Cyperaceae name details
Carex sect. Melananthae (Drejer) Kük.
1871706 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1871706)
unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Section
Carex atrata L. (type by subsequent designation)
terrestrial
Drejer, S. (1844). Symbolae caricologicae ad synonymiam caricum extricandam stabiliendamque et affinitates naturales eruendas.
page(s): 9; note: This is the original description for the original name Melananthae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 9. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
page(s): 9; note: This is the original description for the original name Melananthae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 9. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Melananthae (Drejer) Kük.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1871706 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Drejer, S. (1844). Symbolae caricologicae ad synonymiam caricum extricandam stabiliendamque et affinitates naturales eruendas.
page(s): 9; note: This is the original description for the original name Melananthae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 9. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
new combination reference Kükenthal, G. ((1899)1900). Die Carex-Vegetation des aussertropischen Südamerika (ausgenommen Paraguay und Südbrasilien). <em>Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.</em> 27: 485-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/210229#page/499/mode/1up
page(s): 519 [details]
page(s): 9; note: This is the original description for the original name Melananthae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 9. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
new combination reference Kükenthal, G. ((1899)1900). Die Carex-Vegetation des aussertropischen Südamerika (ausgenommen Paraguay und Südbrasilien). <em>Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.</em> 27: 485-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/210229#page/499/mode/1up
page(s): 519 [details]
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subsequent type designation
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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Original Combination Original name: Melananthae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 9. 1844. [unranked] [details]
