Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex sect. Racemosae G.Don
1774257 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774257)
accepted
Section
Carex atrata L. (type by subsequent designation)
Carex sect. Alpinae C.B.Clarke · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Atratae Heuff. · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Carex sect. Loxanisa (Raf.) V.I.Krecz. · unaccepted (nomen superfluum)
Carex sect. Loxaniza (Raf.) V.I.Krecz. · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (nomen superfluum)
Carex sect. Melananthae (Drejer) Kük · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Carex sect. Melanostachyae Tuck. ex L.H.Bailey · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Carex sect. Vigneaeformes Ambrosi · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (nomen superfluum)
Carex sect. Vigneiformes Ambrosi · unaccepted (nomen superfluum)
Carex subsect. Melanostachyae Tuck. · unaccepted > invalid name (nomen nudum)
Loxanisa Raf. · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
- Species Carex ×candrianii Kneuck.
- Species Carex ×montanoaltaica Zolot.
- Species Carex ×payettei J.Cay.
- Species Carex ×quirponensis Fernald
- Species Carex aboriginum M.E.Jones
- Species Carex adelostoma V.I.Krecz.
- Species Carex agglomerata C.B.Clarke
- Species Carex albonigra Mack.
- Species Carex aristulifera P.C.Li
- Species Carex aterrima Hoppe
- Species Carex atrata L.
- Species Carex atratiformis Britton
- Species Carex atrofuscoides K.T.Fu
- Species Carex atropicta Steud.
- Species Carex atrosquama Mack.
- Species Carex bella L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex bijiangensis S.Yun Liang & S.R.Zhang
- Species Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb.
- Species Carex caucasica Steven
- Species Carex chalciolepis Holm
- Species Carex giraudiasii H.Lév.
- Species Carex gmelinii Hook. & Arn.
- Species Carex gracilenta Boott ex Boeckeler
- Species Carex hallii Olney
- Species Carex hancockiana Maxim.
- Species Carex hartmaniorum A.Cajander
- Species Carex helleri Mack.
- Species Carex heteroneura W.Boott
- Species Carex heterostachya Bunge
- Species Carex holmgreniorum Reznicek & D.F.Murray
- Species Carex holostoma Drejer
- Species Carex hypsipedos C.B.Clarke
- Species Carex idahoa L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex infuscata Nees
- Species Carex kansuensis Nelmes
- Species Carex lehmannii Drejer
- Species Carex macrostigmatica Kük.
- Species Carex malmei Kalela
- Species Carex media R.Br.
- Species Carex melanantha C.A.Mey.
- Species Carex melananthiformis Litv.
- Species Carex melanocephala Turcz.
- Species Carex minxianensis S.Yun Liang
- Species Carex monodynama (Griseb.) G.A.Wheeler
- Species Carex montis-wutaii T.Koyama
- Species Carex moorcroftii Falc. ex Boott
- Species Carex nelsonii Mack.
- Species Carex nigerrima Nelmes
- Species Carex norvegica Retz.
- Species Carex nova L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex obliquitruncata Y.C.Tang & S.Yun Liang
- Species Carex obscura Nees
- Species Carex oligantha Steud.
- Species Carex orestera Zika
- Species Carex parryana Dewey
- Species Carex parviflora Host
- Species Carex peiktusani Kom.
- Species Carex pelocarpa F.J.Herm.
- Species Carex phylloscirpoides Saldivia, S.Gebauer, Martín-Bravo & Jim.Mejías
- Species Carex polymascula P.C.Li
- Species Carex popovii V.I.Krecz.
- Species Carex praeclara Nelmes
- Species Carex pseudobicolor Boeckeler
- Species Carex psychrophila Nees
- Species Carex raynoldsii Dewey
- Species Carex sabulosa Turcz. ex Kunth
- Species Carex schneideri Nelmes
- Species Carex serratodens S.Watson
- Species Carex serreana Hand.-Mazz.
- Species Carex sinosupina Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin
- Species Carex specuicola J.T.Howell
- Species Carex stevenii (Holm) Kalela
- Species Carex tatjanae Malyschev
- Species Carex utahensis Reznicek & D.F.Murray
- Species Carex pachyandra C.B.Clarke (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Carex echinus Ohwi accepted as Carex agglomerata C.B.Clarke (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Species Carex heteroneura S.Watson accepted as Carex heteroneura W.Boott
- Species Carex melananthaeformis Litv. accepted as Carex melananthiformis Litv. (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Carex provotii Franch. accepted as Carex heterostachya Bunge (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
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. Racemosae G.Don. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774257 on 2026-05-13
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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 Loxanisa 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): 25 [details]
original description (of Carex subsect. Melanostachyae Tuck.) Tuckerman, E. (1843). Enumeratio Methodica Caricum Quarundam.
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Melananthae (Drejer) Kük) 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 Melananthae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 9. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Atratae 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): 116 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Alpinae C.B.Clarke) Clarke, C. B. (1908). New genera and species of Cyperaceae. <em>Bulletin of miscellaneous information. Additional Series.</em> 8: 1-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104847
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Vigneaeformes Ambrosi) Ambrosi, F. (1854). Flora del Tirolo meridionale. 1., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=QDpEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=es&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 304 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Melanostachyae Tuck. ex 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): 386 [details]
page(s): 376 [details]
original description (of Loxanisa 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): 25 [details]
original description (of Carex subsect. Melanostachyae Tuck.) Tuckerman, E. (1843). Enumeratio Methodica Caricum Quarundam.
page(s): 11 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Melananthae (Drejer) Kük) 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 Melananthae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 9. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Atratae 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): 116 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Alpinae C.B.Clarke) Clarke, C. B. (1908). New genera and species of Cyperaceae. <em>Bulletin of miscellaneous information. Additional Series.</em> 8: 1-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104847
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Vigneaeformes Ambrosi) Ambrosi, F. (1854). Flora del Tirolo meridionale. 1., available online at https://books.google.es/books?id=QDpEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=es&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 304 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Melanostachyae Tuck. ex 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): 386 [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.; Saldivia, P.; Gebauer, S.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2021). A new remarkable dwarf sedge (Carex phylloscirpoides, Cyperaceae) from Northern Chile, with insights on the evolution of austral Carex section Racemosae. Systematic Botany, 46(1): 34-47., available online at https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421x16128061189567 [details]
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.; Saldivia, P.; Gebauer, S.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2021). A new remarkable dwarf sedge (Carex phylloscirpoides, Cyperaceae) from Northern Chile, with insights on the evolution of austral Carex section Racemosae. Systematic Botany, 46(1): 34-47., available online at https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421x16128061189567 [details]
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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subsequent type designation
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]
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Loxanisa Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex subsect. Melanostachyae Tuck.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Loxanisa Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex subsect. Melanostachyae Tuck.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Loxanisa Raf.)
