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Cyperaceae taxon details

Carex sect. Ceratocystis Dumort.

1774355 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774355)

accepted
Section
Carex flava L. (type by subsequent designation)
Carex sect. Flavae Heuff. · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Carex sect. Fulvellae (Fr. ex L.H.Bailey) Meinsh · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex sect. Nastantha (Börner) V.I.Krecz. · unaccepted (nomen superfluum)
Carex sect. Odontostomae (Asch.) Pax · unaccepted (nomen superfluum)
Carex sect. Tristimex Raf. · unaccepted > homotypic synonym
Carex subsect. Hostianae T.V.Egorova · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Carex subsect. Serotinae T.V.Egorova · unaccepted > heterotypic synonym
Proteocarpus subg. Nastantha Börner · unaccepted > homotypic synonym

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  1. Species Carex ×alsatica Zahn
  2. Species Carex ×derelicta Štěpánková
  3. Species Carex ×dyrrachiensis Nelmes
  4. Species Carex ×fulva Gooden.
  5. Species Carex ×helenae Jac.Koopman, Beusekom & Waltje
  6. Species Carex ×leutzii Kneuck.
  7. Species Carex ×pauliana F.W.Schultz
  8. Species Carex ×ruedtii Kneuck.
  9. Species Carex ×schatzii Kneuck.
  10. Species Carex ×subviridula Fernald
  11. Species Carex ×xanthocarpa Degl.
  12. Species Carex castroviejoi Luceño & Jim.Mejías
  13. Species Carex cataractae R.Br.
  14. Species Carex cryptolepis Mack.
  15. Species Carex demissa Hornem.
  16. Species Carex flava L.
  17. Species Carex flaviformis Nelmes
  18. Species Carex hostiana DC.
  19. Species Carex larensis Steyerm.
  20. Species Carex lepidocarpa Tausch
  21. Species Carex lutea LeBlond
  22. Species Carex monotropa Nelmes
  23. Species Carex nevadensis Boiss. & Reut.
  24. Species Carex oederi Retz.
  25. Species Carex sagei Phil.
  26. Species Carex saxilittoralis A.Robertson
  27. Species Carex viridistellata Derieg, Reznicek & Bruederle
  28. Species Carex appeliana Zahn accepted as Carex pauliana F.W.Schultz represented as Carex ×pauliana F.W.Schultz
  29. Species Carex armena Boiss. accepted as Carex hostiana DC.
  30. Species Carex barrosii Nelmes accepted as Carex sagei Phil.
  31. Species Carex bergrothii Palmgr. accepted as Carex oederi var. bergrothii (Palmgr.) Hedrén & Lassen accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  32. Species Carex biformis F.W.Schultz accepted as Carex hostiana DC.
  33. Species Carex brueggeri K.Richt. accepted as Carex ×fulva Gooden.
  34. Species Carex chevalieri Corb. accepted as Carex ×xanthocarpa Degl.
  35. Species Carex chlorophila Mack. accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  36. Species Carex chrysites Link accepted as Carex oederi Retz. (unaccepted > invalid name, pro syn.)
  37. Species Carex divisa Oeder accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  38. Species Carex echinata Lam. accepted as Carex flava L.
  39. Species Carex flavella V.I.Krecz. accepted as Carex flava L.
  40. Species Carex flavescens Host accepted as Carex ×fulva Gooden.
  41. Species Carex flavofulva Beurl. accepted as Carex flava L.
  42. Species Carex foliosa All. accepted as Carex flava L.
  43. Species Carex fulva Host accepted as Carex hostiana DC.
  44. Species Carex fulvescens Mack. accepted as Carex hostiana DC.
  45. Species Carex gogelana Podp. accepted as Carex demissa subsp. demissa
  46. Species Carex greeniana Dewey accepted as Carex hostiana DC.
  47. Species Carex halophila Heuff. accepted as Carex hostiana DC.
  48. Species Carex hornschuchiana Hoppe accepted as Carex hostiana DC.
  49. Species Carex irregularis Schwein. accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  50. Species Carex jemtlandica (Palmgr.) Palmgr. accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. jemtlandica Palmgr.
  51. Species Carex juncea Scop. accepted as Carex ×xanthocarpa Degl.
