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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex sect. Psyllophorae (Degland) W.D.J.Koch

1871298 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1871298)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Viridiplantae (Subkingdom)
  4. Streptophyta (Infrakingdom)
  5. Tracheophyta (Phylum (Division))
  6. Spermatophytina (Subphylum (Subdivision))
  7. Magnoliopsida (Class)
  8. Lilianae (Superorder)
  9. Poales (Order)
  10. Cyperaceae (Family)
  11. Cyperoideae (Subfamily)
  12. Cariceae (Tribe)
  13. Carex (Genus)
  14. Carex subg. Psyllophorae (Subgenus)
  15. Carex sect. Psyllophorae (Section)
accepted
Section
Carex psyllophora L.f. accepted as Carex pulicaris L.
Carex subg. Psyllophorae (Degland) Peterm.
Carex sect. Caryotheca V.I.Krecz. ex T.V.Egorova · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Caryotheca V.I.Krecz. · unaccepted (diagnosis in Russian)
Carex sect. Illegitimae Christ · unaccepted > invalid name (nomen nudum)
Carex sect. Illegitimae Trab. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Oedipostylae (Duval-Jouve) Rouy · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Psyllophora F.Muell. · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Carex sect. Pulicariae G.Don · unaccepted (nomen superfluum)

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  1. Species Carex distachya Desf.
  2. Species Carex illegitima Ces.
  3. Species Carex macrostylos Lapeyr.
  4. Species Carex oedipostyla Duval-Jouve
  5. Species Carex peregrina Link
  6. Species Carex phyllostachys C.A.Mey.
  7. Species Carex pulicaris L.
  8. Species Carex ambigua Link accepted as Carex oedipostyla Duval-Jouve
  9. Species Carex bina Schkuhr accepted as Carex distachya Desf.
  10. Species Carex decipiens J.Gay accepted as Carex macrostylos Lapeyr.
  11. Species Carex dimorpha Brot. accepted as Carex distachya subsp. distachya
  12. Species Carex distachya Willd. accepted as Carex distachya Desf.
  13. Species Carex guthnickiana J.Gay accepted as Carex peregrina Link
  14. Species Carex gynandra Sieber ex Kunth accepted as Carex distachya subsp. distachya
  15. Species Carex gynomane Bertol. accepted as Carex distachya subsp. distachya
  16. Species Carex latisquama (Cuatrec.) Pau accepted as Carex distachya subsp. distachya
  17. Species Carex linkii Willd. accepted as Carex distachya subsp. distachya
  18. Species Carex longiseta Brot. accepted as Carex distachya subsp. distachya
  19. Species Carex muelleri Steud. accepted as Carex distachya subsp. distachya
  20. Species Carex naufragii Hochst. & Steud. accepted as Carex illegitima Ces.
  21. Species Carex oliveriana J.Gay ex Boiss. accepted as Carex illegitima Ces.
  22. Species Carex olyssiponensis Steud. accepted as Carex distachya subsp. distachya
  23. Species Carex pharensis Vis. accepted as Carex illegitima Ces.
  24. Species Carex psyllophora L.f. accepted as Carex pulicaris L.
  25. Species Carex sagittifera Lowe accepted as Carex peregrina Link
  26. Species Carex sarda Link accepted as Carex distachya subsp. distachya
  27. Species Carex tuberosa Degl. accepted as Carex distachya subsp. distachya
  28. Species Carex valesiaca Wahlenb. accepted as Carex oedipostyla Duval-Jouve
terrestrial
Not documented
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Psyllophorae (Degland) W.D.J.Koch. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1871298 on 2026-08-12
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2026-02-27 12:08:06Z
created
Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro
2026-04-23 11:11:45Z
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Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro
2026-05-05 15:14:54Z
changed
Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro

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Nomenclature

original description (of Carex sect. Caryotheca V.I.Krecz. ex T.V.Egorova) Egorova, T. V. (1987). Generis Carex L. (Cyperaceae) sectiones et subsectiones novae. Novosti Sistematiki Vysshikh Rastenii, 24: 42-45.
page(s): 42 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Caryotheca 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): 357 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Homostachyae O.Lang) 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): 489 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Pulicariae G.Don) 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 Carex sect. Illegitimae Christ) Christ, H. (1885). Noveau catalogue des Carex d'Europe. <em>Bulletin de la Société royale de botanique de Belgique.</em> 24(2): 10-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3181331
page(s): 12 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Illegitimae Trab.) Battandier, J. A. & Trabut, L. C. (1895). Flore de l'Algerie. [Ancienne flore d'Alger transformée], contenant la description de toutes les plantes signalées jusqu'à ce jour comme spontanèes en Algérie / par Battandier et Trabut professeurs à l'École de Mèdecine et de Pharmacie d'Alger. Monocotylédones. 2., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/10767/?offset=#page=3&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=
page(s): 104 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Oedipostylae (Duval-Jouve) Rouy) Duval-Jouve, J. (1870). Mémoires de la Section des Sciences; Academie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier. 7.
page(s): 440; note: This is the original description for the original name Oedipostylae ["Oedipostyla"] Duval-Jouve in Mém. Sect. Sci. Acad. Sci. Montpellier 7: 440. 1870. [unranked], which cannot be added to the databa...    
This is the original description for the original name Oedipostylae ["Oedipostyla"] Duval-Jouve in Mém. Sect. Sci. Acad. Sci. Montpellier 7: 440. 1870. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point.
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new combination reference Schrader, H. A. (1806). Flora Germanica. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6083888#page/10/mode/1up
page(s): 747 [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  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

Identification resource

identification resource Terlević, A.; Koopman, J.; Więcław, H.; Rešetnik, I.; Bogdanović, S. (2020). Carex phyllostachys (Cyperaceae), a new species in Croatia. <em>Acta botanica Croatica.</em> 80(1): 106-111., available online at https://doi.org/10.37427/botcro-2021-002 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

From editor or global species database
Original Combination Original name: Psyllophorae Degland in Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, Fl. Gallica, ed. 2, 2: 282. 1828. [unranked] [details]
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sect. Caryotheca V.I.Krecz. ex T.V.Egorova)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sect. Psyllophora F.Muell.)
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