Carex bigelowii

Carex bigelowii

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 bigelowii
Subspecies: C. b. subsp. arctisibirica – C. b. subsp. bigelowii – C. b. subsp. ensifolia – C. b. subsp. lugens

Name

Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 67 (1824).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Carex saxatilis var. bigelowii (Torr. ex Schwein.) Torr., Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 397 (1836), comb. not made.
  • Carex rigida var. bigelowii (Torr. ex Schwein.) Tuck., Enum. Meth. Caric.: 19 (1843).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alaska, British Columbia, Greenland, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, Vermont, Yukon Continental: Asia-Temperate Aleutian Is., Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mongolia, Nepal, Qinghai, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Tibet, Turkey, Tuva Continental: Europe North European Russia, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Svalbard References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Torrey, J. 1824. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York 1: 67.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Carex bigelowii 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 bigelowii. Published online. Accessed: Dec 14 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Carex bigelowii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex bigelowii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: Gwanmo Sedge
suomi: Tunturisara
한국어: 갈미사초

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