  52. Species Carex kotilainii Palmgr. accepted as Carex oederi var. bergrothii (Palmgr.) Hedrén & Lassen accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  53. Species Carex laxior (Kük.) Mack. accepted as Carex flava L.
  54. Species Carex lipsiensis Peterm. accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa
  55. Species Carex marssonii Auersw. accepted as Carex demissa subsp. demissa
  56. Species Carex mixta Corb. accepted as Carex ×subviridula Fernald
  57. Species Carex oederi Retz. ex Ehrh. accepted as Carex oederi Retz. (Erroneous citation of authorship)
  58. Species Carex oederi Willk. accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. nevadensis (Boiss. & Reut.) Luceño accepted as Carex nevadensis Boiss. & Reut.
  59. Species Carex oederoides Tatew. & Akiyama accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  60. Species Carex oedocarpa Andersson accepted as Carex demissa subsp. demissa
  61. Species Carex patula Host accepted as Carex flava L.
  62. Species Carex philocrena V.I.Krecz. accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  63. Species Carex pieperiana Junge accepted as Carex ×ruedtii Kneuck.
  64. Species Carex pseudofulva Fernald accepted as Carex ×leutzii Kneuck.
  65. Species Carex pulchella (Lönnr.) Lindm. accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  66. Species Carex pyriformis Tausch ex F.W.Schultz accepted as Carex lepidocarpa subsp. lepidocarpa
  67. Species Carex scandinavica E.W.Davies accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  68. Species Carex serotina Mérat accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  69. Species Carex speirostachya Sw. ex Sm. accepted as Carex hostiana DC.
  70. Species Carex subglobosa Miel. accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  71. Species Carex subsalsa Nyman accepted as Carex hostiana DC.
  72. Subsection Carex subsect. Hostianae T.V.Egorova accepted as Carex sect. Ceratocystis Dumort. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
  73. Subsection Carex subsect. Serotinae T.V.Egorova accepted as Carex sect. Ceratocystis Dumort. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
  74. Species Carex trigona All. accepted as Carex hostiana DC.
  75. Species Carex tumidicarpa Andersson accepted as Carex demissa subsp. demissa
  76. Species Carex uetliaca Suter accepted as Carex flava L.
  77. Species Carex urbani Boeckeler accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  78. Species Carex urbanii Boeckeler accepted as Carex oederi Retz. (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  79. Species Carex viridis Honck. accepted as Carex flava L.
  80. Species Carex viridula Michx. accepted as Carex oederi Retz.
  81. Species Carex xanthina Fernald accepted as Carex ×xanthocarpa Degl.
  82. Species Carex alsatica Zahn represented as Carex ×alsatica Zahn
  83. Species Carex derelicta Štěpánková represented as Carex ×derelicta Štěpánková
  84. Species Carex fulva Gooden. represented as Carex ×fulva Gooden.
  85. Species Carex helenae Jac.Koopman, Beusekom & Waltje represented as Carex ×helenae Jac.Koopman, Beusekom & Waltje
  86. Species Carex leutzii Kneuck. represented as Carex ×leutzii Kneuck.
  87. Species Carex pauliana F.W.Schultz represented as Carex ×pauliana F.W.Schultz
  88. Species Carex ruedtii Kneuck. represented as Carex ×ruedtii Kneuck.
  89. Species Carex schatzii Kneuck. represented as Carex ×schatzii Kneuck.
  90. Species Carex subviridula Fernald represented as Carex ×subviridula Fernald
  91. Species Carex xanthocarpa Degl. represented as Carex ×xanthocarpa Degl.
terrestrial
Dumortier, B. C. (1827). Florula Belgica, operis majoris prodromus. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63004985#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 147 [details] 
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Ceratocystis Dumort.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774355 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature

