Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex pulicaris L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 972 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Spain, Sweden, 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.
  • Hohla, M. (2011). Zwei Funde der Kleine Seerose (Nymphaea candida) sowie weitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flora von Oberösterreich. Stapfia 95: 141-161.
  • 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.
  • Lustyk, P. & Doležal, J. (eds.) (2018). Additamenta ad floram Reipublicae Bohemicae - XVI. Zprávy Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 53: 31-112.
  • 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.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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?
Brenan, J.P.M.; [B. G. C. Mumbers] [4590] United Kingdom K002415343 Yes
[Crabeim] [s.n.] France K002415494 Yes
Tutin, T.G. [S65] United Kingdom K002415319 Yes
Tutin, T.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415344 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Cruttwell, N.E.G. [4248] United Kingdom K002415272 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K002415458 Yes
Last, G.V.C. [[753/74]] United Kingdom K002415414 Yes
Bullock, A. [[199]] United Kingdom K002415320 Yes
Meikle, D. [2] United Kingdom K002415433 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415364 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K002415445 Yes
Nelmes, E. [308] United Kingdom K002415305 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [4199] Netherlands K002415482 Yes
Ayasse, E. [s.n.] France K002415484 Yes
Arrhenius, A. [s.n.] Finland K002415472 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Ireland K002415431 Yes
Tuckerman [s.n.] Sweden K002415466 Yes
Jackson, A.K. [44] United Kingdom K002415379 Yes
Dickie, G. [3] United Kingdom K002415365 Yes
Airy Shaw, H.K. [105] K002415434 Yes
[J. K.] [s.n.] Netherlands K002415481 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415285 Yes
Nelmes, E. [953] United Kingdom K002415405 Yes
Gregor, A.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415413 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [5478] United Kingdom K002415292 Yes
Hancock, W. [s.n.] Ireland K002415429 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K001739872 Yes
Galway [s.n.] K002415424 Yes
{Juss.; Monce; Trian} [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415325 Yes
Jersey [s.n.] K002415435 Yes
Jackson, A.K. [25] United Kingdom K002415373 Yes
Airy Shaw, H.K. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415348 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415371 Yes
Mann, R.F.; [Ewings Car [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415323 Yes
Pedersen, T.M. [10643] United Kingdom K001873163 No
[illegible] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415288 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415369 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002415496 Yes
Schultz, F. [[173]] France K002415493 Yes
s.coll. [16] United Kingdom K002415408 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415370 Yes
[E]. Milne-Redhead [2207] United Kingdom K002415309 Yes
[Kemu] [s.n.] Austria K002415441 Yes
Zetterstedt, J.E. [s.n.] Sweden K001739871 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] K002415432 Yes
Polunin; Newbold [11] Ireland K002415427 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K002415453 Yes
Devis, H.F. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415330 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415350 Yes
Nelmes, E. [742] United States K002415307 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415377 Yes
Makins, F.K. [2019] United Kingdom K002415332 Yes
Stevens, W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415339 Yes
[Cheslire] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415279 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [409] France K002415497 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002415430 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [26265] Ireland K002415417 Yes
Johnson, P.; Peters [s.n.] Norway K002415470 Yes
Waterfall, W.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415301 Yes
Brunker, J.P.; Mayo [s.n.] K002415419 Yes
Gibbons, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415321 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415347 Yes
{MacGregor} [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415381 Yes
Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415345 Yes
s.coll. [1414] United Kingdom K002415294 Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France K002415488 Yes
s.coll. [1263] United Kingdom K002415353 Yes
Nelmes, E. [324] United Kingdom K002415302 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415351 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415293 Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415372 Yes
Britton, C.E. [1986] United Kingdom K002415337 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415363 Yes
Trautmann, C. [s.n.] Germany K002415451 Yes
Shuttleworth [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415360 Yes
[F. Saxon] [[378]] Germany K002415448 Yes
Carrier [s.n.] France K002415483 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [5881] United Kingdom K002415380 Yes
[Granier] [s.n.] Germany K002415457 Yes
Nelmes, E. [219] United Kingdom K002415306 Yes
Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415313 Yes
Martinis, A. [238] Belgium K002415479 Yes
Kneucker, A. [s.n.] France K001739873 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [5635] Spain K002415500 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Germany K002415459 Yes
Jack [s.n.] Germany K002415450 Yes
Nelmes, E. [742] United Kingdom K002415308 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415368 Yes
Gümbel [s.n.] Germany K002415456 Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [2881] United Kingdom K002415335 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415316 Yes
s.coll. [[4]] Germany K002415444 Yes
Delacour, Th. [s.n.] France K002415491 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [3284] United Kingdom K002415327 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415281 Yes
Druce; [Maun] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415317 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415289 Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] France K002415487 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; [B. G. C. Mumbers] [4662] United Kingdom K002415342 Yes
Taylor, P.G. [753/74] United Kingdom K002415312 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415277 Yes
s.coll. [1414] United Kingdom K002415295 Yes
