerascens Kük.
  84. Species Carex cochranei Reznicek
  85. Species Carex contracta F.Muell.
  86. Species Carex coriacea Hamlin
  87. Species Carex crinita Lam.
  88. Species Carex cuchumatanensis Standl. & Steyerm.
  89. Species Carex dacica Heuff.
  90. Species Carex darwinii Boott
  91. Species Carex decidua Boott
  92. Species Carex delongii Shekhovts. & Lashch.
  93. Species Carex dives Holm
  94. Species Carex doenitzii Boeckeler
  95. Species Carex drukyulensis (Noltie) Jim.Mejías & Noltie
  96. Species Carex elata All.
  97. Species Carex eleusinoides Turcz. ex Kunth
  98. Species Carex emoryi Dewey
  99. Species Carex enanderi Hultén
  100. Species Carex enneastachya C.B.Clarke
  101. Species Carex ensifolia Turcz. ex Ledeb.
  102. Species Carex erawinensis Korotky
  103. Species Carex forficula Franch. & Sav.
  104. Species Carex forrestii Kük.
  105. Species Carex fucata Boott ex C.B.Clarke
  106. Species Carex fumosimontana D.Estes
  107. Species Carex gaudichaudiana Kunth
  108. Species Carex geminata Schkuhr
  109. Species Carex gynandra Schwein.
  110. Species Carex hermannii Cochrane
  111. Species Carex heterolepis Bunge
  112. Species Carex humbertiana Ohwi
  113. Species Carex hypandra F.Muell. ex Benth.
  114. Species Carex interrupta Boeckeler
  115. Species Carex kauaiensis R.W.Krauss
  116. Species Carex kelloggii W.Boott
  117. Species Carex knorringiae Kük. ex V.I.Krecz.
  118. Species Carex kotschyana Boiss. & Hohen.
  119. Species Carex kurdica Kük. ex Hand.-Mazz.
  120. Species Carex lenticularis Michx.
  121. Species Carex lessoniana Steud.
  122. Species Carex luctuosa Franch.
  123. Species Carex lyngbyei Hornem.
  124. Species Carex maquensis Y.C.Yang
  125. Species Carex melinacra Franch.
  126. Species Carex micrantha Kük.
  127. Species Carex minxianica Y.C.Yang
  128. Species Carex mitchelliana M.A.Curtis
  129. Species Carex muliensis Hand.-Mazz.
  130. Species Carex nealiae R.W.Krauss
  131. Species Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
  132. Species Carex notha Kunth
  133. Species Carex nudata W.Boott
  134. Species Carex obnupta L.H.Bailey
  135. Species Carex okuboi Franch.
  136. Species Carex omskiana Meinsh.
  137. Species Carex orbicularis Boott
  138. Species Carex otaruensis Franch.
  139. Species Carex otayae Ohwi
  140. Species Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.
  141. Species Carex panormitana Guss.
  142. Species Carex platysperma Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang
  143. Species Carex plectocarpa F.J.Herm.
  144. Species Carex podocarpa R.Br.
  145. Species Carex podogyna Franch. & Sav.
  146. Species Carex polyantha F.Muell.
  147. Species Carex prolongata Kük.
  148. Species Carex pseudoaperta Boeckeler ex Kük.
  149. Species Carex quixotiana Ben.Benítez, Martín-Bravo, Luceño & Jim.Mejías
  150. Species Carex ramenskii Kom.
  151. Species Carex randalpina B.Walln.
  152. Species Carex recta Boott
  153. Species Carex reuteriana Boiss.
  154. Species Carex rigidioides (Gorodkov) V.I.Krecz.
  155. Species Carex rubrobrunnea C.B.Clarke
  156. Species Carex rufina Drejer
  157. Species Carex sadoensis Franch.
  158. Species Carex satakeana T.Koyama
  159. Species Carex savaiiensis Kük.
  160. Species Carex schottii Dewey
  161. Species Carex scita Maxim.
  162. Species Carex scopulorum Holm
  163. Species Carex senta Boott
  164. Species Carex shandanica Y.C.Yang
  165. Species Carex shiriyajirensis Akiyama ex Tatew.
  166. Species Carex sinclairii Boott ex Cheeseman
  167. Species Carex stricta Lam.
  168. Species Carex subdola Boott
  169. Species Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem.
  170. Species Carex taldycola Meinsh.
  171. Species Carex thunbergii Steud.
  172. Species Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.
  173. Species Carex trinervis Degl.
  174. Species Carex tuminensis Kom.
  175. Species Carex vacillans Drejer
  176. Species Carex zhonghaiensis S.Yun Liang
  177. Species Carex ×scitiformis Kük. (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  178. Species Carex bolanderi Gand. (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  179. Species Carex fuegiana Gand. (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  180. Species Carex chillanensis Phil. accepted as Carex antucensis Kunze ex Kunth (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
  181. Species Carex scitaeformis Kük. accepted as Carex ×scitiformis Kük. (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  182. Species Carex tato Chang (unaccepted > invalid name, No Latin description)
  183. Species Carex pseudosadoensis Akiyama represented as Carex ×pseudosadoensis Akiyama
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dumortier, B. C. (1827). Florula Belgica, operis majoris prodromus. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63004985#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 146 [details] 
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Phacocystis Dumort.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774146 on 2026-04-23
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Nomenclature

