Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.

First published in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 67 (1824)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic to N. U.S.A. and Himalaya. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Aleutian Is., Altay, British Columbia, Buryatiya, China North-Central, East European Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Mongolia, Nepal, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Saskatchewan, Svalbard, Sweden, Tibet, Turkey, Tuva, Vermont, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • 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.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2008 Drejer, S.T.N. [s.n.] Iceland K000960473 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2008 Rae, J. [s.n.] Iceland K000960472 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Mr. Liharde]; Mølmen [s.n.] Norway K002686384 No
Dvistuen [s.n.] Norway K001617227 No
Ruhsam, M. [DMR21] United Kingdom K001768123 Yes
Goodenough, S. [s.n.] K000960471 Unknown Type Material Yes
Goodenough, S. [s.n.] K000960470 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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