Carex gracillima

Carex gracillima

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:

Name

Carex gracillima Schwein., 1824

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Loxanisa gracillima (Schwein.) Raf., Good Book: 26 (1840).
  • Heterotypic
    • Carex digitalisSchwein. & Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 324 (1826), nom. illeg.
    • Carex gracillima f. humilis L.H.Bailey, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 71 (1889).
    • Carex gracillima var. humilis (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 71 (1889).
    • Carex gracillima var. macerrima Fernald & Wiegand, Rhodora 15: 133 (1913).

Homonyms

Hybrids

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Qubec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: graceful sedge
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