Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex digitata L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 975 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to N. Iran. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Amini Rad, M., Musaev, S. & Karimov, V. (2014). Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) sect. Glandestinae in Iran. Iranian Journal of Botany 20: 20-24.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 18, 1904 Ross, J. [118] China K000960913 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 18, 1904 Ross, J. [424] China K000960914 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fran, L. [318] Switzerland K002572458 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Austria K002572451 Yes
s.coll. [903] K002572412 Yes
Gander, H. [s.n.] Austria K002572439 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002572415 Yes
Zamelo, A. [s.n.] Latvia K002572417 Yes
{Goldbach, C.L.; Fischer de Waldheim} [s.n.] Austria K002572450 Yes
Prescott, G.W. [s.n.] Austria K002572441 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002572459 Yes
[Montogis] [s.n.] Austria K002572440 Yes
Rudolph, K. [s.n.] Austria K002572449 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Switzerland K002572468 Yes
Hooper, S.S. [469] North Macedonia K002572425 Yes
Bor, N.L. [s.n.] Austria K002572447 Yes
Kükenthal; Kneucker, A. [295] Germany K002572429 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Switzerland K002572463 Yes
[Ab] Boover [s.n.] Austria K002572445 Yes
Torges, E.; Kneucker, A. [294] Germany K002572428 Yes
Palmgren, A. [33] Finland K002572407 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002572465 Yes
Baenitz, C. [s.n.] Germany K002572427 Yes
Parlatore, F.; {Pisano, M.} [4] Germany K002572433 Yes
[W. M. S.] [s.n.] Switzerland K002572457 Yes
Steetz; Tommasini [s.n.] Switzerland K002572469 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Eswatini K002572460 Yes
Davis, J.J. [33449] Russia K002572421 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002572422 Yes
Pohjala, L. [s.n.] Finland K002572406 Yes
[Rgl] [s.n.] Austria K002572446 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Switzerland K002572467 Yes
{N. Ya. Taskaeva} [s.n.] Russia K002572434 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002572436 Yes
Christ; Wood [s.n.] Switzerland K002572464 Yes
[L. Bois]; [Berne] [1375] Switzerland K002572466 Yes
Palmgren, A. [1091] Finland K002572409 Yes
Skvortsov, A.K. [s.n.] Russia K002572423 Yes
Wegelius, A.G.; Hjelt, A.H. [s.n.] Finland K002572410 Yes
Radde [s.n.] K002572416 Yes
Hoppe, D.H. [s.n.] Austria K002572443 Yes
Bor, N.L. [1] Austria K002572448 Yes
Vitek, E. [99-04] Austria K002572435 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002572413 Yes
[Guter] [s.n.] Austria K002572438 Yes
Murray, R.P. [469] Switzerland K002572456 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002572424 Yes
Gander, H. [s.n.] Austria K002572453 Yes
von Frenckel, G. [s.n.] Finland K002572408 Yes
Torges; Kneucker, A. [321] Germany K002572430 Yes
Czetz, C. [s.n.] Romania K002572444 Yes
s.coll. [166] K002572420 Yes
Kneucker, A. [174] Germany K002572431 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002572419 Yes
Reichenbach [[2]] Germany K002572432 Yes
[Ganda] [s.n.] Austria K002572437 Yes
Samels, A. [s.n.] K002572418 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002572462 Yes
Notaris, D. [54] Switzerland K002572455 Yes
Andrejew, W. [s.n.] K002572414 Yes
Hooper, S. [21/62] Germany K002572426 Yes
Fedtschenko, O.A.; Fedtschenko, B.A. [s.n.] K002572411 Yes
Muret, J. [s.n.] Switzerland K002572461 Yes
Huter, R. [s.n.] Austria K002572452 Yes
Eastes, A.E. [s.n.] Switzerland K002572454 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images