Cyperaceae name details
Carex sect. Spirostachyae (Drejer) L.H.Bailey
1700084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1700084)
unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Section
Carex extensa Gooden. (type by subsequent designation)
brackish, terrestrial
Drejer, S. (1844). Symbolae caricologicae ad synonymiam caricum extricandam stabiliendamque et affinitates naturales eruendas.
page(s): 10; note: This is the original description for the original name Spirostachyae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 10. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
page(s): 10; note: This is the original description for the original name Spirostachyae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 10. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Nomenclatural status in seed: New name from IPNI, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct....
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Nomenclatural status in seed: New name from IPNI, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Spirostachyae (Drejer) L.H.Bailey. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1700084 on 2026-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Drejer, S. (1844). Symbolae caricologicae ad synonymiam caricum extricandam stabiliendamque et affinitates naturales eruendas.
page(s): 10; note: This is the original description for the original name Spirostachyae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 10. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
new combination reference Bailey, L. H. (1885). Carex L. In Coulter, J.M. (ed.). Manual of the Botany of the Rocky Mountain Region. 370-397., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22138635
page(s): 381 [details]
page(s): 10; note: This is the original description for the original name Spirostachyae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 10. 1844. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details]
new combination reference Bailey, L. H. (1885). Carex L. In Coulter, J.M. (ed.). Manual of the Botany of the Rocky Mountain Region. 370-397., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22138635
page(s): 381 [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 
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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 [request]
[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
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subsequent type designation
Egorova, T.V. (1999). The sedges (Carex L.) of Russia and adjacent states (within the limits of the former USSR). 772 pp. Missouri Botanical Garden Press & St. Petersburg State Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy, St. Louis, MO.
page(s): 262 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 262 [details] Available for editors
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Original Combination Original name: Spirostachyae Drejer, Symbol. Caricol.: 10. 1844. [unranked] [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: ipni Nomenclatural status in seed: New name from IPNI, information provided by Alan E. on email Oct. 12 2020 [details]
