Carex rotundata

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:

Carex rotundata Wahlenb., 1803

Homotypic
- Carex ampullacea subsp. rotundata (Wahlenb.) Andersson in Pl. Scand. 1: 20 (1849)
- Carex rostrata subsp. rotundata (Wahlenb.) Neuman in Sver. Fl.: 692 (1901)
- Carex rostrata var. rotundata (Wahlenb.) H.Lindb. in Enum. Pl. Fennoscandia: 14 (1901)
- Carex saxatilis var. rotundata (Wahlenb.) Gelting in Meddel. Grønland 101(2): 173 (1934)
- Onkerma rotundata (Wahlenb.) Raf. in Good Book: 27 (1840)
Heterotypic
- Carex melozitnensis A.E.Porsild in Rhodora 41: 209 (1939)
- Carex rotundata f. laeta Norm. in Christ. Vidensk.-Selsk. Forh. 1893 (16): 52 (1893)
- Carex rotundata f. pallida Montell in Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 21: 181 (1945)
- Carex rotundata var. sommeri Christ in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 415 (1900)
- Carex rotundata f. viridis Montell in Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 21: 181 (1945)
- Carex ruesanensis Kudô in J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 11: 83 (1922)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Northwestern USA
  - Alaska, Labrador, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Québec, Yukon
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Amur, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin, West Siberia, Yakutiya
Continental: Europe
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - East European Russia
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Finland, North European Russia, Norway, Sweden

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