Carex tenera

Carex tenera

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 tenera Dewey, 1824

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Diemisa tenera (Dewey) Raf., Good Book: 27 (1840).
    • Carex mirabilis var. tenera (Dewey) Prov., Fl. Canad. 2: 648 (1863).
    • Carex straminea var. tenera (Dewey) L.H.Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 10: 381 (1885).
  • Heterotypic
    • Carex tenera var. major Olney, Car. Bor. Am.: 3 (1871).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alabama, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Qubec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

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

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: quill sedge
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