Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex sect. Stellulatae Kunth
1871267 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1871267)
accepted
Section
Carex sect. Astrostachyae Holm · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Echinatae (O.Lang. ) Rouy · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Elongatae Kunth · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Leptovignea (Börner) V.I.Krecz. · unaccepted (nomen superfluum)
Vignea sect. Stellulatae (Kunth) Heuff. · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
- Species Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex echinata Murray
- Species Carex elongata L.
- Species Carex exilis Dewey
- Species Carex interior L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex omiana Franch. & Sav.
- Species Carex ruthii Mack.
- Species Carex seorsa Howe
- Species Carex sterilis Willd.
- Species Carex townsendii Mack.
- Species Carex turumiquirensis Steyerm.
- Species Carex wiegandii Mack.
- Species Carex angustior Mack. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex basilata Ohwi accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex caflischii Brügger accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex cephalantha (L.H.Bailey) E.P.Bicknell accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex convexa Kit. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex delicatula E.P.Bicknell accepted as Carex atlantica subsp. capillacea (L.H.Bailey) Reznicek
- Species Carex divergens Thuill. accepted as Carex elongata L.
- Species Carex elachycarpa Fernald accepted as Carex sterilis Willd.
- Species Carex fasciculata Willd. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex fasciculata Link ex Schkuhr accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex gajonum Nelmes accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex gasparrinii Parl. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex gebhardii Willd. accepted as Carex elongata L.
- Species Carex grypos Schkuhr accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex hawaiiensis H.St.John accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex howei Mack. accepted as Carex atlantica subsp. capillacea (L.H.Bailey) Reznicek
- Species Carex hydrophila Dumort. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex incomperta E.P.Bicknell accepted as Carex atlantica subsp. atlantica
- Species Carex josselynii (Fernald) Mack. ex Pease accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex laricina Mack. ex Bright accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex leersii Willd. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex leptophylla Heuff. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex minganinsularum Raymond accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex mohriana Mack. accepted as Carex atlantica subsp. capillacea (L.H.Bailey) Reznicek
- Species Carex multiceps Gaudin accepted as Carex elongata L.
- Species Carex multiculmis Ehrh. accepted as Carex elongata L.
- Species Carex muricata Huds. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex muricata Leers accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex ohwii Masam. accepted as Carex omiana var. yakushimana Ohwi
- Species Carex ormantha (Fernald) Mack. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex perileia S.T.Blake accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex phyllomanica W.Boott accepted as Carex echinata subsp. phyllomanica (W.Boott) Reznicek
- Species Carex pinnata Moench ex Rchb. accepted as Carex elongata L.
- Species Carex provincialis Degl. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex rosaeoides Howe accepted as Carex seorsa Howe (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Carex scirpoides Schkuhr ex Willd. accepted as Carex interior L.H.Bailey
- Species Carex serrulata Mutel accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex stellulata Gooden. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
- Species Carex svenonis Skottsb. accepted as Carex echinata subsp. echinata
terrestrial
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): 399 [details]
page(s): 399 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Stellulatae Kunth. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1871267 on 2026-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 399 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Echinatae (O.Lang. ) Rouy) Lang, O.F. (1851). Caricineae Germanicae et Scandinavicae. <em>Linnaea.</em> 24: 481-624., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35226873
page(s): 528; note: This is the original description for the original name Echinatae O.Lang. in Linnaea 24: 528. 1851. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Astrostachyae Holm) Holm, T. (1901). Studies in the Cyperaceae. XV. Caricis (Vigneae) astrostachyae. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> s4-11(63): 205-223., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/125114
page(s): 215 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Elongatae 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): 402 [details]
page(s): 399 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Echinatae (O.Lang. ) Rouy) Lang, O.F. (1851). Caricineae Germanicae et Scandinavicae. <em>Linnaea.</em> 24: 481-624., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35226873
page(s): 528; note: This is the original description for the original name Echinatae O.Lang. in Linnaea 24: 528. 1851. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Astrostachyae Holm) Holm, T. (1901). Studies in the Cyperaceae. XV. Caricis (Vigneae) astrostachyae. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> s4-11(63): 205-223., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/125114
page(s): 215 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Elongatae 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): 402 [details]