Muret [s.n.] K002415475 Yes
[M. Munby] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415412 Yes
Hopper [s.n.] Germany K002415447 Yes
Holmgren, K.A. [s.n.] Sweden K002415467 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415411 Yes
[E N. B] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415362 Yes
Melville, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415282 Yes
[R. M] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415404 Yes
Jersey [s.n.] K002415436 Yes
Booth, F.; Lemann [9] United Kingdom K002415333 Yes
Lorenzen, M. [s.n.] Denmark K002415471 Yes
Sherring, R.V. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415298 Yes
Whitehead, L.; Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415314 Yes
Jersey [[54]] K002415437 Yes
Lewis, R. [844] United Kingdom K002415322 Yes
Ball, J. [[299]] Ireland K002415426 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415329 Yes
[C. Dufft] [s.n.] Germany K002415452 Yes
Boetje-van Ruyven, M.R.S. [s.n.] Netherlands K002415480 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [3016] United Kingdom K002415407 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden K002415461 Yes
s.coll. [[54]] United Kingdom K002415328 Yes
{Hobson} [10] United Kingdom K002415318 Yes
Britton, C.E.; Alfred [illegibl [[19]] United Kingdom K002415276 Yes
Tuckerman [4] United Kingdom K002415366 Yes
[J. D. M. Pearson] [7] United Kingdom K002415283 Yes
Taylor, P.G. [0332] United Kingdom K002415355 Yes
Nelmes, E. [388] United Kingdom K002415311 Yes
Thomas [s.n.] Switzerland K002415486 Yes
[Diomede] [s.n.] France K002415489 Yes
Perry, W.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415346 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415338 Yes
[Jaggi] [s.n.] K002415473 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002415474 Yes
Asplund, E.; Samuelsson, G. [s.n.] Sweden K002415468 Yes
s.coll. [2] Germany K002415443 Yes
Shaw, A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415382 Yes
Meinertzhagen, R. [s.n.] K002415477 Yes
Nelmes, E. [683] United Kingdom K002415304 Yes
Smith, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415291 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002415495 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415386 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden K001739870 Yes
Hoppe [s.n.] Germany K002415446 Yes
Stelfox, A.W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415367 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415297 Yes
s.coll. [1655] United Kingdom K002415410 Yes
Stevens, W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415378 Yes
{Berher fils. } [s.n.] France K002415492 Yes
[M. R. R. Drummond] [10] France K002415498 Yes
H. [Diseou] Hewett [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415324 Yes
Gonse, E. [s.n.] France K002415485 Yes
Marchal, É. [s.n.] Belgium K002415478 Yes
Bowman, J.E. [2] United Kingdom K002415358 Yes
s.coll. [1413] United Kingdom K002415359 Yes
[E. J. Pin]; Tuckerman [s.n.] Sweden K002415464 Yes
Martins, M. [145] Norway K001739869 Yes
W. B. [Turrill] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415387 Yes
Weihe [s.n.] Austria K002415438 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [11120] United Kingdom K002415273 Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [1494] United Kingdom K002415334 Yes
MacKechnie, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415376 Yes
Smith, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415299 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [11120] United Kingdom K002415275 Yes
Bute [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415374 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Austria K002415440 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [46854A] United Kingdom K002415310 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415383 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415354 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [11120] United Kingdom K002415274 Yes
Babington, C.C. [[54]] United Kingdom K002415278 Yes
Webb, D.A. [s.n.] Ireland K002415423 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [5367] Ireland K002415422 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415286 Yes
Howell, W. [7] United Kingdom K002415384 Yes
[O. H. Gavavuery] [s.n.] Sweden K002415462 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415290 Yes
Weihe [s.n.] Germany K002415455 Yes
Stelfox, A.W. [s.n.] Ireland K002415418 Yes
Sowter, F.A. [753/74(2628)] United Kingdom K002415416 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415388 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415296 Yes
Schmann [s.n.] Sweden K002415465 Yes
Stelfox, A.W. [13] Ireland K002415420 Yes
s.coll. [1109] United Kingdom K002415352 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [[54]] Ireland K002415421 Yes
Nelmes, E. [722] United Kingdom K002415361 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415349 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden K002415463 Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415375 Yes
Jensen, E. [s.n.] Faroe Islands K002415469 Yes
Milne-Redhead, G.; Airy Shaw, H.K. [5441] United Kingdom K002415406 Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] Germany K002415449 Yes
Rein [s.n.] Austria K002415439 Yes
Bjornstrom, F.; Andersson [s.n.] Sweden K002415460 Yes
[Kemer] [s.n.] Austria K002415442 Yes
Dony, J.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415315 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415284 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415280 Yes
Nelmes, W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415415 Yes
Nelmes, E. [753] United Kingdom K002415303 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2237] United Kingdom K002415340 Yes
Ball, J. [[301]] Ireland K002415425 Yes
Croall, A. [251] United Kingdom K002415385 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K002415454 Yes
Benoit, P.M. [23/61] United Kingdom K002415409 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415287 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002415476 Yes
Bor, N.L. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415428 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415356 Yes
Hooper, S. [54] United Kingdom K002415336 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415300 Yes
Pontarlier; Reverchon, E. [s.n.] France K002415490 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Airy Shaw, H.K. [1345] United Kingdom K002415357 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002415331 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.
    • 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

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