Carex canescens

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 canescens
Subspecies: C. c. subsp. canescens – C. c. subsp. disjuncta

Varietas: C. c. var. robustior

Name

Carex canescens L., Sp. Pl.: 974 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Vignea canescens (L.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler & H.G.L.Reichenbach, Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2, 3: 1612 (1830).
- Caricina canescens (L.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 877 (1889).

Homonyms

Carex canescens Huds., nom. illeg. = Carex divulsa Stokes
Carex canescens Leers, nom. illeg. = Carex leersii F.W.Schultz, nom. cons.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- - Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Qubec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon
Continental: Southern America
- - Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Falkland Is.
Continental: Europe
- - Albania
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- - Aleutian Is., Altay, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, New Guinea, North Caucasus
Continental: Europe
- - Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Continental: Australia
- - New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Continental: Africa
- - Azores

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

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 974

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Carex canescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Carex canescens. Published online. Accessed: Dec 15 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Carex canescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex canescens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Grau-Segge
English: White Sedge
eesti: Hallikas tarn
suomi: Harmaasara
Türkçe: Beyaz ayak otu

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