Cyperaceae - Carex pendula Huds.

Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex pendula Huds.

AphiaID

1677927 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1677927)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Carex sect. Rhynchocystis Dumort.

Original name

Carex pendula Huds.

Synonymised names

Carex maxima Scop. · unaccepted

Carex pendula f. pallida Asch. & Graebn. · unaccepted

Carex tenuirostrata X.F.Jin, S.H.Jin & D.F.Wu · unaccepted

Manochlaenia pendula (Huds.) Fedde & J.Schust. · unaccepted

Trasus pendulus (Huds.) Gray · unaccepted

Trasus pendulus var. androgynus Gray · unaccepted

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Forma Carex pendula f. pallida Asch. & Graebn. accepted as Carex pendula Huds.
Subspecies Carex pendula subsp. agastachys (L.f.) Ljungstrand accepted as Carex agastachys L.f.
Subspecies Carex pendula subsp. welwitschii (Boiss. ex Steud.) K.Richt. accepted as Carex laevigata Sm.
Variety Carex pendula var. angustifolia (Albov) Kük. accepted as Carex agastachys L.f.
Variety Carex pendula var. myosuroides Boott accepted as Carex sequeirae Míguez, Jim.Mejías, Ben.Benítez & Martín-Bravo

Environment

terrestrial

Original description

Hudson, W. (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. pp. [i]-viii, [1- 8], 1-506, [1-22, ind.]. Londini [London]: Impensis auctoris: Prostant venales apud J. Nourse in the Strand, et C. Moran in Covent-Garden., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52504644
page(s): 352 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Great Britain

type locality contained in Great Britain [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Angl. (Hudson) 352; ed. 2, 411. 1762 to Fl. Angl. : 352 (1762),...

Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Fl. Angl. (Hudson) 352; ed. 2, 411. 1762 to Fl. Angl. : 352 (1762), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]

Taxonomic citation

Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex pendula Huds.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1677927 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2023-09-06 07:28:28Z

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Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro

2024-12-10 11:47:54Z

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2025-03-11 11:19:03Z

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Márquez-Corro, José Ignacio

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Hudson, W. (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. pp. [i]-viii, [1- 8], 1-506, [1-22, ind.]. Londini [London]: Impensis auctoris: Prostant venales apud J. Nourse in the Strand, et C. Moran in Covent-Garden., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52504644
page(s): 352 [details]

original description (of Carex maxima Scop.) Scopoli, G. A. (1771). Carex maxima. <em>Flora Carniolica : exhibens plantas Carnioliae indigenas et distributas in classes, genera, species, varietates, ordine Linnaeano.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58202516 [details]

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

Other

additional source Li, B. Z.; Zhang, S. R. (2024). An updated species checklist and taxonomic synopsis of Cyperaceae in China. <em>Biodiversity Science.</em> 32(7): 24106., available online at https://doi.org/10.17520/biods.2024106 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Epitype 5004, geounit Great Britain [details]

From editor or global species database

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Trasus pendulus (Huds.) Gray)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (300 publications) (from synonym Carex maxima Scop.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (629 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex pendula)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex tenuirostrata) (from synonym Carex tenuirostrata X.F.Jin, S.H.Jin & D.F.Wu)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Carex tenuirostrata X.F.Jin, S.H.Jin & D.F.Wu)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trasus pendulus var. androgynus Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex maxima Scop.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex tenuirostrata X.F.Jin, S.H.Jin & D.F.Wu)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Trasus pendulus (Huds.) Gray)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Manochlaenia pendula (Huds.) Fedde & J.Schust.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Manochlaenia pendula (Huds.) Fedde & J.Schust.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trasus pendulus (Huds.) Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Trasus pendulus var. androgynus Gray)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex tenuirostrata X.F.Jin, S.H.Jin & D.F.Wu)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex maxima Scop.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pendula f. pallida Asch. & Graebn.)