Carex scirpoidea

Carex scirpoidea

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. s. var. convoluta – C. s. var. pseudoscirpoidea – C. s. var. scirpoidea – C. s. var. stenochlaena

Name

Carex scirpoidea Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 171 (1803).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Carex scirpoidea var. typica B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 75: 203 (1948), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Qubec, Saskatchewan, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon
  • Continental: Eurasia
      • Kamchatka, Magadan, Norway, Yakutskiya

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

References

Primary references

  • Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 2. 340 pp. Parisiis et Argentorati [Paris & Strasbourg]: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 171.

Vernacular names

  • English: northern singlespike sedge
  • svenska: Grönlandsstarr
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