Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex aurea Nutt.

First published in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 205 (1818)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic and W. North America to N. & Central U.S.A. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.
  • Herkert, J.R. & Ebinger, J.E. (eds.) (2002). Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: status and distribution 1: 1-161. Endangered species protection board, Springfield, Illinois.
  • Rink, G. & Licher, M. (2015). Cyperaceae. Sedge family. Part 1: Family description, key to the genera, and Carex L.. Canotia 11: 1-97. Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Herkert, J.R. & Ebinger, J.E. (eds.) (2002). Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: status and distribution 1: 1-161. Endangered species protection board, Springfield, Illinois.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Rink, G. & Licher, M. (2015). Cyperaceae. Sedge family. Part 1: Family description, key to the genera, and Carex L.. Canotia 11: 1-97. Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Booth, F. [s.n.] Canada K002618332 No
Dore, W.G. [47-130] Canada K002618313 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618400 No
s.coll. [190] United States K002618350 No
Went, F.W. [231] United States K002618301 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618387 No
Wiegand, K.M.; Bailey, L.H. [99] United States K002618341 No
Scoggan, H.J. [8699] Canada K002618336 No
[Gray Man] [s.n.] United States K002618346 No
s.coll. [156] United States K002618398 No
Wolfe, J. [1052-7] United States K002618372 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618361 No
Scribner, F.L. [1818] United States K002618371 No
Rosendahl, C.O. [1939] Canada K002618325 No
Rouleau, J.A.E. [1854] Canada K002618320 No
Hermann, F.J. [8255] United States K002618380 No
Leschke, H. [272] United States K002618390 No
Raymond, M. [134] Canada K002618310 No
Hooker, J.D.; Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K001734385 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618344 No
Fernald, M.L.; Long, B.H.; St. John, H. [7071] Canada K002618316 No
Rouleau, J.A.E. [1824] Canada K002618319 No
Crowell, I. [15] United States K002618382 No
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States K002618402 No
Cody, W.J.; Matte, J.M. [8985] Canada K002618338 No
Dore, W.G.; Senn, H.A.; Gorham, E. [45474] Canada K002618340 No
Macoun, M.A. [1631] Canada K002618309 No
Baker, C.F.; Earle, F.S.; Tracy, S.M. [330] United States K002618357 No
Macoun, J.M. [[7]] Canada K002618323 No
s.coll. [144] Canada K002618303 No
s.coll. [4] United States K002618386 No
Burke; [Keppinh] [s.n.] Canada K002618306 No
Baker, C.F. [228] United States K002618369 No
Macoun, J. [40] Canada K002618318 No
Howell, T. [s.n.] United States K002618377 No
Palmer, E. [545] United States K002618373 No
Boott, F. [2] United States K002618384 No
Coville, F.V.; Funston, F. [1429] K001734383 No
{Elmer} [1126] United States K002618355 No
Garber, A.P. [s.n.] United States K002618366 No
Macoun, J. [s.n.] United States K002618405 No
Richardson [s.n.] Canada K002618327 No
Macoun, J. [5] Canada K002618322 No
Dore, W.G. [47-130] Canada K002618312 No
{Drummond} [s.n.] United States K002618399 No
Sehested, H. [s.n.] United States K002618364 No
T.M. [s.n.] United States K002618363 No
[Grawe] [s.n.] United States K002618349 No
Elmer, A.D.E. [1141] United States K002618352 No
Nelson, A. [7537] United States K002618381 No
Edmondson, T.W. [5362] United States K002618389 No
McCalla, W.C. [2335] Canada K002618317 No
Calder, J.A.; Savile, D.B.O. [9845] Canada K002618337 No
Baker, C.F.; Earle, F.S.; Tracy, S.M. [721] United States K002618351 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K002618333 No
Jenney, C.F.; Churchill, J.R.; Hill, A.F. [s.n.] United States K002618395 No
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States K002618403 No
{Bourgeau} [s.n.] United States K002618401 No
Geyer, C.A. [190] United States K002618356 No
s.coll. [330] Canada K002618304 No
Canby, W.M.; Porter, J.C. [250] United States K002618362 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K002618328 No
Edmondson, T.W. [5378] United States K002618388 No
Soper, J.H. [330] Canada K002618314 No
Wadmond, S.C. [2884] United States K002618370 No
{Drummond} [s.n.] Canada K002618330 No
Alexander, A.M.; Kellogg, L. [4536] United States K002618396 No
Ulke, T. [1065] Canada K002618326 No
Boott, F. [7] United States K002618385 No
Geyer, C.A. [190] United States K002618367 No
Abrams, L. [2847] United States K002618354 No
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K002618324 No
Peck, M.E. [9599] United States K002618391 No
Andersen, J.P. [9310] United States K002618302 No
Lyall, D. [s.n.] United States K002618404 No
s.coll. [330] Canada K002618342 No
Parry, C.C. [2] United States K002618376 No
Shaw, C.H. [757] Canada K002618334 No
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States K002618353 No
{Nuttall} [s.n.] United States K002618378 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K002618321 No
Gleason, H.A.; Gleason Jr., H.A. [s.n.] United States K002618394 No
Carey, J. [5] United States K002618383 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618345 No
Prior, A. [s.n.] United States K002618379 No
Garton, C.E. [7112] Canada K002618339 No
Jodd [s.n.] Canada K002618329 No
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M. [2842] Canada K002618311 No
Cusack [s.n.] United States K001734384 No
{Dewey} [s.n.] United States K002618343 No
Lyall, D. [3] United States K002618375 No
Edmondson, T.W. [6056] Canada K002618331 No
Daubenmire, R. [4030] United States K002618359 No
Macoun, J. [2250] Canada K001734386 No
Macoun, M.A. [1630] Canada K002618308 No
Clokey, I.W. [4046] United States K002618358 No
Blake, S.F. [5505] Canada K002618305 No
Rousseau, J. [31297] Canada K002618315 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618348 No
Baldwin, W.K.W. [4928] Canada K002618335 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618347 No
Dewey, C. [156] United States K002618360 No
Macoun, J.M. [142] Canada K002618307 No
Baker, C.F. [227] United States K002618368 No
Copeland, E.B. [s.n.] United States K002618392 No
Baker, C.F. [362] United States K002618374 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • 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