Carex nigra

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 nigra
Subspecies: C. n. subsp. alpina – C. n. subsp. drukyulensis – C. n. subsp. intricata – C. n. subsp. juncea – C. n. subsp. nigra – C. n. subsp. transcaucasica

Name

Carex nigra (L.) Reichard, Fl. Moeno-Francof. 2: 96 (1778).

Synonyms

Basionym
- Carex acuta var. nigra L., Sp. Pl.: 978 (1753).
Homotypic
- Carex acuta subsp. nigra (L.) Ehrh., Hannover. Mag. 18: 233 (1780).
- Carex vulgaris Fr., Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3: 153 (1843), nom. superfl.
- Vignantha vulgaris Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 706 (1866), nom. superfl.
- Vignea vulgaris Fuss, Fl. Transsilv.: 680 (1866), nom. superfl.
- Carex vulgaris var. communis Meinsh., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 333 (1901)
- Carex stolonifera subsp. vulgaris O.Schwarz, Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 89 (1949).

Homonyms

Carex nigra All., nom. illeg. = Carex parviflora Host
Carex nigra Schkuhr, nom. illeg. = Carex aterrima subsp. aterrima

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Sicilia, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Morocco.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur.
- Regional: Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan.
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Iran, Iraq, Turkey.
- Regional: Mongolia
  - Mongolia.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - East Himalaya.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Subarctic America
  - Greenland.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Isle, Québec.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
Continental: Antarctic
- Regional: Subantarctic Islands
  - South Georgia.

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

References

Primary references

Reichard, J.J. 1778. Flora Moeno-Francofurtana 2: 96.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex nigra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 28. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex nigra. Published online. Accessed: Jan 28 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex nigra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 28. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Carex nigra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Jan 2020.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Braun-Segge
eesti: Harilik tarn
suomi: Jokapaikansara

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