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Carex
Taxonomy
Carex was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cyperaceae by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), Ozaki (1974), Chauhan (1991), Huang et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Cyperaceae by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), Ozaki (1974), Chauhan (1991), Huang et al. (2021).
Species
C. acuta, C. aquatilis, C. arenaria, C. berthoudi, C. burrardiana, C. canescens, C. capillaris, C. cespitosa, C. clarkii, C. digitata, C. dioica, C. elongata, C. filiformis, C. flava, C. folliculata, C. globularis, C. hirta, C. leporina, C. limosa, C. loliacea, C. magellanica, C. montana, C. muricata, C. pallescens, C. panicea, C. pilulifera, C. pseudocyperus, C. pulicaris, C. saxatilis, C. servata, C. squarrosa, C. uliginosa, C. utriculata, C. vancouverensis, C. vesicaria, C. vulpina
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. acutiformis, C. binervis, C. caespitosa, C. canescentoidea, C. carpophora, C. elongataeformis, C. elongatoides, C. flagellata, C. flavaeformis, C. goodenowii, C. gothanii, C. graceii, C. hartauensis, C. helmensis, C. hostiana, C. hostianoides, C. klarae, C. klettvicensis, C. laevigata, C. lasiocarpa, C. ligerica, C. limosioides, C. marchiaca, C. mariisrodoniowii, C. mariisrodonowii, C. nigra, C. pauciflora, C. paucifloroides, C. pendula, C. plicata, C. praehirta, C. protogaea, C. pseudocyperoides, C. remotoides, C. riparia, C. rostrata, C. strigosoides, C. szaferi, C. ungeri
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Carex Linnaeus 1753
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Carex acuta Linnaeus 1753
Carex aquatilis Wahlenberg 1803
Carex arenaria Linnaeus 1753
†Carex berthoudi Lesquereux 1872
†Carex burrardiana Penhallow 1895
Carex canescens Linnaeus 1753
Carex capillaris Linnaeus 1753
Carex cespitosa Linnaeus 1753
†Carex clarkii Berry 1905
Carex digitata Linnaeus 1753
Carex dioica Linnaeus 1753
Carex elongata Linnaeus 1753
Carex filiformis Linnaeus 1753
Carex flava Linnaeus 1753
Carex folliculata Linnaeus 1753
Carex globularis Linnaeus 1753
Carex hirta Linnaeus 1753
Carex leporina Linnaeus 1753
Carex limosa Linnaeus 1753
Carex loliacea Linnaeus 1753
Carex magellanica Lamarck 1792
Carex montana Linnaeus 1753
Carex muricata Linnaeus 1753
Carex pallescens Linnaeus 1753
Carex panicea Linnaeus 1753
Carex pilulifera Linnaeus 1753
Carex pseudocyperus Linnaeus 1753
Carex pulicaris Linnaeus 1753
Carex saxatilis Linnaeus 1753
†Carex servata Heer 1869
Carex squarrosa Linnaeus 1753
Carex uliginosa Linnaeus 1753
Carex utriculata Boott 1839
†Carex vancouverensis Penhallow 1895
Carex vesicaria Linnaeus 1753
Carex vulpina Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma
Collections (126 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | C. clarkii (210092) | |
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | C. pauciflora (24322) | |
Tertiary | Japan (Oosani) | C. sp. (22826) | |
Tertiary | Japan (Aichi) | C. spp. (22819) | |
Chattian | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | C. sp. (23114 23663 23669 23673 23782 23891) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Tomsk) | C. flagellata, C. rostrata, C. pauciflora, C. sp., C. spp. (23906) C. flagellata, C. sp., C. spp. (23907) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | C. sp. (23894 23897) | |
Miocene | Switzerland (Zürich) | C. sp. (46336) | |
Miocene | Japan (Gifu) | C. sp. (222791) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | Japan (Nagano) | C. spp. (22789 22796) | |
MN 4 | Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) | C. sp. (46284) | |
Langhian | Germany (Brandenburg) | C. hartauensis (27378) C. limosioides, C. hartauensis (23060) C. mariisrodoniowii (23052 23685) C. mariisrodoniowii, C. limosioides, C. plicata (23049) | |
MN 5 | Switzerland (Zürich) | C. sp. (46236) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | C. sp. (28442) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | C. hostianoides (27548 27552) | |
Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | C. pauciflora (24079) C. pauciflora, C. sp., C. spp. (24078) | |
Serravallian | Germany (Saxen) | C. elongatoides, C. klettvicensis (22897) C. hostianoides, C. mariisrodoniowii (22898) | |
