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Cyperaceae (sedge)
Taxonomy
Cyperaceae was named by Jussieu (1789). It is extant.
It was assigned to Graminales by Knowlton (1919); to Monocotyledones by Ettinghausen (1880), Chandler (1961), Chandler (1963); to Monocotyledoneae by Ozaki (1974); to Glumiflorae by Hickey (1977); to Monocotyledones by Chandler (1978); to Cyperales by Shoshani et al. (1989), Mabberley (2000); and to Poales by Small (1903), Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
It was assigned to Graminales by Knowlton (1919); to Monocotyledones by Ettinghausen (1880), Chandler (1961), Chandler (1963); to Monocotyledoneae by Ozaki (1974); to Glumiflorae by Hickey (1977); to Monocotyledones by Chandler (1978); to Cyperales by Shoshani et al. (1989), Mabberley (2000); and to Poales by Small (1903), Taylor et al. (2008), The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).
Subtaxa
Bisboeckelera, Capitularina, Carex, Caricoideae, Cladiocarya, Cladium, Coleochloa, Cyperaceoxylon, Cyperacites (syn. Cyperites), Cyperocarpus, Cyperus, Eleocharis, Gahnia, Krenakia, Liaoxia, Machaerina, Polycarpella, Schoenoplectus, Scirpitis, Scirpoideae, Scirpus, Scirpusoxylon, Scleriocarya, Trianoptiles, Volkeria
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1789 | Cyperaceae Jussieu p. 26 |
| 1880 | Cyperaceae Ettinghausen p. 393 |
| 1903 | Cyperaceae Small pp. 48, 161 |
| 1919 | Cyperaceae Knowlton |
| 1961 | Cyperaceae Chandler p. 62 |
| 1963 | Cyperaceae Chandler p. 65 |
| 1974 | Cyperaceae Ozaki |
| 1977 | Cyperaceae Hickey |
| 1978 | Cyperaceae Chandler p. 14 |
| 1986 | Scirpusoxylon Shete |
| 1989 | Cyperaceae Shoshani et al. p. 434 |
| 2000 | Cyperaceae Mabberley |
| 2008 | Cyperaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029 |
| 2016 | Cyperaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 15 |
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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.
Fm. Cyperaceae Jussieu 1789 [sedge]
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G. Bisboeckelera Kuntze 1891
G. Capitularina Kern 1974
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
Unr. †Caricoideae Chandler 1957
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G. †Caricoidea Chandler 1957
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†Caricoidea angulata Chandler 1963
†Caricoidea arnei Chandler 1962
†Caricoidea obovata Chandler 1961
†Caricoidea obscura Chandler 1960
†Caricoideae nitens Heer 1862
G. Coleochloa Gilly 1943
G. †Cyperacites Schimper 1870
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†Cyperacites angustior Schimper 1870
†Cyperacites borealis Heer 1868
†Cyperacites canaliculatus Heer 1855
†Cyperacites dubius Heer 1855
†Cyperacites giganteus Knowlton 1899
†Cyperacites haydenii Lesquereux 1883
†Cyperacites paucinervis Heer 1855
†Cyperacites potomacensis Berry 1911
†Cyperacites richardsii Thomasson 1976
Invalid names: Cyperites Heer 1855 [synonym]
G. Cyperus Linnaeus 1753 [sedge]
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Cyperus articulatus Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus arundinacea Linnaeus 1753
†Cyperus braunianus Heer 1855
†Cyperus chavannesi Heer 1855
Cyperus compressus Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus elegans Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus esculentus Linnaeus 1753
†Cyperus filiferus Cockerell 1923
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Invalid names: Carpolithus filiferus Cockerell 1923 [synonym], Eopuntia douglassi Chaney 1944 [synonym]
Cyperus flavescens Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus fuscus Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus haspan Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus iria Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus longus Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus minimus Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus papyrus Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus rotundus Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus strigosus Linnaeus 1753
Cyperus unioloides Brown 1810
G. Eleocharis Brown 1810
G. †Gahnia Forster and Forster 1775
G. Krenakia Costa 2021
G. Machaerina Vahl 1805
G. Schoenoplectus Reichenbach 1888
G. †Scirpitis Dusén 1908
G. Scirpus Linnaeus 1753
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Scirpus acicularis Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus articulatus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus capillaris Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus capitatus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus cespitosus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus dichotomus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus echinatus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus ferrugineus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus fluitans Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus geniculatus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus glomeratus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus holoschoenus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus lacustris Linnaeus 1753
†Scirpus lakensis Chandler 1960
Scirpus lithospermus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus maritimus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus michelianus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus mucronatus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus palustris Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus retrofractus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus romanus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus setacea Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus spadicens Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus supinus Linnaeus 1753
Scirpus sylvaticus Linnaeus 1753
G. Trianoptiles Fenzl 1836
Invalid names: Scirpoideae [empty], Scirpusoxylon Shete 1986 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available