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. 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
- 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
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 2026-04-16
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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. 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]
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. 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. 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. 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]
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. 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. 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