Carex livida

Carex livida

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 livida (Wahlenb.) Willd., 1805

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Carex limosa subsp. livida Wahlenb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 162 (1803).
  • Homotypic
    • Edritria livida (Wahlenb.) Raf., Good Book: 26 (1840).
    • Carex livida var. typica Fernald, Rhodora 28: 8 (1926), not validly publ.
  • Heterotypic
    • Carex grayana Dewey, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 25: 141 (1834).
    • Carex livida var. radicalis Paine, Rep. (Annual) Regents Univ. State New York State Cab. Nat. Hist.: 159 (1865).
    • Carex confertospicata Boeckeler, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8: 206 (1887).
    • Carex fujitae Kudô, J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 11: 82 (1922).
    • Carex livida var. grayana (Dewey) Fernald, Rhodora 28: 8 (1926).
    • Carex livida var. rufiniformis Fernald, Rhodora 28: 8 (1926).
    • Carex lividulla Nakai, Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 31: 130 (1952).
    • Carex fujimakii M.Kikuchi, Rep. (Annual) Gakugei Fac. Iwate Univ. 13(2): 47 (1958).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, California, Colorado, Indiana, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Prince Edward I., Qubec, Saskatchewan, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon
  • Continental: Europe
      • Finland, Iceland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Sweden
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
      • Japan, Kamchatka, Korea, Kuril Is., West Siberia
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Panama

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

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: Livid sedge, Pale sedge
  • suomi: Vaaleasara
  • français: Carex livide
  • русский: Осока свинцово-зелёная
  • svenska: Vitstarr
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