Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex frigida All.

First published in Fl. Pedem. 2: 270 (1785)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mountains of S. Central & S. Europe. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, Corse, France, Germany, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Spain, Switzerland

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.
  • 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.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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?
Aug 9, 1894 Clarke, C.B. [48290] Switzerland K001615068 Yes
Aug 9, 1894 Clarke, C.B. [48328] Switzerland K002574198 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [5508] Italy K002574252 Yes
[543] Switzerland K002574222 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574217 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002574267 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574170 Yes
Meinertzhagen, R. [s.n.] France K002574233 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002574264 Yes
Hoppe [s.n.] K002574259 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574193 Yes
Jarvis [s.n.] K002574263 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574208 Yes
[1156] Switzerland K002574205 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574172 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574174 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574204 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574194 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Matthews, J.R.; Reilly, L.A.M. [672] France K002574241 Yes
[19] Austria K002574163 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K001734251 Yes
Hoppe [s.n.] France K002574245 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [4366] Spain K002574256 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574218 Yes
Churchill, G.C. [s.n.] Austria K002574261 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [5463] Italy K002574253 Yes
[672] Switzerland K002574209 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574201 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574199 Yes
Ellman, E.; Sandwith, N.Y. [242] France K002574225 Yes
Hooper, S. [s.n.] France K002574223 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574191 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574206 Yes
Ozanon [s.n.] France K002574239 Yes
[543] Switzerland K002574214 No
[s.n.] Austria K002574176 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574178 Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France K002574224 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574180 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574220 Yes
[[615]] Austria K001734119 Yes
Perrin, S. [s.n.] France K002574242 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K001734120 Yes
Zetterstedt, J.E. [s.n.] France K002574243 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574207 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574175 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574192 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574162 Yes
[2227] Austria K002574166 Yes
Billot, C.; par Gérard Marlin [s.n.] Germany K002574231 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574189 Yes
Bang, H. [s.n.] France K002574244 Yes
Stefanoff, B. [s.n.] K002574271 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574221 Yes
Groves, H. [s.n.] Italy K002574251 Yes
Strobb, F.G. [s.n.] K002574258 Yes
Mèline, M.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002574227 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] France K002574240 Yes
Milne-Redhead, R. [5835] United Kingdom K002176916 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [5895] Spain K002574257 Yes
Dauphiné [s.n.] France K002574235 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574196 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002574270 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574186 Yes
[2227] Austria K002574167 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574181 Yes
[11] Austria K002574171 Yes
[2347] Austria K002574165 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K002574255 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002574269 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002574260 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574212 Yes
[202] Switzerland K002574216 Yes
Willmott, E.A.; Pin, C. [s.n.] France K002574232 Yes
[2288] Austria K002574161 Yes
Linton, E.F. [753/16] United Kingdom K002176915 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574173 Yes
Reverchon, E. [s.n.] France K002574229 Yes
[48928] Switzerland K002574197 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [5458] Italy K002574254 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574202 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574210 Yes
Porta, P.; Fiori, Adr.; Béguinot, A. [s.n.] Austria K002574246 Yes
Groves, H. [s.n.] Italy K002574250 Yes
Porta; Rigo [513] Italy K002574247 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574183 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574177 Yes
[547] France K002574164 Yes
Godron [s.n.] France K002574236 Yes
[48539] Switzerland K002574203 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002574228 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574179 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574169 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002574249 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574184 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002574266 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002574265 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574187 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574185 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574211 Yes
Webb, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002176913 Yes
{L. de Lambertye} [s.n.] France K002574237 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574190 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574182 Yes
Perrin, S. [s.n.] France K001734252 Yes
[1] Switzerland K002574200 Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France K002574226 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574188 Yes
M.B. [s.n.] France K002574230 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574213 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002574248 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] France K002574234 Yes
[Wm R Lintar] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002176914 Yes
Churchill, G.C. [s.n.] Austria K002574262 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574219 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002574268 Yes
[[160]] Austria K002574168 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574195 Yes
[s.n.] Carex pseudofrigida K002574155 Yes
[s.n.] Carex pseudofrigida K002574154 Yes
[s.n.] Carex pseudofrigida K002574152 Yes
[209] Spain Carex pseudofrigida K002574151 Yes
[[1461]] Carex pseudofrigida K002574153 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 2026. 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 2026. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images