Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex sect. Africanae C.B.Clarke
1871603 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1871603)
accepted
Section
Anithista Raf. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Anithista (Raf.) V.I.Krecz. · unaccepted > superseded combination
Carex sect. Elatae Kük. · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
- Species Carex ×deserta Merino
- Species Carex aethiopica Schkuhr
- Species Carex bermudiana Hemsl.
- Species Carex binervis Sm.
- Species Carex borbonica Lam.
- Species Carex boryana Schkuhr
- Species Carex brunnipes Reznicek
- Species Carex burchelliana Boeckeler
- Species Carex camposii Boiss. & Reut.
- Species Carex catharinensis Boeckeler
- Species Carex cilicica Boiss.
- Species Carex clavata Thunb.
- Species Carex dianae Steud.
- Species Carex distentiformis F.J.Herm.
- Species Carex elgonensis Nelmes
- Species Carex evadens S.González & Reznicek
- Species Carex fischeri K.Schum.
- Species Carex fissirostris Ball
- Species Carex fructus Reznicek
- Species Carex fuscula d'Urv.
- Species Carex greenwayi Nelmes
- Species Carex gunniana Boott
- Species Carex helodes Link
- Species Carex hochstetteriana J.Gay ex Seub.
- Species Carex humbertii Cherm.
- Species Carex laevicaulis Hochst. ex Seub.
- Species Carex laevigata Sm.
- Species Carex lowei Bech.
- Species Carex mairei Coss. & Germ.
- Species Carex mannii E.A.Bruce
- Species Carex mildbraediana Kük.
- Species Carex modesti M.Escudero, Martín-Bravo & Jim.Mejías
- Species Carex musei Steud.
- Species Carex paulo-vargasii Luceño & Marín
- Species Carex perraudieriana (Kük. ex Bornm.) Gay ex Kük.
- Species Carex petitiana A.Rich.
- Species Carex punctata Gaudin
- Species Carex rhynchoperigynium S.D.Jones & Reznicek
- Species Carex simensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Species Carex thouarsii Carmich.
- Species Carex uluguruensis Luceño & M.Escudero
- Species Carex vallis-rosetto K.Schum.
- Species Carex conspicua Boott ex C.B.Clarke (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Carex tenuirostris Boeckeler (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
terrestrial
Clarke, C. B. (1908). New genera and species of Cyperaceae. <em>Bulletin of miscellaneous information. Additional Series.</em> 8: 1-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104847
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Africanae C.B.Clarke. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1871603 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Clarke, C. B. (1908). New genera and species of Cyperaceae. <em>Bulletin of miscellaneous information. Additional Series.</em> 8: 1-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104847
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Anithista Raf.) Rafinesque. C. S. (1840). Botany. The natural family of Carexides in - the good book, and amenities of nature, or Annuals of historical and natural sciences. Containing selections of observations, researches and novelities in all the branches of physical and historical knowledge, with letters of eminent authors--chiefly on zoology, botany, agronomy, geognosy, ethonography...or organized beings and fossils, nations and languages. , available online at https://archive.org/details/101203231.nlm.nih.gov/page/22/mode/2up
page(s): 26 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Elatae Kük.) 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): 295 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Anithista Raf.) Rafinesque. C. S. (1840). Botany. The natural family of Carexides in - the good book, and amenities of nature, or Annuals of historical and natural sciences. Containing selections of observations, researches and novelities in all the branches of physical and historical knowledge, with letters of eminent authors--chiefly on zoology, botany, agronomy, geognosy, ethonography...or organized beings and fossils, nations and languages. , available online at https://archive.org/details/101203231.nlm.nih.gov/page/22/mode/2up
page(s): 26 [details]
original description (of Carex sect. Elatae Kük.) 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): 295 [details]
Other
subsequent type designation
Clarke, C. B. (1908). New genera and species of Cyperaceae. <em>Bulletin of miscellaneous information. Additional Series.</em> 8: 1-196., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104847
page(s): 146 [details]
page(s): 146 [details]
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Anithista Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sect. Elatae Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Anithista Raf.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex sect. Elatae Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Anithista Raf.)
