Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex sect. Paniceae G.Don.
1774250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774250)
accepted
Section
Carex sect. Bicolores (Fr.) Christ · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Bicolores C.B.Clarke · unaccepted (isonym)
Carex sect. Brachyrhynchae L.H.Bailey · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Laxiflorae Kunth · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Macroglossae Akiyama · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Pilosae Asch. & Graebn. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Vaginatae Meinsh. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex ser. Laxiflorae (Kunth) A.E.Kozhevn. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
- Species Carex ×kurogii K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
- Species Carex ×langii Steud.
- Species Carex albursina E.Sheld.
- Species Carex algida Turcz. ex V.I.Krecz.
- Species Carex arakiana (Ohwi) Ohwi
- Species Carex arisanensis Hayata
- Species Carex arizonica Licher, G.Rink & Reznicek
- Species Carex aurea Nutt.
- Species Carex auriculata Franch.
- Species Carex baohuashanica Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai
- Species Carex bicolor Bellardi ex All.
- Species Carex biltmoreana Mack.
- Species Carex blanda Dewey
- Species Carex brachycalama Griseb.
- Species Carex chapmanii Steud.
- Species Carex congestiflora Reznicek & S.González
- Species Carex crebriflora Wiegand
- Species Carex curtispica K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
- Species Carex filipes Franch. & Sav.
- Species Carex garberi Fernald
- Species Carex gracilescens Steud.
- Species Carex hassei L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex hendersonii L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex ignota Dewey
- Species Carex jackiana Boott
- Species Carex klamathensis B.L.Wilson & Janeway
- Species Carex kraliana Naczi & Bryson
- Species Carex kujuzana Ohwi
- Species Carex kuzakaiensis (M.Kikuchi) K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
- Species Carex laxa Wahlenb.
- Species Carex laxiflora Lam.
- Species Carex leptonervia (Fernald) Fernald
- Species Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd.
- Species Carex macroglossa Franch. & Sav.
- Species Carex manhartii Bryson
- Species Carex meadii Dewey
- Species Carex nasuensis K.T.Takah., T.Nog. & M.N.Tamura
- Species Carex nikolskensis Kom.
- Species Carex olbiensis Jord.
- Species Carex ormostachya Wiegand
- Species Carex panicea L.
- Species Carex papulosa Boott
- Species Carex parciflora Boott
- Species Carex pilosa Scop.
- Species Carex purpurifera Mack.
- Species Carex radfordii Gaddy
- Species Carex rouyana Franch.
- Species Carex sohayakiensis K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
- Species Carex striatula Michx.
- Species Carex styloflexa Buckley
- Species Carex tetanica Schkuhr
- Species Carex tsukudensis (T.Koyama) K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
- Species Carex vaginata Tausch
- Species Carex vaniotii H.Lév.
- Species Carex woodii Dewey
- Species Carex yunlingensis P.C.Li
- Species Carex zhejiangensis X.F.Jin, Y.J.Zhao, C.Z.Zheng & H.W.Zhang
- Species Carex altocaulis (Dewey) Britton accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex alveata Boott accepted as Carex tetanica Schkuhr
- Species Carex anceps Muhl. ex Willd. accepted as Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora
- Species Carex andoiniana De Not. ex Steud. accepted as Carex olbiensis Jord.
- Species Carex andoiniana De Not. accepted as Carex olbiensis Jord.
- Species Carex androgyna Balb. accepted as Carex bicolor Bellardi ex All.
- Species Carex ardoinoana De Not. accepted as Carex olbiensis Jord.
- Species Carex bulbosa Boeckeler accepted as Carex ignota Dewey
- Species Carex campylorhina V.I.Krecz. accepted as Carex auriculata Franch.
- Species Carex celsa (L.H.Bailey) Piper accepted as Carex hassei L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex cenisia Balb. accepted as Carex bicolor Bellardi ex All.
- Species Carex colorata Mack. accepted as Carex woodii Dewey
- Species Carex confertospicata Boeckeler accepted as Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd.
