Carex brevicaulis

Carex brevicaulis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex brevicaulis

Name

Carex brevicaulis Thouars, Esquisse Fl. Tristan d'Acugna: 35 (1808)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Uncinia brevicaulis (Thouars) Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 528 (1837)

• Heterotypic
  • Uncinia breviculmis Carmich., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12: 508 (1819)
  • Uncinia rigida Boeckeler, Flora 65: 64 (1882).
  • Uncinia cylindrica Franch., Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Bot. 5: 379 (1889)
  • Uncinia macloviana var. cylindrica (Franch.) Kük., Bot. Centralbl. 76: 212 (1898)
  • Uncinia phleoides var. laticarpa Kük., Bot. Centralbl. 82: 130 (1900)
  • Uncinia brevicaulis var. laticarpa (Kük.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 52 (1909)
  • Uncinia brevicaulis f. montana Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 52 (1909)
  • Uncinia brevicaulis var. rigida (Boeckeler) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 52 (1909)
    

Note: Thouars proposed C. brevicaulis and Uncinia brevicaulis as alternatives names, but Global Carex Group (2015) now place Uncinia in synonymy with Carex.

Homonyms

• Carex brevicaulis Mack., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 547 (1913), nom. illeg. vide Carex zikae Roalson & Waterway, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 18 (2015)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Argentina South, Chile South, Juan Fernandez Is., Peru, Tristan da Cunha Continental: Pacific Regional: Northern Central Pacific Hawaii References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Petit-Thouars, L.M.A. du 1808. Esquisse de la Flore de l'Isle de Tristan d'Acugna. pp. 25–46, 11 pl. BHL Gallica Reference page.  35.

Additional references

• Global Carex Group 2015. Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179(1): 1–42. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12298 Full text PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Carex brevicaulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Aug 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Carex brevicaulis. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2017.

Vernacular names

English: shortstem sedge

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