original description Dumortier, B. C. (1827). Florula Belgica, operis majoris prodromus. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63004985#page/9/mode/1up
page(s): 147 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Fulvellae (Fr. ex L.H.Bailey) Meinsh) Bailey, L. H. (1886). A preliminary synopsis of the genus Carex. Notes on Mexico, Central America and Greenland, with the American bibliography of the genus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 22: 59-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3053987#page/73/mode/1up
page(s): 112; note: This is the original description for the original name Fulvellae Fr. ex L.H.Bailey in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 22: 112. 1886. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Flavae Heuff.) Heuffel, J. (1844). Caricineae in Regnis Hungariae, Slavoniae, Croatiae nec non magno Transylvaniae Principatu sponte nascentes enumeratae ac digestae. <em>Magyar orvosok és természetvizsgálók Temesvárott tartott negyedik nagy-gyűlésének munkálatai.</em> 113-119.
page(s): 118 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Carex sect. Longirostratae Trabut in Battandier & Trabut) Battandier, J. A. & Trabut, L. C. (1895). Flore de l'Algerie. [Ancienne flore d'Alger transformée], contenant la description de toutes les plantes signalées jusqu'à ce jour comme spontanèes en Algérie / par Battandier et Trabut professeurs à l'École de Mèdecine et de Pharmacie d'Alger. Monocotylédones. 2., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/10767/?offset=#page=3&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=
page(s): 105 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Propriae C.B.Clarke) Clarke, C. B. (1894). Cyperaceae. <em>Flora of British India.</em> 6(20): 585-748., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/356279#page/589/mode/1up
page(s): 700 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Tristimex Raf.) Rafinesque, C.S. (1830). Extrait d'une lettre de M.C.S. Rafinesque, professeur à Philadelphie, adressé à M. le professeur De Candolle. <em>Bulletin Botanique (Genève).</em> 8: 214-221., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106348493&view=1up&seq=248
page(s): 218 [details] 

original description (of Carex subsect. Hostianae T.V.Egorova) Egorova, T. V. (1985). The new taxa of the genus Carex (Cyperaceae). <em>Botanicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 70(11): 1549-1554., available online at https://archive.org/details/botanicheskii-zhurnal-1985_11/page/n115/mode/2up
page(s): 1551 [details] 

original description (of Carex sect. Odontostomae (Asch.) Pax) Ascherson, P. F. A. (1864). Flora der Provinz Brandenburg, der Altmark und des Herzogthums Magdeburg. Zum Gebrauche in Schulen und auf Exkursionen / bearbeitet von Dr. Paul Ascherson. Erste Abtheilung. , available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/12097/?offset=
page(s): 787; note: This is the original description for the original name Odontostomae Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 1(2): 787. 1864. [unranked], which cannot be added to the database at this point. [details] 

original description (of Proteocarpus subg. Nastantha Börner) Börner, C. (1913). Botanisch-Systematische Notizen. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen.</em> 21: 245-282., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33555692
page(s): 267 [details] 

Taxonomy

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  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Blackstock, N.; Ashton, P. A. (2001). A re-assessment of the putative Carex flava agg. (Cyperaceae) hybrids at Malham Tarn (v.c. 64): A morphometric analysis. <em>Watsonia.</em> 23: 505-516. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Derieg, N. J.; Sangaumphai, A.; Bruederle, L. P. (2008). Genetic diversity and endemism in North American <i>Carex</i> section <i>Ceratocystis</i> (Cyperaceae). <em>American Journal of Botany.</em> 95(10): 1287-1296., available online at https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.2007069 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Hedrén, M.; Prentice, H. C. (2008). Allozyme variation and racial differentiation in Swedish Carex lepidocarpa s.l. (Cyperaceae). <em>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 59(2): 179-200., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01460.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Hedrén, M. (2002). Patterns of allozyme and morphological differentiation in the Carex flava complex (Cyperaceae) in Fennoscandia. <em>Nordic Journal of Botany.</em> 22(3): 257-301., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2002.tb01373.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Hedrén, M. (2004). Species delimitation and the partitioning of genetic diversity – an example from the Carex flava complex (Cyperaceae). <em>Biodiversity & Conservation.</em> 13(2): 293-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/b:bioc.0000006499.20169.f9 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Hedrén, M. (1990). Problems in Carex jemtlandica and C. bergrothii (Cyperaceae) in Sweden. Sommerfeltia , 11: 109-115. [details] 

taxonomy source Hedrén, M. (1996). Genetic differentiation among Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish populations of Carex lepidocarpa s.lat. (Cyperaceae). Symbolae Botanicae Upssalienses , 31(3): 105-113. [details] 

