Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex sect. Schoenoxiphium Baill.
1871264 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1871264)
accepted
Section
Hemicarex Benth. · unaccepted
Schoenoxiphium Nees · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Schoenoxiphium sect. Evaginatae C.B.Clarke · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Schoenoxiphium sect. Schoenoxiphium · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Schoenoxiphium sect. Vaginatae C.B.Clarke · unaccepted
- Species Carex acocksii C.Archer
- Species Carex badilloi Luceño & Márq.-Corro
- Species Carex basutorum (Turrill) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex bolusii C.B.Clarke
- Species Carex burkei (C.B.Clarke) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex capensis Thunb.
- Species Carex chermezonii Luceño & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex distincta (Kukkonen) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex dregeana Kunth
- Species Carex esenbeckiana Boeckeler
- Species Carex gordon-grayae Luceño, Márq.-Corro & Sánchez-Villegas
- Species Carex killickii Nelmes
- Species Carex kukkoneniana Luceño & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex lancea (Thunb.) Baill.
- Species Carex ludwigii (Hochst.) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex multispiculata Luceño & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex perdensa (Kukkonen) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex pseudorufa Luceño & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex schweickerdtii (Merxm. & Podlech) Luceño & Martín-Bravo
- Species Carex sciocapensis Luceño, Márq.-Corro & Sánchez-Villegas
- Species Carex spartea Wahlenb.
- Species Carex parvirufa Luceño & Márq.-Corro accepted as Carex bolusii C.B.Clarke
- Species Carex schimperiana Boeckeler accepted as Carex spartea Wahlenb.
- Species Carex uhligii K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke accepted as Carex esenbeckiana Boeckeler
terrestrial
Baillon, H. (1894). Histoire des Plantes. XII. Cyperaceae. , Paris. p. 335-382., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32083694
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page(s): 345 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Schoenoxiphium Baill.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1871264 on 2026-06-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Baillon, H. (1894). Histoire des Plantes. XII. Cyperaceae. , Paris. p. 335-382., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32083694
page(s): 345 [details]
original description (of Schoenoxiphium sect. Vaginatae C.B.Clarke) Clarke, C. B. (1883). On Hemicarex Benth., and its allies. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 20: 374-403., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/236958#page/381/mode/1up
page(s): 386 [details]
original description (of Schoenoxiphium sect. Evaginatae C.B.Clarke) Clarke, C. B. (1883). On Hemicarex Benth., and its allies. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 20: 374-403., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/236958#page/381/mode/1up
page(s): 388 [details]
original description (of Hemicarex Benth.) Bentham, G. (1881). Notes on Cyperaceae; with special reference to Lestiboudois's "Essai" on Beauvois's genera. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany, 18: 360-367., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1881.tb01259.x
page(s): 367 [details]
original description (of Schoenoxiphium Nees) Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1832). Cyperaceae Capenses Ecklonianae. In: von Schlechtendal, D.F.L. (ed.), Linnaea: Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 7. Missouri Botanical Garden. pp. 491-537., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/98492#page/493/mode/1up
page(s): 531 [details]
page(s): 345 [details]
original description (of Schoenoxiphium sect. Vaginatae C.B.Clarke) Clarke, C. B. (1883). On Hemicarex Benth., and its allies. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 20: 374-403., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/236958#page/381/mode/1up
page(s): 386 [details]
original description (of Schoenoxiphium sect. Evaginatae C.B.Clarke) Clarke, C. B. (1883). On Hemicarex Benth., and its allies. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany.</em> 20: 374-403., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/236958#page/381/mode/1up
page(s): 388 [details]
original description (of Hemicarex Benth.) Bentham, G. (1881). Notes on Cyperaceae; with special reference to Lestiboudois's "Essai" on Beauvois's genera. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany, 18: 360-367., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1881.tb01259.x
page(s): 367 [details]
original description (of Schoenoxiphium Nees) Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. (1832). Cyperaceae Capenses Ecklonianae. In: von Schlechtendal, D.F.L. (ed.), Linnaea: Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange 7. Missouri Botanical Garden. pp. 491-537., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/98492#page/493/mode/1up
page(s): 531 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Helme, N. A.; Luceño, M.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2020). The systematic position of the enigmatic rare South African endemic <i>Carex acocksii</i>: Its relevance on the biogeography and evolution of <i>Carex</i> sect. <i>Schoenoxiphium</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>South African Journal of Botany.</em> 131: 475-483., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.03.027 [details] Available for editors 
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taxonomy source Luceño, M.; Villaverde, T.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Sánchez-Villegas, R.; Maguilla, E.; Escudero, M.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Sánchez-Villegas, M.; Miguez, M.; Benítez-Benítez, C.; Muasya, A. M.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2021). An integrative monograph of <i>Carex</i> section <i>Schoenoxiphium</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e11336., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11336 [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Global Carex Group. (2015). Making <i>Carex</i> monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(1): 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12298 [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Villaverde, T.; Maguilla, E.; Escudero, M.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Gehrke, B.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Luceño, M. (2017). New insights into the systematics of the schoenoxiphium clade (Carex, cyperaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences, 178(4): 320-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/691144 [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]
[request]taxonomy source Luceño, M.; Villaverde, T.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Sánchez-Villegas, R.; Maguilla, E.; Escudero, M.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Sánchez-Villegas, M.; Miguez, M.; Benítez-Benítez, C.; Muasya, A. M.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2021). An integrative monograph of <i>Carex</i> section <i>Schoenoxiphium</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e11336., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11336 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Global Carex Group. (2015). Making <i>Carex</i> monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(1): 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12298 [details] Available for editors
[request]taxonomy source Villaverde, T.; Maguilla, E.; Escudero, M.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Gehrke, B.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Luceño, M. (2017). New insights into the systematics of the schoenoxiphium clade (Carex, cyperaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences, 178(4): 320-329., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/691144 [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
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additional source
Gehrke, B.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Muasya, M.; Luceño, M. (2010). Monophyly, phylogenetic position and the role of hybridization in Schoenoxiphium Nees (Cariceae, Cyperaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56(1): 380-392., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.036
note: Pioneer phylogeny [details]
additional source Luceño, M.; Villaverde, T.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Sánchez-Villegas, R.; Maguilla, E.; Escudero, M.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Sánchez-Villegas, M.; Miguez, M.; Benítez-Benítez, C.; Muasya, A. M.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2021). An integrative monograph of <i>Carex</i> section <i>Schoenoxiphium</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e11336., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11336
note: Phylogenomics, phylogenetics, cytogenetics, taxonomy, id keys [details] Available for editors [request]
note: Pioneer phylogeny [details]
additional source Luceño, M.; Villaverde, T.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Sánchez-Villegas, R.; Maguilla, E.; Escudero, M.; Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Sánchez-Villegas, M.; Miguez, M.; Benítez-Benítez, C.; Muasya, A. M.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2021). An integrative monograph of <i>Carex</i> section <i>Schoenoxiphium</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e11336., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11336
note: Phylogenomics, phylogenetics, cytogenetics, taxonomy, id keys [details] Available for editors
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To Genbank (from synonym Schoenoxiphium Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Hemicarex Benth.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Hemicarex Benth.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenoxiphium Nees)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Hemicarex Benth.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Schoenoxiphium Nees)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Hemicarex Benth.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Schoenoxiphium Nees)
