Carex gigantea

Taxonavigation edit

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 gigantea

Name edit

Carex gigantea Rudge, 1804


Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Carex lacustris var. gigantea (Rudge) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 45 (1813).
    • Carex lupulina var. gigantea (Rudge) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 84 (1894).
  • Heterotypic
    • Carex lupulina var. pedunculata Dewey in A.Wood, Amer. Bot. Fl.: 376 (1870).
    • Carex grandis L.H.Bailey, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 13 (1889).
    • Carex grandis var. helleri L.H.Bailey, Bot. Gaz. 21: 7 (1896).
    • Carex gigantea var. grandis (L.H.Bailey) Farw., Rhodora 23: 87 (1921).
    • Carex gigantea f. minor Farw., Rhodora 23: 87 (1921).
    • Carex gigantea f. pedunculata (Dewey) Farw., Rhodora 23: 87 (1921).


Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

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

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Vernacular names edit

English: giant sedge
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