Juncaceae
Luzula

Luzula pallescens Sw.

First published in Summa Veg. Scand.: 13 (1814)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic & Subalpine Eurasia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subalpine or subarctic biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russia, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya

Extinct in:

Ireland

Introduced into:

Newfoundland, Québec, Vermont

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • 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.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 29, 2023 Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Shaw, A.; Márquez-Corro, J.I.; Leitch, I. [MC9602] United Kingdom K001527226 Yes
Lousley, J.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002783193 Yes
Hunnybun, E.W. [1356] United Kingdom K002783194 Yes
Salmon, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002783191 Yes
Patston, T.; Gilbert, J.L. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002783195 Yes
Hunnybun, E.W.; Groves, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002783196 Yes
Salisbury, E.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002783192 Yes
Vorobyeva, L. [s.n.] Russia Luzula pallidula K002783537 Yes
Otruba, J. [s.n.] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783074 Yes
Hultén, E. [192] Russia Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783822 Yes
Celakovsky [s.n.] Germany Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783069 Yes
Zetterstedt, J.E.; Zetterstedt, P.L. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783080 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M.; Darlington, H.T. [5160] Canada Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002784754 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783094 Yes
Celakovsky [s.n.] Germany Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783068 Yes
Celakovsky [s.n.] Germany Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783070 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783088 Yes
Sauramo, M. [s.n.] Finland Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783087 Yes
Komarov Iter Kamczaticum, V.; Komarov, V.L. [s.n.] Russia Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783821 Yes
Furuse, M. [45079] Japan Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783974 Yes
Collins, J.F.; Fernald, M.L. [54] Canada Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002784755 Yes
s.coll. [664] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783071 Yes
Hartz, J.; Ostenfeld, C. [s.n.] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783046 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Canada Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002784753 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783819 Yes
s.coll. [664] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783075 Yes
Komarov, V. [356] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783818 Yes
{Blocki; Woloszczak; Bubela} [s.n.] Austria Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783064 Yes
Steffenburg, W. [1789] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783090 Yes
Andrejew, W.D. [s.n.] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783076 Yes
Fries, H. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783093 Yes
Lindeberg, C.J. [s.n.] Norway Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783085 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783084 Yes
[D. Golder] [s.n.] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783072 Yes
Beechey [s.n.] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783820 Yes
Paczoski, J. [s.n.] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783077 Yes
[C. Raeintz] [s.n.] Germany Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783067 Yes
Warnstorf, C. [s.n.] Germany Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783066 Yes
Afzelius, P.C. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783082 Yes
Furuse, M. [9090] Japan Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783973 Yes
Andersson; Fristedt, R.F.; [Flybjomstrom] [1867] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783089 Yes
Ohlsén, R. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783079 Yes
Herder [s.n.] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783823 Yes
Haussknecht, C. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783086 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783092 Yes
Kulczynski, S. [s.n.] Poland Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783063 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783083 Yes
Brummitt, N.A.; Firsov, G. [205] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783826 Yes
s.coll. [96] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783073 Yes
Samuelsson, G. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783078 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783065 Yes
Kovtonjuk, N. [1140] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783824 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783081 Yes
Mameev, S. [700] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783825 Yes
Zetterstedt, J.E.; Steffenburg, W. [s.n.] Sweden Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783091 Yes
Gruner, L. [s.n.] Luzula campestris var. pallescens K002783095 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [6386] Spain Luzula multiflora subsp. pallescens K002783062 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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.
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

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