original description Dumortier, B. C. (1827). Florula Belgica, operis majoris prodromus. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63004985#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 146 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Maritimae (O.Lang. ) Meinsh.) Lang, O.F. (1851). Caricineae Germanicae et Scandinavicae. <em>Linnaea.</em> 24: 481-624., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35226873
page(s): 546; note: This is the original description for the original name Maritimae O.Lang. in Linnaea 24: 546. 1851. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Microrhynchae (Drejer) L.H.Bailey) Drejer, S. (1844). Symbolae caricologicae ad synonymiam caricum extricandam stabiliendamque et affinitates naturales eruendas.
page(s): 9; note: This is the original description for the original name Microrhynchae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 9. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Carex sect. Podogynae (Holm) Ohwi) Holm, T. (1903). Studies in the Cyperaceae. XX. "Greges Caricum". American Journal of Science, 16: 445-464., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/126444.pdf
page(s): 460; note: This is the original description for the original name Podogynae Holm in Amer. J. Sci., ser. 4, 16: 460. 1903. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Prolixae (Fr.) Rouy) Fries, E. M. (1845). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae, seu enumeratio, systematica et critica, plantarum tum cotyledonearum, quum nemearum inter mare occidentale et album, inter Eidoram et Nordkap, hactenus lectarum, una cum singulae distributione geographica. pp. Sectio prior: [i], [iii], [i]-258, signatures 1-16 in fours. Holmiae & Lipsiae [Stockholm & Leipzig]: A. Bonnier.
page(s): 71; note: This is the original description for the original name Prolixae Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 71. 1845. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Carex sect. Rigidae (Fr.) Asch. & Graebn.) Fries, E. M. (1845). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae, seu enumeratio, systematica et critica, plantarum tum cotyledonearum, quum nemearum inter mare occidentale et album, inter Eidoram et Nordkap, hactenus lectarum, una cum singulae distributione geographica. pp. Sectio prior: [i], [iii], [i]-258, signatures 1-16 in fours. Holmiae & Lipsiae [Stockholm & Leipzig]: A. Bonnier.
page(s): 72; note: This is the original description for the original name Rigidae Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 72, 232. 1845. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Carex sect. Salinae (Fr.) Meinsh.) Fries, E. M. (1845). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae, seu enumeratio, systematica et critica, plantarum tum cotyledonearum, quum nemearum inter mare occidentale et album, inter Eidoram et Nordkap, hactenus lectarum, una cum singulae distributione geographica. pp. Sectio prior: [i], [iii], [i]-258, signatures 1-16 in fours. Holmiae & Lipsiae [Stockholm & Leipzig]: A. Bonnier.
page(s): 72; note: This is the original description for the original name Salinae Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 72, 230. 1845. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Carex sect. Scitae (Franch.) Kük.) Franchet, A. (1898). Les Carex de l'Asie orientale. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle, 10: 39-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36859603
page(s): 104; note: This is the original description for the original name Scitae Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 10: 104. 1898. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Trinerviae Rouy) Rouy, G. (1912). Flore de France, our description des plantes qui croissent spontanement en France, en Corse et en Alsace-Lorraine. vol. 13., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12313132
page(s): 495 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Tuminenses Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang) (1976). Flora Plantarum Herbacearum Chinae Boreali-Orientalis. 11.
page(s): 207 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Temnemis Raf.) Rafinesque. C. S. (1840). Botany. The natural family of Carexides in - the good book, and amenities of nature, or Annuals of historical and natural sciences. Containing selections of observations, researches and novelities in all the branches of physical and historical knowledge, with letters of eminent authors--chiefly on zoology, botany, agronomy, geognosy, ethonography...or organized beings and fossils, nations and languages. , available online at https://archive.org/details/101203231.nlm.nih.gov/page/22/mode/2up
page(s): 27 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Aquatiles (Fr.) Meinsh.) Fries, E. M. (1845). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae, seu enumeratio, systematica et critica, plantarum tum cotyledonearum, quum nemearum inter mare occidentale et album, inter Eidoram et Nordkap, hactenus lectarum, una cum singulae distributione geographica. pp. Sectio prior: [i], [iii], [i]-258, signatures 1-16 in fours. Holmiae & Lipsiae [Stockholm & Leipzig]: A. Bonnier.
page(s): 72; note: This is the original description for the original name Aquatiles Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 72. 1845. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Carex sect. Forficulae (Franch.) Raymond) Franchet, A. (1898). Les Carex de l'Asie orientale. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle, 10: 39-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36859603
page(s): 103; note: This is the original description for the original name Forficulae Franch. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 10: 103. 1898. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] 

