Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex bicolor Bellardi ex All.

First published in Fl. Pedem. 2: 267 (1785)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to N. Asia, Subarctic America to Canada. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Austria, British Columbia, East European Russia, France, Greenland, Iceland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Krasnoyarsk, Manitoba, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Romania, Saskatchewan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Douglas, G.W., Meidinger, D. & Penny, J.L. (2002). Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, ed. 2: 1-358. Province of British Columbia.
  • Gillespie, L.J. & al. (2015). New vascular plant records for the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. PhytoKeys 52: 23-79.
  • 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.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. & Armemov, I.A. (2012). Opredelitel' Rastenii Respublika Altai: 1-640. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo SO RAN.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Packer, J.G. & Gould, J. (2007). Vascular Plants of alberta 1: 1-281. University of Calgary Press.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • 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.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. & Armemov, I.A. (2012). Opredelitel' Rastenii Respublika Altai: 1-640. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo SO RAN.
  • Packer, J.G. & Gould, J. (2007). Vascular Plants of alberta 1: 1-281. University of Calgary Press.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 16, 1864 Huter, R. [S.n.] Austria K002686203 Yes
Huguenin, A. [175] France K001731082 Yes
Cosson, E.; Kralik, L. [2961] France K002686187 Yes
Andersson, N.J. [S.n.] Sweden K001731084 Yes
Perrier, E. [S.n.] France K001731085 Yes
S.coll. [S.n.] France K001731086 Yes
Heer, O. [S.n.] Switzerland K002686204 Yes
S.coll. [7] Austria K001731087 Yes
{Drejer} [s.n.] Greenland K002618273 No
s.coll. [6] United Kingdom K002686190 No
Sørensen, T. [3095] Greenland K002618277 No
{Agassiz} [s.n.] Canada K002618283 No
Spetzman, L.A. [1041] United States K002618271 No
Macoun, J. [64062] Canada K002618288 No
Trapnell, C.G. [304] Greenland K002618280 No
Macoun, J. [67584] Canada K002618287 No
Saarela, J.M.; Sokoloff, P.C.; Bull, R.D. [3726] Canada K002618281 No
[Vahl] [s.n.] Greenland K002618272 No
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M.; Long, B.H.; Gilbert Jr, F.A.; Hotchkiss, N. [27668] Canada K002618285 No
s.coll. [98] France K002686245 No
Olsson, P. [s.n.] Norway K002686198 No
Warren, E.M. [s.n.] Canada K002618289 No
Calder, J.A.; Savile, D.B.O.; Kukkonen, I.T.K. [24238] Canada K002618290 No
Indebetou, C.; Julin, G. [s.n.] Sweden K002686194 No
Farr, E.M. [s.n.] Canada K002618284 No
Sørensen, T. [3094] Greenland K002618276 No
Sørensen, T. [3094] Greenland K002618278 No
Sørensen, T. [3096] Greenland K002618279 No
Vaage, J. [s.n.] Greenland K002618275 No
Saarela, J.M.; Sokoloff, P.C.; Bull, R.D. [3978] Canada K002618282 No
Calder, J.A.; Kukkonen, I.T.K. [28127] Canada K002618291 No
Churchill, J.R. [s.n.] Canada K002618286 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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