Cyperaceae name details
Kobresia sect. Hemicarex C.B.Clarke
1884623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1884623)
unaccepted
Section
Kobresia Willd. accepted as Carex L.
Kobresia sect. Hemicarex (Benth.) C.B.Clarke · unaccepted (Wrong authorship)
terrestrial
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): 698 [details]
page(s): 698 [details]
Taxonomic remark Taxon name: Hemicarex C.B.Clarke in Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 698. 1894.
Taxonomic remark Note that this is a different name than https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1700278. These are two names...
Taxonomic remark Taxon name: Hemicarex C.B.Clarke in Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 698. 1894. [details]
Taxonomic remark Note that this is a different name than https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1700278. These are two names...
Taxonomic remark Note that this is a different name than https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1700278. These are two names with identical authorship but different taxonomic delimitation. The name was published twice by the same person and in the same work (the only difference is the page number where the name is coined)! But yet, he meant two different taxonomic concepts. Each has a different type. [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Kobresia sect. Hemicarex C.B.Clarke. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1884623 on 2026-10-01
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original description
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): 698 [details]
page(s): 698 [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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Taxonomic remark Taxon name: Hemicarex C.B.Clarke in Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 698. 1894. [details]Taxonomic remark Note that this is a different name than https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1700278. These are two names with identical authorship but different taxonomic delimitation. The name was published twice by the same person and in the same work (the only difference is the page number where the name is coined)! But yet, he meant two different taxonomic concepts. Each has a different type. [details]