original description (of Carex subsect. Eglandulosae T.V.Egorova) Egorova, T. V. (1985). The new taxa of the genus Carex (Cyperaceae). <em>Botanicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 70(11): 1549-1554., available online at https://archive.org/details/botanicheskii-zhurnal-1985_11/page/n115/mode/2up
page(s): 1554 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Caespitosae (Fr.) Meinsh.) Fries, E. M. (1845). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae, seu enumeratio, systematica et critica, plantarum tum cotyledonearum, quum nemearum inter mare occidentale et album, inter Eidoram et Nordkap, hactenus lectarum, una cum singulae distributione geographica. pp. Sectio prior: [i], [iii], [i]-258, signatures 1-16 in fours. Holmiae & Lipsiae [Stockholm & Leipzig]: A. Bonnier.
page(s): 71; note: This is the original description for the original name Caespitosae Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 71. 1845. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Carex sect. Cryptocarpae (Tuck. ex L.H.Bailey) Mack.) Bailey, L. H. (1886). A preliminary synopsis of the genus Carex. Notes on Mexico, Central America and Greenland, with the American bibliography of the genus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 22: 59-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3053987#page/73/mode/1up
page(s): 89; note: This is the original description for the original name Cryptocarpae Tuck ex L.H.Bailey in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 22: 89. 1886. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Vulgares (Asch.) C.B.Clarke) Ascherson, P. F. A. (1864). Flora der Provinz Brandenburg, der Altmark und des Herzogthums Magdeburg. Zum Gebrauche in Schulen und auf Exkursionen / bearbeitet von Dr. Paul Ascherson. Erste Abtheilung. , available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/12097/?offset=
page(s): 774; note: This is the original description for the original name Vulgares Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 1(2): 774. 1864. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Auritae Heuff.) Heuffel, J. (1844). Caricineae in Regnis Hungariae, Slavoniae, Croatiae nec non magno Transylvaniae Principatu sponte nascentes enumeratae ac digestae. <em>Magyar orvosok és természetvizsgálók Temesvárott tartott negyedik nagy-gyűlésének munkálatai.</em> 113-119.
page(s): 119 [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Martinetto, E. (2013). Toward an accurate taxonomic interpretation of Carex fossil fruits (Cyperaceae): A case study in section Phacocystis in the Western Palearctic. American Journal of Botany, 100(8): 1580-1603., available online at https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1200629 [details] 

taxonomy source Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Escudero, M.; Guerra-Cárdenas, S.; Lye, K. A.; Luceño, M. (2011). Taxonomic delimitation and drivers of speciation in the Ibero-North African Carex sect. Phacocystis river-shore group (Cyperaceae). American Journal of Botany, 98(11): 1855-1867., available online at https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1100120 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Roalson, E. H.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Hipp, A. L.; Benítez-Benítez, C.; Bruedere, L. P.; Chung, K.-S.; Escudero, M.; Ford, B. A.; Ford, K.; Gebauer, S.; Gehrke, B.; Hahn, M.; Hayat, M. Q.; Hoffmann, M. H.; Jin, X.-F.; Kim, S.; Larridon, I.; Léveillé-Bourre. (2021). A framework infrageneric classification of <i>Carex</i> (Cyperaceae) and its organizing principles. <em>Journal of Systematics and Evolution.</em> 59(4): 726-762., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12722 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Jiménez‐Mejías, P.; Reveal, J. L.; Martín‐Bravo, S.; Zamora, J. C.; Larridon, I.; Reznicek, A. A.; Naczi, R. F. (2025). Nomenclature and typification of sectional names in <i>Carex</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>Taxon.</em> 74(6): 1543-1568., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.70033 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Benítez‐Benítez, C.; Martín‐Bravo, S.; Bjorå, C. S.; Gebauer, S.; Hipp, A. L.; Hoffmann, M. H.; Luceño, M.; Pedersen, T. M.; Reznicek, A.; Roalson, E.; Volkova, P.; Yano, O.; Spalink, D.; Jiménez‐Mejías, P. (2021). Geographical vs. ecological diversification in<i>Carex</i>section<i>Phacocystis</i>(Cyperaceae): Patterns hidden behind a twisted taxonomy. <em>Journal of Systematics and Evolution.</em> 59(4): 642-667., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12731 [details] 

Other

subsequent type designation Dumortier, B. C. (1827). Florula Belgica, operis majoris prodromus. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63004985#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 146 [details] 

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