Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex sect. Rhynchocystis Dumort.
1774352 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774352)
accepted
Section
Carex sect. Agastachys Ehrh. ex V.I.Krecz. · unaccepted > invalid name (No latin diagnosis after 1 January 1935)
Carex sect. Maximae (Asch.) Lemcke · unaccepted
Carex sect. Microcarpae Kük. · unaccepted
- Species Carex agastachys L.f.
- Species Carex bequaertii De Wild.
- Species Carex leviosa Míguez, Jim.Mejías, H.Schaef. & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex microcarpa Bertol. ex Moris
- Species Carex pendula Huds.
- Species Carex penduliformis Cherm.
- Species Carex sequeirae Míguez, Jim.Mejías, Ben.Benítez & Martín-Bravo
terrestrial
Dumortier, B. C. (1827). Florula Belgica, operis majoris prodromus. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63004985#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Rhynchocystis Dumort.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774352 on 2026-04-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Dumortier, B. C. (1827). Florula Belgica, operis majoris prodromus. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63004985#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Agastachys Ehrh. ex V.I.Krecz.) Kreczetowicz, V. (1935). Carex. , In: Komarov, V.(ed.), Flora USSR 3: 111-464., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30059115#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 419 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Maximae (Asch.) Lemcke) Ascherson, P. F. A. (1864). Flora der Provinz Brandenburg, der Altmark und des Herzogthums Magdeburg. Zum Gebrauche in Schulen und auf Exkursionen / bearbeitet von Dr. Paul Ascherson. Erste Abtheilung. , available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/12097/?offset=
page(s): 784; note: This is the original description for the original name Maximae Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 1(2): 784. 1864. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Microcarpae Kük.) Kükenthal, G. (1899). Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. <em>Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik.</em> 27(4)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/209671
page(s): 540 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Agastachys Ehrh. ex V.I.Krecz.) Kreczetowicz, V. (1935). Carex. , In: Komarov, V.(ed.), Flora USSR 3: 111-464., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30059115#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 419 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Maximae (Asch.) Lemcke) Ascherson, P. F. A. (1864). Flora der Provinz Brandenburg, der Altmark und des Herzogthums Magdeburg. Zum Gebrauche in Schulen und auf Exkursionen / bearbeitet von Dr. Paul Ascherson. Erste Abtheilung. , available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/12097/?offset=
page(s): 784; note: This is the original description for the original name Maximae Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 1(2): 784. 1864. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Microcarpae Kük.) Kükenthal, G. (1899). Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. <em>Botanische Jahrbücher fur Systematik.</em> 27(4)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/209671
page(s): 540 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Míguez, M.; Spencer, M. A.; Jarvis, C. E.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2017). Typification of 18th Century names in <i>Carex</i> sect. <i>Rhynchocystis</i> (Cyperaceae): <i>Carex pendula</i> and allies. <em>TAXON.</em> 66(4): 973-975., available online at https://doi.org/10.12705/664.12 [details]
taxonomy source Míguez, M.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Benítez-Benítez, C.; Schaefer, H.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2021). Systematics of the Giant Sedges of <i>Carex</i> Sect. <i>Rhynchocystis</i> (Cyperaceae) in Macaronesia with Description of Two New Species. <em>Systematic Botany.</em> 46(2): 304-320., available online at https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421x16231782047442 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Míguez, M.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2018). Reconciling morphology and phylogeny allows an integrative taxonomic revision of the giant sedges of Carex section Rhynchocystis (Cyperaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 188(1): 34-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/BOTLINNEAN/BOY040 [details]
taxonomy source Míguez, M.; Gehrke, B.; Maguilla, E.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2017). Carex sect. Rhynchocystis (Cyperaceae): a Miocene subtropical relict in the Western Palaearctic showing a dispersal-derived Rand Flora pattern. Journal of Biogeography, 44(10): 2211-2224., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13027 [details]
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]
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]
taxonomy source Sanz‐Arnal, M.; Benítez‐Benítez, C.; Miguez, M.; Jiménez‐Mejías, P.; Martín‐Bravo, S. (2022). Are Cenozoic relict species also climatic relicts? Insights from the macroecological evolution of the giant sedges of <i>Carex</i> sect. <i>Rhynchocystis</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>American Journal of Botany.</em> 109(1): 115-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1788 [details]
taxonomy source Míguez, M.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Benítez-Benítez, C.; Schaefer, H.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2021). Systematics of the Giant Sedges of <i>Carex</i> Sect. <i>Rhynchocystis</i> (Cyperaceae) in Macaronesia with Description of Two New Species. <em>Systematic Botany.</em> 46(2): 304-320., available online at https://doi.org/10.1600/036364421x16231782047442 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Míguez, M.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2018). Reconciling morphology and phylogeny allows an integrative taxonomic revision of the giant sedges of Carex section Rhynchocystis (Cyperaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 188(1): 34-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/BOTLINNEAN/BOY040 [details]
taxonomy source Míguez, M.; Gehrke, B.; Maguilla, E.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2017). Carex sect. Rhynchocystis (Cyperaceae): a Miocene subtropical relict in the Western Palaearctic showing a dispersal-derived Rand Flora pattern. Journal of Biogeography, 44(10): 2211-2224., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13027 [details]
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]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]taxonomy source Sanz‐Arnal, M.; Benítez‐Benítez, C.; Miguez, M.; Jiménez‐Mejías, P.; Martín‐Bravo, S. (2022). Are Cenozoic relict species also climatic relicts? Insights from the macroecological evolution of the giant sedges of <i>Carex</i> sect. <i>Rhynchocystis</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>American Journal of Botany.</em> 109(1): 115-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1788 [details]