- Species Carex conoidea Muhl. accepted as Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora
- Species Carex cryptandra Franch. & Sav. accepted as Carex macroglossa Franch. & Sav.
- Species Carex curvirostra Hartm. accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex depauperata Hornem. accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex dissitispicula Ohwi accepted as Carex kujuzana Ohwi
- Species Carex efflata Laest. ex Trevir. accepted as Carex panicea L.
- Species Carex egena H.Lév. & Vaniot accepted as Carex filipes var. oligostachys Kük.
- Species Carex falcata Turcz. accepted as Carex vaginata var. petersii (C.A.Mey. ex F.Schmidt) Akiyama
- Species Carex flectens Boott accepted as Carex papulosa Boott
- Species Carex foliata F.Schmidt ex Meinsh. accepted as Carex pilosa Scop.
- Species Carex fujidae Kudô accepted as Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd. (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Carex fujimakii M.Kikuchi accepted as Carex kujuzana Ohwi
- Species Carex fujitae Kudô accepted as Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd.
- Species Carex fusiformis Chapm. ex Boott accepted as Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora
- Species Carex gagaensis Akiyama accepted as Carex parciflora Boott
- Species Carex glehnii F.Schmidt accepted as Carex parciflora Boott
- Species Carex grandisquama Franch. accepted as Carex papulosa Boott
- Species Carex grayana Dewey accepted as Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd.
- Species Carex hakodatensis H.Lév. & Vaniot accepted as Carex auriculata Franch.
- Species Carex heterosperma Wahlenb. accepted as Carex striatula Michx.
- Species Carex kamikochiana Nakai accepted as Carex parciflora Boott
- Species Carex kunioi T.Koyama accepted as Carex kujuzana Ohwi
- Species Carex lividulla Nakai accepted as Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd.
- Species Carex macrochlamys Franch. accepted as Carex laxa Wahlenb.
- Species Carex meadii Porter accepted as Carex tetanica Schkuhr
- Species Carex mielichhoferi Sm. accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex minima Boullu accepted as Carex bicolor Bellardi ex All.
- Species Carex multinervis Boeckeler accepted as Carex tetanica Schkuhr
- Species Carex mutica R.Br. accepted as Carex aurea Nutt.
- Species Carex nematosperma Willd. ex Kunth accepted as Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora
- Species Carex nematostachya Cham. ex V.I.Krecz. accepted as Carex vaginata var. petersii (C.A.Mey. ex F.Schmidt) Akiyama (unaccepted > invalid name)
- Species Carex nemorensis J.F.Gmel. accepted as Carex pilosa Scop.
- Species Carex nemorosa J.F.Gmel. accepted as Carex pilosa Scop.
- Species Carex nigricans Kit. accepted as Carex pilosa Scop. (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Carex nivicola G.Don ex Boott accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex ochrolepis Franch. accepted as Carex jackiana Boott
- Species Carex oligostachys Meinsh. ex Maxim. accepted as Carex filipes var. oligostachys Kük.
- Species Carex panicea J.Carey accepted as Carex meadii Dewey
- Species Carex pelia O.Lang accepted as Carex panicea L.
- Species Carex petersii C.A.Mey. ex F.Schmidt accepted as Carex vaginata var. petersii (C.A.Mey. ex F.Schmidt) Akiyama
- Species Carex phaecostachya Sm. accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex phaeostachya Sm. accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex plantaginea Muhl. accepted as Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora
- Species Carex pleiorhiza H.Lév. & Vaniot accepted as Carex jackiana Boott
- Species Carex prostrata J.F.Gmel. accepted as Carex pilosa Scop.
- Species Carex protracta Steud. accepted as Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora
- Species Carex pusilla Pers. accepted as Carex bicolor Bellardi ex All.
- Species Carex pyriformis F.W.Schultz accepted as Carex aurea Nutt.
