Cyperaceae - Carex magellanica Lam.

Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex magellanica Lam.

AphiaID

1677603 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677603)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Carex sect. Limosae (Heuff.) Meinsh.

Original name

Carex magellanica Lam.

Synonymised names

Carex atrata subsp. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb. · unaccepted

Carex atrata var. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb. · unaccepted

Carex limosa var. magellanica (Lam.) Fiori · unaccepted

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Subspecies Carex magellanica subsp. irrigua (Wahlenb.) Hiitonen
Subspecies Carex magellanica subsp. magellanica Lam.
Forma Carex magellanica f. brevisquama (Fernald) B.Boivin accepted as Carex connectens Holmb. represented as Carex ×connectens Holmb.
Forma Carex magellanica f. stygigena Holmb. accepted as Carex magellanica subsp. irrigua (Wahlenb.) Hiitonen
Forma Carex magellanica f. virescens Holmb. accepted as Carex magellanica subsp. irrigua (Wahlenb.) Hiitonen
Subspecies Carex magellanica subsp. planitiei (Asch. & Graebn.) W.Schultze-Motel accepted as Carex magellanica subsp. irrigua (Wahlenb.) Hiitonen
Variety Carex magellanica var. irrigua (Wahlenb.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. accepted as Carex magellanica subsp. irrigua (Wahlenb.) Hiitonen
Variety Carex magellanica var. planitiei Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex magellanica subsp. irrigua (Wahlenb.) Hiitonen

Environment

terrestrial

Original description

Lamarck, J. B. P. (1792). <em>Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique.</em> 3(2)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/721828#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): 385 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Encycl. 3: 385 1792 to Encycl. 3: 385 (1792), information provided by...

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Encycl. 3: 385 1792 to Encycl. 3: 385 (1792), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in The Pla [details]

Taxonomic citation

Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex magellanica Lam.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677603 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-09-06 07:28:28Z

created

Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro

2024-12-10 11:47:54Z

unchecked

db_admin

2025-03-11 11:19:03Z

changed

Márquez-Corro, José Ignacio

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Lamarck, J. B. P. (1792). <em>Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique.</em> 3(2)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/721828#page/3/mode/1up
page(s): 385 [details]

basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Isotype P 00306873, geounit Chile South [details]

From editor or global species database

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (174 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex magellanica)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex limosa var. magellanica (Lam.) Fiori)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex atrata var. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb.)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex atrata subsp. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex atrata var. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex limosa var. magellanica (Lam.) Fiori)
To Plants of the World Online