Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex eburnea Boott

First published in W.J.Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer., Bot. N. Brit. Amer. 2: 226 (1839)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic America to N. & E. U.S.A., Mexico. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 18, 1902 Drummond, T. [87] United States K000907854 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 18, 1902 Richardson, J. [2] United States K000907855 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 18, 1902 Richardson, J. [s.n.] United States K000907856 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jul 18, 1902 Norman, F. [1] United States K000907853 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [494] Canada K002618219 Yes
[Torrey]; Boott, F. [s.n.] United States K001733988 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [72] Canada K002618218 Yes
Gray, A. [174] United States K002618260 Yes
Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K001733982 Yes
Fidestrom, I. [3969] United States K002615444 Yes
Hermann, F.J. [9393] United States K002618257 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618236 No
Morang, T. [s.n.] United States K002618256 Yes
Anderson, J.P. [9276] United States K002618211 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K001733983 Yes
Taylor, R.L.; Ferguson, D.H. [1509] Canada K002618229 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K002618222 Yes
Clokey, C.B.; Bruderlin, K.; Clokey, I.W. [4035] United States K002615445 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States K002618263 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618255 Yes
Clokey, I.W. [3689] United States K002615448 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618258 Yes
{Oakes} [s.n.] United States K002618233 Yes
{Dewey} [s.n.] United States K002618244 Yes
Boott, F.; [Torrey] [s.n.] United States K002618238 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K001733984 Yes
Pease, A.S. [11960] Canada K002618220 Yes
Torrey [s.n.] United States K002618243 Yes
Clokey, I.W. [3687] United States K002615447 Yes
Vasey, G. [s.n.] United States K001733985 Yes
Short, C.W. [9] United States K002618249 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States K002618241 Yes
Richardson [s.n.] Canada K002618232 No
Raymond, M. [1763] Canada K002618230 Yes
Clokey, I.W. [3686] United States K002615449 Yes
Taylor [8] United States K002618247 Yes
Torrey [s.n.] United States K002618245 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618234 Yes
{Drummond} [s.n.] United States K002618231 Yes
McCalla, W.C. [s.n.] Canada K002618228 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] United States K002618250 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002618235 Yes
Green [s.n.] United States K002618248 Yes
Smith, S.G.; Jones, Q.; Viereck, L. [2368] United States K002618212 Yes
Macoun, J. [53] Canada K002618216 Yes
Eggert, H. [s.n.] United States K002618239 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States K002618251 Yes
McCalla, W.C. [2349] Canada K002618213 Yes
Adams, J. [s.n.] Canada K002618224 Yes
{Oakes} [s.n.] United States K002618237 Yes
Carey, J. [s.n.] United States K001733986 Yes
Clokey, I.W. [3376] United States K002615446 Yes
Peter, R. [s.n.] United States K002618259 Yes
Prof. Macoun; [M. A.] [1655] Canada K002618217 Yes
Raymond, M.; Cinq-Mars, L. [s.n.] Canada K002618225 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Gillett, J.M. [783] Canada K002618221 Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M.; Kittredge Jr., J. [2889] Canada K002618223 Yes
Carey, J. [s.n.] United States K001733987 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] United States K002618262 Yes
Baldwin, W.K.W.; Breitung, A.J. [2518] Canada K002618227 Yes
Porter, T.C. [s.n.] United States K002618261 Yes
Short, C.W. [9] United States K002618242 Yes
Rousseau, J. [32370] Canada K002618215 Yes
Bissell, C.H.; Fernald, M.L. [s.n.] United States K002618253 Yes
Drummond, T. [4] United States K000907852 Unknown Type Material Yes
Greene [s.n.] United States K002618246 Yes
Short [s.n.] United States K002618240 Yes
Congdon, J.W. [3233] United States K002618252 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [9300] Canada K002618226 Yes
Robinson, B.L.; Fernald, M.L. [s.n.] United States K002618254 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K002618214 Yes

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/

  • 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