Carex tonsa

Carex tonsa

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:
Varietas: C. t. var. rugosperma – C. t. var. tonsa

Name

Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P.Bicknell, 1908

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Carex umbellata var. tonsa Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 507 (1902).
  • Homotypic
    • Carex umbellata f. tonsa (Fernald) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 453 (1909).
    • Carex rugosperma var. tonsa (Fernald) E.G.Voss, Rhodora 68: 453 (1966).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alberta, British Columbia, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Qubec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin

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

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: shaved sedge
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