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, 2^nd 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