Carex leporina L.

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nevada, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Ukraine, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang

Introduced into:

Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Connecticut, KwaZulu-Natal, Maine, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Tasmania, Tennessee, Wisconsin

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
• 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.
• Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
• 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.
• Kurbatsky, V.I., Ebel, T.V. & Kuznetsov, A.A. (2009). To the study of the flora of the Khakasian Republic. Sistematicheskie Zametki po Materialam Gerbarii Imeni P. N. Krylova pri Tomskom Gosudarstvennom Universitete 101: 23-30.
• Muñoz-Schüler, P. & al. (2023). The genus Carex (Cyperaceae) in Chile: a general update of its knowledge, with an identification key. Gayana. Botánica 80: 103-132.
• Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
• Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
• Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
• Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. (2014). Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, ed. 2: 1-610. CNRS Publication.
• Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
• de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.
• ul Haq, E. & al. (2013). Carex leporina (Cyperaceae), a species new for Indian Subcontinent. Rheedea 23: 30-33.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Carex lachenalii.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

• Gehrke, B. (2011). Synopsis of Carex (Cyperaceae) from sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 51-99.
• Krasnoborov, I.M. & Armemov, I.A. (2012). Opredelitel' Rastenii Respublika Altai: 1-640. Novosibirsk: Izd-vo SO RAN.
• Kurbatsky, V.I., Ebel, T.V. & Kuznetsov, A.A. (2009). To the study of the flora of the Khakasian Republic. Sistematicheskie Zametki po Materialam Gerbarii Imeni P. N. Krylova pri Tomskom Gosudarstvennom Universitete 101: 23-30.
• Muñoz-Schüler, P. & al. (2023). The genus Carex (Cyperaceae) in Chile: a general update of its knowledge, with an identification key. Gayana. Botánica 80: 103-132.
• 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.
• Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, H. (2014). Illustrated Flora of Lebanon, ed. 2: 1-610. CNRS Publication.
• Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
• ul Haq, E. & al. (2013). Carex leporina (Cyperaceae), a species new for Indian Subcontinent. Rheedea 23: 30-33.