Carex rariflora

Carex rariflora

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:
Varietates: C. r. var. androgyna – C. r. var. rariflora

Name

Carex rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm., Engl. Bot. 35: t. 2516 (1813).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Carex limosa subsp. rariflora Wahlenb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 162 (1803).
  • Homotypic
    • Trasus rariflorus (Wahlenb.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 68 (1821 publ. 1822).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Alaska, Greenland, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon
  • Continental: Eurasia
    • Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is. , Magadan, North European Russia, Norway, Sakhalin, Sweden, West Siberia, Yakutskiya

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

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: looseflower alpine sedge, Loose-flowered alpine sedge, Mountain bog-sedge
  • suomi: Harsusara
  • français: Carex rariflore
  • svenska: Myggstarr
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