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Carex

Angiospermae - Poales - Cyperaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Carex Linnaeus
1914Carex Berry p. 29
1919Carex Knowlton
1974Carex Ozaki
1991Carex Chauhan
2021Carex Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
orderPoales
familyCyperaceae
genusCarex

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 aquatilis Wahlenberg 1803
†Carex berthoudi Lesquereux 1872
†Carex burrardiana Penhallow 1895
†Carex clarkii Berry 1905
Carex magellanica Lamarck 1792
†Carex servata Heer 1869
Carex utriculata Boott 1839
†Carex vancouverensis Penhallow 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

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): 72.1 Ma

Collections (126 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Carolina) C. clarkii (210092)
Tertiary - Late/Upper Miocene66.0 - 5.333Russian Federation (Omsk) C. pauciflora (24322)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Oosani) C. sp. (22826)
Tertiary66.0 - 2.58Japan (Aichi) C. spp. (22819)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Russian Federation (Tomsk) C. sp. (23114 23663 23669 23673 23782 23891)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Omsk) C. sp. (23894 23897)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Russian Federation (Tomsk) C. flagellata, C. rostrata, C. pauciflora, C. sp., C. spp. (23906) C. flagellata, C. sp., C. spp. (23907)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Gifu) C. sp. (222791)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) C. sp. (46336)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) C. spp. (22789 22796)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) C. sp. (46284)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Brandenburg) C. hartauensis (27378) C. limosioides, C. hartauensis (23060) C. mariisrodoniowii (23052 23685) C. mariisrodoniowii, C. limosioides, C. plicata (23049)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) C. sp. (46236)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) C. sp. (28442)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Brandenburg) C. hostianoides (27548 27552)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) C. pauciflora (24079) C. pauciflora, C. sp., C. spp. (24078)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (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)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Saxen) C. elongatoides, C. klettvicensis (22897) C. hostianoides, C. mariisrodoniowii (22898)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Germany (Sachsen) C. mariisrodoniowii (27381)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) C. sp. (46262 46265)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) C. graceii (188779)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) C. acuta, C. flagellata, C. hostiana (27925) C. acutiformis, C. hostiana (27929) C. sp. (27926)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine) C. acuta, C. acutiformis, C. flagellata, C. hostiana (28113) C. acuta, C. acutiformis, C. hostiana, C. sp. div. (28131) C. acuta, C. flagellata, C. hostiana, C. sp. div. (28053) C. acuta, C. flagellata, C. sp. (27923) C. acuta, C. hostiana, C. sp. div. (28116) C. acutiformis (28117) 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. sp. div. (28118)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Japan (Gunma) C. spp. (21234 21238 21239 21250 21262 21265)
Late/Upper Miocene - Middle Miocene11.608 - 11.608Russian Federation (Omsk) C. pauciflora, C. spp. (24093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Russian 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)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Germany (North Rhine Westphalia) C. hostiana (27928)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) C. flagellata, C. szaferi (21222)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) C. sp. (18320)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Alaska) C. spp. (123352)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Germany (Sachsen) C. pilulifera, C. praehirta, C. flagellata, C. sp., C. pseudocyperus (27277)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) C. flagellata, C. goodenowii, C. lasiocarpa, C. ligerica, C. pallescens, C. rostrata (28134)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) C. acuta, C. binervis, C. elongatoides, C. pseudocyperus, C. rostrata, C. szaferi (22771)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) C. rostrata, C. sp. (28171)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Umbria) C. pseudocyperus (51758)
Piacenzian - Zanclean3.6 - 3.6Germany (North Rhine) C. panicea, C. sp. (28197)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Yunnan) C. sp. (224476)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation (Omsk) C. vesicaria, C. rostrata, C. pauciflora (24096)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine) C. goodenowii, C. lasiocarpa, C. ligerica, C. panicea (28198)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Piemonte) C. carpophora, C. plicata (27023)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (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. pilulifera, C. rostrata, C. szaferi (22778) C. caespitosa, C. elongataeformis, C. flagellata, C. gothanii, C. paucifloroides, C. pilulifera, C. riparia, C. strigosoides (22780) C. nigra, C. paucifloroides, C. pseudocyperus, C. riparia (22781)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringen) C. caespitosa, C. flagellata, C. flavaeformis, C. praehirta, C. pseudocyperus, C. riparia, C. ungeri (22783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Kyoto City) C. sp. (168082)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greenland C. sp. (227055)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) C. sp. (93677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) C. nigra (164909 164915 164917 164918 164920) C. nigra, C. rostrata (164919) C. nigra, C. rostrata, C. panicea, C. spp. (164904 164906) C. nigra, C. rostrata, C. spp. (164903 164905) C. panicea (164911) C. rostrata (164907)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) C. dioica, C. flava, C. rostrata, C. spp. (163070) C. spp. (163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. sp. (34269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) C. sp. (228762 228763)