Serravallian | Germany (Brandenburg) | C. canescentoidea, C. elongatoides, C. remotoides (23025) C. flavaeformis, C. hostianoides, C. plicata, C. mariisrodonowii (23677) C. hartauensis (23059) C. hartauensis, C. klettvicensis, C. elongatoides, C. plicata, C. limosioides, C. mariisrodoniowii (23056) C. hartauensis, C. mariisrodoniowii, C. elongatoides, C. klettvicensis, C. pseudocyperoides, C. klarae, C. protogaea (23355) C. klettvicensis (23050) C. klettvicensis, C. mariisrodoniowii, C. plicata, C. elongatoides, C. limosioides, C. hartauensis (23058) C. limosioides (23661) C. limosioides, C. klettvicensis (23055) C. limosioides, C. mariisrodoniowii, C. hartauensis, C. klettvicensis, C. plicata (23054) C. mariisrodoniowii (23046 27379 27526 27528) C. mariisrodoniowii, C. limosioides (27524) C. mariisrodoniowii, C. plicata, C. hostianoides, C. elongatoides, C. flagellata, C. klettvicensis (23618) C. mariisrodoniowii, C. pseudocyperoides, C. plicata, C. hostianoides, C. elongatoides, C. flagellata, C. hartauensis, C. klettvicensis (23611) C. plicata, C. hartauensis, C. hostianoides, C. remotoides, C. mariisrodoniowii, C. klettvicensis (27013) C. plicata, C. marchiaca (23616) C. pseudocyperoides (22899 27066) | |
Serravallian | Germany (Sachsen) | C. mariisrodoniowii (27381) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Zürich) | C. sp. (46262 46265) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | C. graceii (188779) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | C. pauciflora, C. spp. (24093) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) | C. hostiana (27928) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | C. flagellata (24286) C. pauciflora (24099) C. pauciflora, C. sp. (24094 24098 24317 24320 24321) C. pauciflora, C. spp. (24100) C. spp. (24287) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine) | C. acutiformis (28117) C. acutiformis, C. flagellata, C. hostiana, C. acuta (28113) C. acutiformis, C. flagellata, C. hostiana, C. sp. div. (28046) C. acutiformis, C. hostiana (28057) C. acutiformis, C. hostiana, C. sp. (27930) C. acutiformis, C. hostiana, C. sp. div. (28133) C. acutiformis, C. hostiana, C. sp. div., C. acuta (28131) C. flagellata, C. hostiana, C. sp. div., C. acuta (28053) C. flagellata, C. sp., C. acuta (27923) C. hostiana, C. sp. div., C. acuta (28116) C. sp. div. (28118) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) | C. acutiformis, C. hostiana (27929) C. flagellata, C. hostiana, C. acuta (27925) C. sp. (27926) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Japan (Gunma) | C. spp. (21234 21238 21239 21250 21262 21265) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | France (Elsass) | C. flagellata, C. szaferi (21222) | |
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan | USA (Indiana) | C. sp. (18320) | |
Messinian | USA (Alaska) | C. spp. (123352) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Germany (Sachsen) | C. praehirta, C. flagellata, C. sp., C. pilulifera, C. pseudocyperus (27277) | |
Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | C. flagellata, C. goodenowii, C. lasiocarpa, C. ligerica, C. rostrata, C. pallescens (28134) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | C. binervis, C. elongatoides, C. rostrata, C. szaferi, C. pseudocyperus, C. acuta (22771) | |
Zanclean - Pliocene | Germany (North Rhine) | C. rostrata, C. sp. (28171) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Umbria) | C. pseudocyperus (51758) | |
Piacenzian - Zanclean | Germany (North Rhine) | C. sp., C. panicea (28197) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | China (Yunnan) | C. sp. (224476) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Russian Federation (Omsk) | C. rostrata, C. pauciflora, C. vesicaria (24096) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringia) | C. acutiformis, C. caespitosa, C. elongatoides, C. flavaeformis, C. nigra, C. riparia (22779) C. binervis, C. carpophora, C. flagellata, C. helmensis, C. laevigata, C. paucifloroides, C. pendula, C. rostrata, C. szaferi, C. pilulifera (22778) C. caespitosa, C. elongataeformis, C. flagellata, C. gothanii, C. paucifloroides, C. riparia, C. strigosoides, C. pilulifera (22780) C. nigra, C. paucifloroides, C. riparia, C. pseudocyperus (22781) | |
Piacenzian | Italy (Piemonte) | C. carpophora, C. plicata (27023) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (Thuringen) | C. caespitosa, C. flagellata, C. flavaeformis, C. praehirta, C. riparia, C. ungeri, C. pseudocyperus (22783) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (North Rhine) | C. goodenowii, C. lasiocarpa, C. ligerica, C. panicea (28198) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan (Kyoto City) | C. sp. (168082) | |
Pleistocene | Greenland | C. sp. (227055) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | C. rostrata, C. spp., C. dioica, C. flava (163070) C. spp. (163075) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Washington) | C. sp. (93677) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | C. sp. (34269) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | C. nigra (164909 164915 164917 164918 164920) C. nigra, C. rostrata (164919) C. nigra, C. rostrata, C. spp. (164903 164905) C. nigra, C. rostrata, C. spp., C. panicea (164904 164906) C. panicea (164911) C. rostrata (164907) | |
Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | C. sp. (228762 228763) |