Carex leporina

Carex leporina

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 leporina

Name

Carex leporina L., Sp. Pl. 2: 973 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Carex nuda Lam., Fl. Franç. 2: 172 (1779), nom. illeg.
  • Carex mollis Gilib., Exerc. Phyt. 2: 546 (1792), opus utique oppr.
  • Vignea leporina (L.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler & H.G.L.Reichenbach, Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2, 3: 1613 (1830).
  • Olotrema leporina (L.) Raf., Good Book: 25 (1840).
• Heterotypic
  • Carex ovalis Gooden., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 148 (1794).
  • Carex brizoides Geners., Elench.: 857 (1798), sensu auct.
  • Carex sicula Tineo, Pl. Rar. Sicil.: 30 (1817).
  • Carex leporina var. ovata Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl.: 30 (1820).
  • Carex argyroglochin Hornem., Fors. Oecon. Plantel., ed. 3, 1: 927 (1821).
  • Carex leporina var. alpina Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 6: 53 (1830).
  • Vignea argyroglochin (Hornem.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler & H.G.L.Reichenbach, Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2, 3: 1612 (1830).
  • Carex leporina var. argyroglochin (Hornem.) W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 753 (1837).
  • Carex leporina f. argyroglochin (Hornem.) W.D.J.Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv.: 753 (1837).
  • Carex malvernensis S.Gibson, Phytologist 1: 715 (1843).
  • Carex leporina var. argyrolepis Peterm., Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 493 (1846).
  • Carex leporina f. longibracteata Peterm., Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 493 (1846).
  • Carex leporina f. monostachya Peterm., Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 493 (1846).
  • Carex leporina var. capitata Sond., Fl. Hamburg.: 489 (1850).
  • Carex leporina var. nemoralis Trevir. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 279 (1852).
  • Carex leporina var. pallescens Godr. in J.C.M.Grenier & D.A.Godron, Fl. France 3: 397 (1856).
  • Carex leporina var. subfestiva Lange, Pug. Pl. Hispan.: 62 (1860).
  • Carex leporina f. minor Kuntze, Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 16 (1867).
  • Carex leporina subsp. sicula (Tineo) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 779 (1882).
  • Carex leporina f. robusta Fiek, Jahresber. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult. 66: 203 (1888 publ. 1889).
  • Carex leporina var. atrofusca Christ, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 27(2): 166 (1888).
  • Caricina ovalis (Gooden.) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 878 (1889).
  • Carex leporina f. nana Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 52 (1902).
  • Carex leporina var. radicans Zabel ex Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 53 (1902).
  • Carex leporina var. conferta Arbost ex Merino, Fl. Galicia 3: 168 (1909).
  • Carex cousturieri Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 556 (1913 publ. 1914).
  • Carex leporina var. laucheana Bornm., Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 22: 100 (1916).
  • Carex tracyi Mack., Erythea 8: 41 (1922).
  • Carex leporina subsp. argyroglochin (Hornem.) P.Fourn., Fl. Compl. Plaine Franç.: 554 (1928).
  • Carex leporina var. malvernensis (S.Gibson) Lousley, Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 12: 203 (1942).
  • Carex leporina subsp. ovalis (Gooden.) Maire, Fl. Afrique N. 4: 116 (1957).
  • Carex ovalis var. argyroglochin (Hornem.) De Langhe & Lambinon, Nouv. Fl. Belg., Grand-Duché Luxemb., Nord France: 759 (1973).
  • Vignea ovalis (Gooden.) Soják, Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 148: 196 (1979 publ. 1980).
  • Vignea leporina var. alpina (Gaudin) Dostál, Folia Mus. Rerum Nat. Bohemiae Occid., Bot. 21: 16 (1984).
  • Carex ovalis var. subfestiva (Lange) O.Bolòs & Vigo, Fl. Man. Paísos Catalans 4: 255 (2001).

Homonyms

• Carex leporina Michx., nom. illeg. = Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.
• Carex leporina Schkuhr ex Trevir., pro syn. = Carex heleonastes subsp. heleonastes

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia Albania, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Froyar, Germany, Great Britain, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia Continental: Northern America California, Connecticut, Maine, Corse, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Quebec, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Washington, Wisconsin Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Morocco, Algeria Regional: Macaronesia Azores. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 973. Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex leporina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Carex leporina. Published online. Accessed: Aug-17 2017.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Carex leporina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Aug 17. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: eggbract sedge
suomi: Jänönsara
русский: Осока заячья
svenska: Harstarr

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