Carex gigantea

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 gigantea

Carex gigantea Rudge, 1804

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).

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, 2^nd Edition

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex gigantea. Published online. Accessed: Jan 19 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex gigantea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 19. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Carex gigantea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Jan 2020.

English: giant sedge

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