Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex sect. Glareosae G.Don
1774210 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774210)
accepted
Section
Carex sect. Canescentes (Fr.) Christ · unaccepted > superseded combination
Carex sect. Heleonastes Kunth · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Heleonastes (Kunth) A.E.Kozhevn. · unaccepted (wrong authorship)
Carex sect. Lagopinae (Anderss.) Christ · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Leptantherae Tuck. · unaccepted
Carex sect. Loliaceae Meinsh. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Tenuiflorae Kunth · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Ursinae Kük. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Verae Tuck. ex Ostenf. · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Carex subsect. Verae Tuck. · unaccepted > invalid name (nomen nudum)
Vignea sect. Heleonastes (Kunth) Heuff. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
- Species Carex ×abortiva Holmb.
- Species Carex ×arctophila F.Nyl.
- Species Carex ×clausa Holmb.
- Species Carex ×helvola Blytt
- Species Carex ×heterophyta Holmb.
- Species Carex ×kyyhkynenii Hiitonen
- Species Carex ×macilenta Fr.
- Species Carex ×mithala Callmé
- Species Carex ×mucronulata Holmb.
- Species Carex ×pseudohelvola Kihlm.
- Species Carex ×subpatula Holmb.
- Species Carex ×trichina Fernald
- Species Carex ×zahnii Kneuck.
- Species Carex arcta Boott
- Species Carex arctiformis Mack.
- Species Carex billingsii (O.W.Knight) Kirschb.
- Species Carex bonanzensis Britton
- Species Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir.
- Species Carex canescens L.
- Species Carex diastena V.I.Krecz.
- Species Carex furva Webb
- Species Carex glareosa Schkuhr ex Wahlenb.
- Species Carex heleonastes Ehrh. ex L.f.
- Species Carex illota L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex kreczetoviczii T.V.Egorova
- Species Carex lachenalii Schkuhr
- Species Carex laeviculmis Meinsh.
- Species Carex lapponica O.Lang
- Species Carex loliacea L.
- Species Carex lucennoiberica Maguilla & M.Escudero
- Species Carex mackenziei V.I.Krecz.
- Species Carex marina Dewey
- Species Carex melanorrhyncha Nelmes
- Species Carex nemurensis Franch.
- Species Carex praeceptorum Mack.
- Species Carex pseudololiacea F.Schmidt
- Species Carex skottsbergiana Kük.
- Species Carex tenuiflora Wahlenb.
- Species Carex traiziscana F.Schmidt
- Species Carex trisperma Dewey
- Species Carex ursina Dewey
brackish, terrestrial
Loudon, J.C. (1830). Hortus Britannicus: a catalogue of all the plants indigenous, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10904178
page(s): 376 [details]
page(s): 376 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Glareosae G.Don. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774210 on 2026-06-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Loudon, J.C. (1830). Hortus Britannicus: a catalogue of all the plants indigenous, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10904178
page(s): 376 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Canescentes (Fr.) Christ) 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 Canescentes Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 72. 1845. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Heleonastes 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): 393 [details]
original description (of Carex subsect. Verae Tuck.) Tuckerman, E. (1843). Enumeratio Methodica Caricum Quarundam.
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Loliaceae Meinsh.) Meinshausen, K. F. (1901). Cyperaceen der Flora Russlands, insbesondere nach den Herbarien der Akademie der Wissenschaften. <em>Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada.</em> 18: 221-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4079564
page(s): 282 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Tenuiflorae 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): 405 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Ursinae Kük.) Kükenthal, G. (1909). Cyperaceae-Caricoidae. <em>Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetabilis conspectus.</em> 38, 4(20)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31618144
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Lagopinae (Anderss.) Christ) Andersson, N. J. (1849). Cyperaceae scandinaviae. Plantae scandinaviae. Fasc. I.,, 77 pp.
page(s): 62; note: This is the original description for the original name Lagopinae Anderss., Pl. Scand. 1: unnumbered p. [iv], 62. 1849. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Verae Tuck. ex Ostenf.) Ostenfeld, C.H. (1902). Flora Arctica. Copenhagen.
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Leptantherae Tuck.) Tuckerman, E. (1843). Enumeratio Methodica Caricum Quarundam.
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 376 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Canescentes (Fr.) Christ) 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 Canescentes Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 72. 1845. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Heleonastes 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): 393 [details]
original description (of Carex subsect. Verae Tuck.) Tuckerman, E. (1843). Enumeratio Methodica Caricum Quarundam.
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Loliaceae Meinsh.) Meinshausen, K. F. (1901). Cyperaceen der Flora Russlands, insbesondere nach den Herbarien der Akademie der Wissenschaften. <em>Trudy Imperatorskago S.-Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada.</em> 18: 221-415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4079564
page(s): 282 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Tenuiflorae 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): 405 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Ursinae Kük.) Kükenthal, G. (1909). Cyperaceae-Caricoidae. <em>Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetabilis conspectus.</em> 38, 4(20)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31618144
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Lagopinae (Anderss.) Christ) Andersson, N. J. (1849). Cyperaceae scandinaviae. Plantae scandinaviae. Fasc. I.,, 77 pp.
page(s): 62; note: This is the original description for the original name Lagopinae Anderss., Pl. Scand. 1: unnumbered p. [iv], 62. 1849. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Verae Tuck. ex Ostenf.) Ostenfeld, C.H. (1902). Flora Arctica. Copenhagen.
page(s): 54 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Leptantherae Tuck.) Tuckerman, E. (1843). Enumeratio Methodica Caricum Quarundam.
page(s): 10 [details]
Taxonomy
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 
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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 [request]
[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
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To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sect. Canescentes (Fr.) Christ)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sect. Heleonastes (Kunth) A.E.Kozhevn.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sect. Heleonastes Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex subsect. Verae Tuck.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sect. Heleonastes (Kunth) A.E.Kozhevn.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sect. Heleonastes Kunth)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex subsect. Verae Tuck.)
