Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex atrofusca Schkuhr

First published in Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 106 (1801)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic to Temp. Northern Hemisphere. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Altay, Austria, China North-Central, China South-Central, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greenland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Magadan, Manitoba, Mongolia, Nepal, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., Ontario, Qinghai, Québec, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
  • 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.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 1: 1-366. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • 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?
Mar 20, 1990 Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000999100 Unknown Type Material Yes
[447] Sweden K002574133 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574110 Yes
MacKechnie, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002574054 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574132 Yes
Zetterstedt, J.E. [670] Norway K002574084 Yes
s.coll. [S.n.] Norway K002574098 Yes
Farille, M.A. [81-419] Nepal K001612129 Yes
[[81]] Norway K002574127 Yes
[[539]] France K002574118 Yes
[F. Ahlberg] [81] Norway K002574073 Yes
Malte, M.O. [126910] Canada K002560423 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] China K002941611 Yes
Schrenck [s.n.] K002218691 No
[Mae] [s.n.] Norway K002574085 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574148 Yes
[[81]] Norway K001734118 Yes
[Dohur Nertsch] [13] K002218697 No
[s.n.] K002574103 Yes
Licent, É. (Abbé) [4512] China K002941613 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000999093 Unknown Type Material Yes
[s.n.] France K002574114 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574128 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574109 Yes
[D. Lagger] [S.n.] Norway K002574072 Yes
Wallich, N. [3389] Nepal K000999090 Unknown Type Material Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574136 Yes
Hoppe [s.n.] Norway K002574097 Yes
Richardson, J. (Sir) [2] Canada K002560429 Yes
[83/197] Sweden K002574150 Yes
[148] Sweden K002574141 Yes
Turczaninow, N.S. [s.n.] K000960560 Unknown Type Material Yes
[s.n.] Slovakia K002574101 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002218696 No
Schrenk, A.G. [s.n.] K002218689 No
[s.n.] Sweden K002574125 Yes
Licent, A.E. [s.n.] Mongolia K002218699 No
Selby, A.D. [1] Norway K002574089 Yes
[s.n.] Finland K002574137 Yes
[[2]839] Switzerland K002574111 Yes
L. L. Laestadius [Laestadt] [S.n.] Norway K002574074 Yes
Thomas, S. [s.n.] Norway K001734116 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [6109] Nepal K000999101 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sørensen, T. [3098] Greenland K002560418 Yes
[s.n.] Italy K002574112 Yes
Korshinsky, S. [s.n.] K002218690 No
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000999092 Unknown Type Material Yes
[W. B.] [s.n.] Canada K002560425 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574134 Yes
s.coll. [1] Canada K002560428 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574124 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574121 Yes
Wahlberg, P.F. [S.n.] Norway K002574075 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000999098 Unknown Type Material Yes
[s.n.] Finland K002574105 Yes
Anderson; Hooker, H. [s.n.] Canada K002560430 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000999095 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baenitz, C. [s.n.] Norway K002574080 Yes
Sledge, W.A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002574061 Yes
Sørensen, T. [3101] Greenland K002560420 Yes
Malmberg, A.J. [S.n.] Norway K001734117 Yes
Wahlenberg [238] Norway K001734114 Yes
Ledebour, C.F. [s.n.] Russia K000960562 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002574092 Yes
Vaage, J. [s.n.] Greenland K002560416 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574138 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Greenland K002560421 Yes
[F. Ahlberg] [s.n.] Norway K002574083 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000999099 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kharkevich, S. [s.n.] Russia K002218698 No
s.coll. [539] Norway K002574068 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574116 Yes
s.coll. [S.n.] Norway K002574076 Yes
Olsson, P.; Schultz, F. [s.n.] Norway K002574088 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574129 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574117 Yes
J. [C]. Davy [s.n.] United Kingdom K002574065 Yes
MacKechnie, R.; Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002574060 Yes
Regel, A.; Semenow [s.n.] K002218692 No
Sorensen, T. [3097] Greenland K002560417 Yes
s.coll. [611] Norway K002574077 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574107 Yes
Krascheninnikov, H. [956] Mongolia K002218700 No
[s.n.] France K002574115 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] China K002941610 Yes
[s.n.] Finland K002574131 Yes
[18] Switzerland K002574108 Yes
Went, F.W. [334] United States K002560414 Yes
[Anderson Snes. Rerald] [s.n.] Canada K002560426 Yes
[s.n.] K002574119 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002218694 No
[s.n.] France K002574113 Yes
Calder, J.A. [2125] Canada K002560424 Yes
s.coll. [S.n.] Norway K002574100 Yes
[Aull] [3239] United Kingdom K002574062 Yes
Marquand, C.V.B. [s.n.] Norway K002574067 Yes
Karo, F. [129] Russia K002218701 No
Notò, A.; Kneucker, A. [293] Norway K002574096 Yes
[s.n.] K002574102 Yes
Wright, L.S. [s.n.] Norway K002574093 Yes
Collett, R. [s.n.] Norway K002574091 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574140 Yes
[s.n.] Finland K002574149 No
[H. H. Hanves] [670] United Kingdom K002574056 Yes
[Teforrow] [s.n.] K002218695 No
[1689] Sweden K002574145 Yes
Wallich, N. [3389] India K000999094 Unknown Type Material Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574126 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002218704 No
Booth, R. [3] Norway K002574071 Yes
[s.n.] Finland K002574139 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574106 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002574066 Yes
s.coll. [S.n.] Norway K002574069 Yes
[C. H. Cadman] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002574058 Yes
MacKechnie, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002574064 Yes
[539] Sweden K002574130 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574144 Yes
[James Brebner]; [Blinn Heasgarnic [S.n.] United Kingdom K002574053 Yes
Ångström, J. [S.n.] Norway K002574099 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000999091 Unknown Type Material Yes
Simmons, H.G. [2396] Canada K002560422 Yes
Ahlberg; Axell [S.n.] Norway K002574082 Yes
Laestadius; Laestadius misit [S.n.] Norway K001734115 Yes
Richardson, J. [s.n.] Canada K002560427 Yes
Drejer [S.n.] Norway K002574078 Yes
[2383] Sweden K002574146 Yes
Fischer, F.E.L. [s.n.] Russia K000960561 Unknown Type Material Yes
[s.n.] K002574104 Yes
[Erie Dovaston] [S.n.] United Kingdom K002574059 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Norway K002574086 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574122 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574123 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574142 Yes
Riddelsdell, H.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002574057 Yes
Williams, M.M. [1740] United States K002560415 Yes
Michno, P. [s.n.] Russia K002218702 No
Olsson, P. [S.n.] Norway K002574094 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574135 Yes
s.coll. [S.n.] Norway K002574095 Yes
Gray, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002574055 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574143 Yes
[s.n.] Sweden K002574120 Yes
Siplivinsky, V. [s.n.] K002218703 No
N. [G.] Mae [s.n.] Norway K002574081 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] China K002941612 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Norway K002574087 Yes
s.coll. [S.n.] Sweden K002574070 Yes
Elliston Wright, F. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002574063 Yes
Olsson, G. [s.n.] Norway K002574090 Yes
Zetterstedt, J.E. [s.n.] Norway K001734113 Yes
[1991] Sweden K002574147 Yes
Olsson, P. [1603] Norway K002574079 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000999096 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000999097 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sørensen, T. [4244] Greenland K002560419 Yes
{Ledebour} [s.n.] K002218693 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/

  • 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