- Species Carex quasivaginata C.B.Clarke accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex saliniformis Mack. accepted as Carex hassei L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex saltuensis L.H.Bailey accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex scotica Spreng. accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex sekimotoi Honda accepted as Carex papulosa Boott
- Series Carex ser. Laxiflorae (Kunth) A.E.Kozhevn. accepted as Carex sect. Paniceae G.Don. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Species Carex smithii Tausch accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex sparsiflora (Wahlenb.) Steud. accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex sparsinux C.B.Clarke ex Franch. accepted as Carex filipes var. filipes
- Species Carex sublivida Norrl. accepted as Carex panicea L.
- Species Carex sudetica C.Presl ex Kunth accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex tetanica Rchb. accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex tremula (Ohwi) Ohwi accepted as Carex filipes var. tremula (Ohwi) Ohwi
- Species Carex triflora Vahl ex Kunth accepted as Carex vaginata var. vaginata
- Species Carex truncata Boeckeler accepted as Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora
- Species Carex varians (L.H.Bailey) Hay, Palmer & C.T.White accepted as Carex leptonervia (Fernald) Fernald
- Species Carex kurogii K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura represented as Carex ×kurogii K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
- Species Carex langii Steud. represented as Carex ×langii Steud.
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. Paniceae G.Don.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774250 on 2026-08-13
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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. Bicolores (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 Bicolores Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 72. 1845. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Brachyrhynchae L.H.Bailey) Bailey, L. H. (1885). Carex L. In Coulter, J.M. (ed.). Manual of the Botany of the Rocky Mountain Region. 370-397., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22138635
page(s): 378 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Macroglossae Akiyama) Akiyama, S. (1955). Carices of the Far Eastern region of Asia. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 257 pp.
page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Carex sect. Pilosae Asch. & Graebn.) Ascherson, P.; Graebner, P. (1902-1904). Cyperaceae. In: V.V.W. Engelmann (ed). Synopsis der Mitteleuropaïschen Flora 2: 1-347. Druck der königl. Universitäts-Druckerei von H. Stürtz, Wüzburg., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25150622
page(s): 133 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Vaginatae 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): 284 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Laxiflorae 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): 452 [details]
page(s): 376 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Bicolores (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 Bicolores Fr., Summa Veg. Scand.: 72. 1845. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Brachyrhynchae L.H.Bailey) Bailey, L. H. (1885). Carex L. In Coulter, J.M. (ed.). Manual of the Botany of the Rocky Mountain Region. 370-397., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22138635
page(s): 378 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Macroglossae Akiyama) Akiyama, S. (1955). Carices of the Far Eastern region of Asia. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 257 pp.
page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Carex sect. Pilosae Asch. & Graebn.) Ascherson, P.; Graebner, P. (1902-1904). Cyperaceae. In: V.V.W. Engelmann (ed). Synopsis der Mitteleuropaïschen Flora 2: 1-347. Druck der königl. Universitäts-Druckerei von H. Stürtz, Wüzburg., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25150622
page(s): 133 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Vaginatae 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): 284 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Laxiflorae 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): 452 [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 Lu, Y.; Benítez‐Benítez, C.; Yano, O.; Ikeda, H.; Jung, S.; Kim, S.; Jiménez‐Mejías, P.; Jin, X. (2025). East Asia–eastern North America disjunction revisited: Possible westward colonization route via the Western Palearctic in <i>Carex</i> sect. <i>Paniceae</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>Journal of Systematics and Evolution.</em> 63(4): 974-987., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13174
note: Biogeography of Carex sect. Paniceae [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
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taxonomy source Lu, Y.; Benítez‐Benítez, C.; Yano, O.; Ikeda, H.; Jung, S.; Kim, S.; Jiménez‐Mejías, P.; Jin, X. (2025). East Asia–eastern North America disjunction revisited: Possible westward colonization route via the Western Palearctic in <i>Carex</i> sect. <i>Paniceae</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>Journal of Systematics and Evolution.</em> 63(4): 974-987., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.13174
note: Biogeography of Carex sect. Paniceae [details] Available for editors
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