Carex capillaris

Carex capillaris

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 capillaris
Subspecies: C. c. subsp. capillaris – C. c. subsp. fuscidula

Name

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

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Carex plena Clairv., Man. Herbor. Suisse: 292 (1811), nom. superfl.
  • Trasus capillaris (L.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 66 (1821 publ. 1822).
  • Loxotrema capillaris (L.) Raf., Good Book: 25 (1840).
  • Carex capillaris f. typica B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 75: 203 (1948), not validly publ.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere Alaska, Alberta, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Froyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Morocco, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Poland, Qinghai, Qubec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Washington, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon 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. 2019. Carex capillaris in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Carex capillaris. Published online. Accessed: Dec 15 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Carex capillaris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex capillaris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Асака воласападобная
eesti: Jõhvtarn
suomi: Hapsisara
polski: Turzyca włosowata

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