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  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Wiecław, H.; Koopman, J. (2013). Numerical analysis of morphology of natural hybrids between Carex hostiana and the members of Carex flava agg. (Cyperaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany, 31(4): 464-472., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2013.00095.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Luceño, M.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2014). Species boundaries within the southwest old world populations of the Carex flava group (cyperaceae). <em>Systematic Botany.</em> 39(1): 117-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1600/036364414X677973 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Luceño, M. (2012). Systematics and taxonomy of Carex sect. Ceratocystis (cyperaceae) in Europe: A molecular and cytogenetic approach. Systematic Botany, 37(2): 382-398., available online at https://doi.org/10.1600/036364412X635449 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Schmid, B. W. (1983). Notes on the nomenclature and taxonomy of the Carex flava group in Europe. Watsonia, 14: 309-319. [details] 

taxonomy source Bruederle, L. P.; Jensen, U. (1991). Genetic differentiation of Carex flava and Carex viridula in West Europe (Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany, 16(1): 41-49., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2418972 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Benítez-Benítez, C.; Fernández-Mazuecos, M.; Martín-Bravo, S. (2017). Cut from the same cloth: The convergent evolution of dwarf morphotypes of the Carex flava group (Cyperaceae) in Circum-Mediterranean mountains. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 12(12): e0189769., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189769 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Schmidt, L.; Fischer, M.; Schmid, B.; Oja, T. (2017). Despite admixing two closely related Carex species differ in their regional morphological differentiation. <em>Plant Systematics and Evolution.</em> 303(7): 901-914., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-017-1420-0 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Więcław, H.; Wilhelm, M. (2014). Natural Hybridization within the<i>Carex flava</i> Complex (Cyperaceae) in Poland: Morphometric Studies. <em>Annales Botanici Fennici.</em> 51(3): 129-147., available online at https://doi.org/10.5735/085.053.0101 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Schmid, B. (1986). Patterns of variation and population structure in the Carex flava group. <em>Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses.</em> 27(2): 113-126. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

taxonomy source Więcław, H. (2014). Carex flava agg. (section Ceratocystis, Cyperaceae) in Poland: taxonomy, morphological variation, and soil conditions. <em>Biodiversity Research and Conservation.</em> 33(1): 3-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2014-0001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Ecology

ecology source Więcław, H. (2014). Carex flava agg. (section Ceratocystis, Cyperaceae) in Poland: taxonomy, morphological variation, and soil conditions. <em>Biodiversity Research and Conservation.</em> 33(1): 3-51., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2014-0001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Więcław, H. (2018). Within-species variation among populations of the <i>Carex flava</i> complex as a function of habitat conditions. <em>Plant Ecology & Diversity.</em> 10(5-6): 443-451., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2018.1440442 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

ecology source Schmid, B. (1984). Niche width and variation within and between populations in colonizing species (Carex flava group). <em>Oecologia.</em> 63(1): 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00379777 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Więcław, H. (2014). Carex flava agg. (section Ceratocystis, Cyperaceae) in Poland: distribution maps and locality lists. <em>Biodiversity Research and Conservation.</em> 33(1): 52-87., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2014-0002 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

subsequent type designation Kukkonen, I. (1998). Cyperaceae. In: K.H. Rechinger (ed). Flora Iranica, Vol. 173. Akademische Druck-und Verlagsanstalt.
page(s): 241 [details] 

biology source Schmid, B. (1984). Life Histories in Clonal Plants of the Carex Flava Group. <em>The Journal of Ecology.</em> 72(1): 99–114., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2260008 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source Blackstock, N.; Ashton, P. A. (2010). Genetic markers and morphometric analysis reveal past hybridization and introgression in putative Carex flava L. s.str. (Cyperaceae) hybrid populations. <em>Plant Systematics and Evolution.</em> 287(1-2): 37-47., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-010-0287-0 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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