Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex sect. Fecundae Kük.
1774270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774270)
accepted
Section
- Species Carex artoriasii Lois, Jim.Mejías, Acedo, S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex aureochiapensis Lois, Jim.Mejías, Acedo, S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex breedlovei Reznicek & S.González
- Species Carex canoi Jim.Mejías & Escudero,
- Species Carex caribea Jim.Mejías, Lois & Acedo
- Species Carex catamarcensis C.B.Clarke ex Kük.
- Species Carex catrina Lois, Jim.Mejías, Acedo, S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex chordalis Liebm.
- Species Carex colombiana Jim.Mejías, Lois, Acedo & A.Cano
- Species Carex comolaflor Lois, Jim.Mejías, Acedo, S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex cortesii Liebm.
- Species Carex crassiflora Kük.
- Species Carex david-smithii Reznicek
- Species Carex donnell-smithii L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex fecunda Steud.
- Species Carex galeottiana C.A.Mey.
- Species Carex jamesonii Boott
- Species Carex jovis C.B.Clarke
- Species Carex lapazensis C.B.Clarke
- Species Carex lehmanniana Boott
- Species Carex melanosperma Liebm.
- Species Carex mesoamericana Lois, Jim.Mejías, Acedo, S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex mikasae Lois, Reznicek, Jim.-Mejías, S.González & Acedo
- Species Carex nahuatl Lois, Jim.Mejías, Acedo, S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex orothanatica Lois, Acedo, Reznicek & Jim.Mejías
- Species Carex pachacutecii Jim.-Mejías, Lois, García-Moro, Martín-Bravo & A. Cano
- Species Carex perprava C.B.Clarke
- Species Carex pichinchensis Kunth
- Species Carex purepecha Lois, Jim.Mejías, Acedo, S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex regina Jim.-Mejías, Lois, Acedo & A.Cano
- Species Carex siguanabae Jim.Mejías, Acedo, Reznicek & Lois
- Species Carex spilocarpa Steud.
- Species Carex tepuyana Jim.Mejías, Lois & Reznicek
- Species Carex tojquianensis Standl. & Steyerm.
- Species Carex transmexicana Lois, Jim.Mejías, Acedo, S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex tuberculata Liebm.
- Species Carex tuxtleca Lois, Jim.Mejías, Acedo, S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex via-aquae Jim.Mejías, Lois, Acedo & Reznicek
- Species Carex xipetotecana Lois, Jim.Mejías, Acedo, S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex atrofusca Willd. ex Steud. accepted as Carex pichinchensis Kunth
- Species Carex atropurpurea Boeckeler accepted as Carex perprava C.B.Clarke (Nom. illeg. non C. atropurpurea Trevir (1863))
- Species Carex atrorufa Willd. ex Kunth accepted as Carex pichinchensis Kunth
- Species Carex ballsii Nelmes accepted as Carex tuberculata Liebm.
- Species Carex brunnescens Boeckeler accepted as Carex crassiflora Kük. (Nom. subs., non Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. (1813))
- Species Carex consors C.B.Clarke accepted as Carex tuberculata Liebm.
- Species Carex dura Boott accepted as Carex pichinchensis Kunth
- Species Carex ehrenbergiana Boeckeler accepted as Carex tuberculata Liebm.
- Species Carex fuscoatia Boeckeler accepted as Carex pichinchensis Kunth
- Species Carex fuscoatra Boecheler accepted as Carex pichinchensis Kunth
- Species Carex latibracteolata Kük. accepted as Carex catamarcensis C.B.Clarke ex Kük.
- Species Carex lemanniana Boott accepted as Carex lehmanniana Boott (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Carex maculata Liebm. accepted as Carex spilocarpa Steud.
- Species Carex obtusisquama (Gross) G.A.Wheeler & S.Beck accepted as Carex crassiflora Kük. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Species Carex pittieri Boeckeler accepted as Carex donnell-smithii L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex psilocarpa Steud. accepted as Carex spilocarpa Steud. (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Carex ruidana Boeckeler accepted as Carex pichinchensis Kunth
- Species Carex ruiziana Boeckeler accepted as Carex pichinchensis Kunth (nom. illeg., non C. ruiziana Boeckeler in Linnaea 39: 30 (1875))
- Species Carex sachapata Steud. accepted as Carex fuscoatra Boecheler accepted as Carex pichinchensis Kunth (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Carex saltaensis Gross accepted as Carex catamarcensis C.B.Clarke ex Kük. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Species Carex seditiosa Steud. accepted as Carex fecunda Steud. (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Carex tabina Steud. accepted as Carex pichinchensis Kunth (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
terrestrial
Kükenthal, G. (1909). Cyperaceae-Caricoidae. <em>Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetabilis conspectus.</em> 38, 4(20)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31618144
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page(s): 294 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Fecundae Kük.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774270 on 2026-08-20
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 294 [details]
page(s): 294 [details]
Taxonomy
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 Lois, R.; Reznicek, A. A.; González-Elizondo, M. S.; Cano, A.; Acedo, C.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2025). When basics are much needed: morphometric exploration of twenty-one known species of the Neotropical <i>Carex</i> sect. <i>Fecundae</i> (Cyperaceae) reveals eighteen neglected new species. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaf097 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
[request]taxonomy source Lois, R.; Reznicek, A. A.; González-Elizondo, M. S.; Cano, A.; Acedo, C.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2025). When basics are much needed: morphometric exploration of twenty-one known species of the Neotropical <i>Carex</i> sect. <i>Fecundae</i> (Cyperaceae) reveals eighteen neglected new species. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaf097 [details] Available for editors
[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
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Lois, R.; García Moro, P.; Morales Alonso, A.; Cano, A.; Dorr, L. J.; Escudero, M.; González-Elizondo, M. S.; Reznicek, A. A.; Ruiz-Sánchez, E.; Wen, J.; Acedo, C.; Jiménez Mejías, P. (2026). Shaped by mountains, driven by climate: the rise of the Neotropical
<i>Carex</i>
sect.
<i>Fecundae</i>. <em>Annals of Botany.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcag177 [details]
