Carex nardina

Carex nardina

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 nardina

Name

Carex nardina Fr., Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 2: 55. (1839)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Kobresia nardina Hornem., Nomencl. Fl. Danic.: 74 (1827).
• Homotypic
  • Carex gynocrates Wormsk. ex Drejer, Naturhist. Tidsskr. 3: 438 (1841), nom. superfl.
  • Carex chordorrhiza subsp. gynocrates Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 782 (1882)
  • Carex dioica var. gynocrates (Nyman) Ostenf., Fl. Arct.: 60 (1902)
  • Carex dioica subsp. gynocrates (Nyman) Hultén, Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 4, 8(5): 170 (1962)
  • Vignea gynocrates (Nyman) Soják, Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 148: 195 (1979 publ. 1980),nom. superfl.
  • Vignea nardina (Hornem.) Soják, Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 148: 196 (1979 publ. 1980)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Labrador, Magadan, Montana, Nevada, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Svalbard, Sweden, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fries, E.M. 1839. Novitiarum Florae Suecicae Mantissa [prima, altera, tertia] & Continuationes 2: 55.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Carex nardina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Aug. 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Carex nardina. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 15 2017.
• eFloras 2008. Carex nardina in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• Carex nardina. Flora of North America.

Vernacular names

English: spike sedge
suomi: Jäkkisara
svenska: Staggstarr

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