Carex magellanica

Carex magellanica

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:
Subspecies: C. m. subsp. irrigua – C. m. subsp. magellanica

Name

Carex magellanica Lam., Encycl. 3: 385 (1792).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Carex atrata var. magellanica (Lam.) Wahlenb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 160 (1803).
    • Carex limosa var. magellanica (Lam.) Fiori, Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 194 (1923).

Homonyms

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Temp. & Subarctic Northern Hemisphere
      • Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Central European Rus, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Falkland Is., Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Prince Edward I., Qubec, Romania, Saskatchewan, South European Russi, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Yukon
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Falkland Is.

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

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • Deutsch: Riesel-Segge
  • English: boreal bog sedge
  • suomi: riippasara
  • Nederlands: Carex paupercula
  • polski: Turzyca patagońska
  • русский: Осока магелланская
  • svenska: Sumpstarr
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