Carex limosa

Carex limosa

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 limosa

Name

Carex limosa L., Sp. Pl.: 977 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Trasus limosus (L.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 67 (1821 publ. 1822).
  • Facolos limosa (L.) Raf., Good Book: 26 (1840).
• Heterotypic
  • Carex elegans Willd., Fl. Berol. Prodr.: 34 (1787).
  • Carex limosa var. oblonga Dewey, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 10: 42 (1826).
  • Carex laxa Dewey, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 26: 376 (1834), nom. illeg.
  • Carex limosa var. painei Dewey, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 29: 71 (1836).
  • Carex limosa f. pauciflora Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 1: 783 (1864).
  • Carex limosa f. stans Bolle, Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 7: 27 (1865).
  • Carex glaucocarpa St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 856 (1889).
  • Carex limosa f. laxiformis Lackow., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 44: 164 (1903).
  • Carex limosa f. robustior Lackow., Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 44: 164 (1903).
  • Carex limosa var. fuscocuprea Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 505 (1909).
  • Carex limosa f. longivaginata H.Lindb. ex Hiitonen, Suom. Kasvio: 161 (1933).
  • Carex fuscocuprea (Kük.) V.I.Krecz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 3: 599 (1935).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alaska, Alberta, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Qubec, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Yukon Continental: Eurasia Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia Continental: Southern America Dominican Republic, Venezuela 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: 977. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex limosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex limosa. Published online. Accessed: Jan 23 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex limosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Carex limosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Jan 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex limosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

dansk: Dyndstar
Deutsch: Schlamm-Segge
English: mud sedge
suomi: Mutasara
français: laîche des bourbiers
日本語: ヤチスゲ
Nederlands: Slijkzegge
polski: Turzyca bagienna
русский: Осока топяная
svenska: Dystarr
中文: 湿生薹草

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