Carex saxatilis

Carex saxatilis

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 saxatilis

Name

Carex saxatilis L., Sp. Pl.: 976 (1753).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Vignea saxatilis (L.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler & H.G.L.Reichenbach, Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2, 3: 1624 (1830).
  • Carex vesicaria subsp. saxatilis (L.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 727 (1909).
• Heterotypic
  • Carex pulla Gooden., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 3: 78 (1797).
  • Carex fusca Schkuhr, Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 64 (1801), nom. illeg.
  • Carex saxatilis var. inflata Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl.: 34 (1820).
  • Carex physocarpa J.Presl & C.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 202 (1828).
  • Carex saxatilis var. compacta Wimm. & Grab., Fl. Siles. 2(2): 304 (1829).
  • Carex saxatilis var. distans Wimm. & Grab., Fl. Siles. 2(2): 304 (1829).
  • Vignea pulla (Gooden.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler & H.G.L.Reichenbach, Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2, 3: 1624 (1830).
  • Carex ensifolia Turcz. ex Besser, Flora 17(1 Beibl.): 26 (1834), nom. nud.
  • Carex vesicaria subsp. pulla (Gooden.) Andersson, Pl. Scand. 1: 19 (1849).
  • Carex vesicaria var. distenta Fr., Exsicc. (Herb. Normale Pl. Rar. Crit. Suec.) 15: 84 (1853).
  • Carex incerta Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 210 (1855).
  • Carex jungenda Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 210 (1855).
  • Carex ochroleuca Cham. ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 216 (1855).
  • Carex ambusta Boott, Ill. Gen. Carex 1: 64 (1858).
  • Carex saxatilis var. major Olney in S.Watson, Botany [Fortieth Parallel]: 370 (1871).
  • Carex pulla var. laxa Trautv., Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 130 (1877).
  • Carex miliaris var. major (Olney) L.H.Bailey, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 36 (1889).
  • Carex pulla var. vesicarioides Kurtz, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 417 (1894).
  • Carex vesicaria var. jejuna Fernald, Rhodora 3: 53 (1901).
  • Carex miliaris f. major (Olney) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 719 (1909).
  • Carex vesicaria f. laxa (Trautv.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 728 (1909).
  • Carex vesicaria var. physocarpa (C.Presl) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 728 (1909).
  • Carex saxatilis var. glomerata Ewing, Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist (1910): 180 (1910).
  • Carex pulla f. debilis Porsild, Meddel. Grønland 50: 370 (1912).
  • Carex vesicaria var. laurentiana Fernald, Rhodora 35: 232 (1933).
  • Carex procerula V.I.Krecz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 3: 622 (1935).
  • Carex saxatilis var. laxa (Trautv.) Ohwi, J. Jap. Bot. 11: 408 (1935).
  • Carex saxatilis subsp. laxa (Trautv.) Kalela, Ann. Bot. Soc. Zool.-Bot. Fenn. "Vanamo" 14(2): 15 (1940).

Homonyms

• Carex saxatilis Huds., nom. illeg. = Carex caryophyllea var. caryophyllea

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Montana, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Wyoming, Yukon, Aleutian Is., Greenland, Utah, Washington Continental: Eurasia East European Russia, Finland, Froyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Mongolia, North European Russia, Norway, Svalbard, Sweden, West Siberia, Yakutskiya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 976.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex saxatilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex saxatilis. Published online. Accessed: Feb 02 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex saxatilis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 02. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Carex saxatilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex saxatilis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

English: rock sedge, Russet sedge
suomi: Kiiltosara
français: Carex saxatile
svenska: Glansstarr

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