Carex aurea

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 aurea

Carex aurea Nutt.

Homotypic
- Neskiza aurea (Nutt.) Raf., Good Book: 27 (1840).
Heterotypic
- Carex mutica R.Br. in J.Franklin, Narr. Journey Polar Sea: 751 (1823).
- Carex pyriformis F.W.Schultz, Jahresber. Pollichia 15: 122 (1855).
- Carex aurea f. colorata Farw., Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 362 (1920).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- - Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Manitoba, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Prince Edward I., Qubec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 2. 245 + 10 pp., D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. : 205.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Carex aurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Carex aurea. Published online. Accessed: Dec 14 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Carex aurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Dec 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex aurea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

English: golden sedge
suomi: Kultasara

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