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, 2^nd 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