Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex sempervirens Vill.

First published in Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 214 (1787)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is European Mountains. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, France, Germany, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

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.
  • Dimopoulos, P. & al. (2016). Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. Supplement. Willdenowia 46: 301-347.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[344] Switzerland K002574561 Yes
Martius, V. [s.n.] Austria K002574445 Yes
s.coll. [945] Albania K002574505 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574528 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Austria K002574451 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574549 Yes
Meebold, A. [559] Austria K002574444 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574551 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574555 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002574485 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K002574511 Yes
s.coll. [559] France K002574487 Yes
Cook, C.D.K.; Grubb, P.J.; Newman, E.I.; Whitmore, T.C. [139] North Macedonia K002574502 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574534 Yes
{(T. Ezopoba)} [s.n.] K002574442 Yes
[J.vk] [247] Switzerland K002574468 Yes
Sieber, F.G. [166] Austria K002574448 Yes
s.coll. [86] Switzerland K002574519 Yes
Schleicher [s.n.] Switzerland K002574469 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [19339] Switzerland K002574522 Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France K002574488 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574577 Yes
Rechinger; Scheffer [945] Albania K002574504 Yes
[s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002574563 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002574470 Yes
Porta [s.n.] Austria K002574450 Yes
Cotton [s.n.] Switzerland K002574455 Yes
[259] France K002574543 Yes
Myczkowski, S.; Zarzycki, K.; Zuruowska, M. [s.n.] Poland K002574525 Yes
Porta, P.; Kneucker, A. [208] Austria K002574515 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [1862] Switzerland K002574458 Yes
[13/73] Montenegro K002574579 Yes
s.coll. [119] France K002574491 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574574 Yes
[538] Austria K002574556 Yes
[Gozda] [s.n.] Italy K002574478 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574541 Yes
[Fon] [s.n.] Switzerland K002574517 Yes
Denhmann [s.n.] K002574506 Yes
Funk [s.n.] Austria K002574446 Yes
Turczaninow, N.S. [236] Russia K000960557 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [[559]] Switzerland K002574463 Yes
Senay, P. [[4305]] France K002574486 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Chater, A.O. [11] Spain K002574499 Yes
s.coll. [166] Switzerland K001734267 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574562 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574535 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574542 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [4344] Spain K002574498 Yes
[Thomas] [[160]] Switzerland K002574467 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Italy K002574480 Yes
Deyl, M. [s.n.] Ukraine K002574523 Yes
Meyer, C.A.; Martins [196] Russia K002574510 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574552 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002574489 Yes
Domin, K.; Krajina, V. [s.n.] Slovakia K002574524 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574558 Yes
Blanchet [s.n.] Switzerland K002574461 Yes
[538] Austria K002574557 Yes
[s.n.] Italy K002574547 Yes
Pichler [s.n.] Austria K002574516 Yes
s.coll. [122] France K002574490 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574559 Yes
Murray, B.V. [s.n.] Austria K002574449 Yes
Cook, C.D.K.; Grubb, P.J.; Newman, E.I.; Whitmore, T.C. [156] North Macedonia K002574500 Yes
Gaudin [s.n.] Switzerland K002574453 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574568 Yes
[[538]] Austria K002574550 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [5482] Italy K002574475 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574532 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [5451] Italy K002574474 Yes
[286] France K002574544 Yes
[s.n.] North Macedonia K002574578 Yes
[538] Austria K002574553 Yes
Schatz [51] Germany K002574513 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Italy K002574481 Yes
Thomas [s.n.] Switzerland K002574456 Yes
Porcius [s.n.] Romania K002574495 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574539 Yes
[48] France K002574566 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [4380] Spain K002574496 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574570 Yes
Prior, A. [s.n.] Switzerland K002574465 Yes
Milne-Redhead, L. [s.n.] Switzerland K002574464 Yes
Dalby, D.H. [2690] Spain K002574497 Yes
[6397] Spain K002574630 Yes
Thomas, E.M. [s.n.] Switzerland K002574462 Yes
{Dr. C. Brancsik} [s.n.] K002574526 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574529 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002574484 Yes
[8865] France K002574538 Yes
Nicolas, A. [s.n.] Switzerland K002574454 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574536 Yes
[s.n.] Hungary K002574565 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [291] France K002574492 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] Italy K002574479 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [84/71] Switzerland K002574472 Yes
Sagorski [s.n.] Romania K002574527 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574531 Yes
[s.n.] Switzerland K002574560 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574572 Yes
Reichenbach [s.n.] Austria K002574514 Yes
Romero, J. [207] Switzerland K002574457 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002574482 Yes
Guymer, D.A. [316] North Macedonia K002574501 Yes
Dutoit, D. [s.n.] Switzerland K002574460 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574571 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574540 Yes
[s.n.] Italy K002574548 Yes
Chriss; Woods [125] Switzerland K002574520 Yes
Moricand [s.n.] K002574439 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K002574447 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574530 Yes
Scheicher [s.n.] Switzerland K002574452 Yes
[s.n.] Italy K002574546 Yes
de Degen, A. (Dr.) [s.n.] North Macedonia K002574503 Yes
{Longa, M.; Pampanini, R.; Béguinot, A.; Adr. Fiori} [s.n.] Italy K002574476 Yes
[illegible] [2] K002574507 Yes
Martius [s.n.] Germany K001734266 Yes
Winch [s.n.] Switzerland K002574512 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574545 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574573 Yes
Schmidt [6] France K002574483 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [19338] Switzerland K002574521 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574575 Yes
Fischer [1] K002574508 Yes
Marcowicz, W. [s.n.] Russia K002574441 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002574466 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574533 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] K002574509 Yes
Bentham [1273] France K002574493 Yes
[s.n.] Austria K002574554 Yes
{(C. Baenitz)} [s.n.] Germany K002574443 Yes
s.coll. [1865] K002574440 Yes
Martins, M.M.; Bravais [s.n.] Switzerland K001734268 Yes
Carestia [s.n.] Austria K001734269 Yes
Dutoit, D. [s.n.] Switzerland K002574459 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574537 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574576 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574567 Yes
[s.n.] France K002574569 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002574477 Yes
Péterfi, M. [s.n.] Romania K002574494 Yes
Peris [s.n.] Switzerland K002574518 Yes
Wolfe, J. [1044] United States Carex alpina K001617197 Yes
[s.n.] Montenegro Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574597 Yes
[1842] Albania Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574587 Yes
[7494] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574629 Yes
[10252] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574622 Yes
[s.n.] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574621 Yes
[10887] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574623 Yes
[s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574611 Yes
[88] Italy Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574580 Yes
[s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574599 Yes
[78] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574605 Yes
[s.n.] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574626 Yes
[s.n.] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574606 Yes
[s.n.] Albania Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574602 Yes
[B 3470] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574627 Yes
[L204] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574616 Yes
[s.n.] Bulgaria Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574594 Yes
[262] Albania Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574588 Yes
[s.n.] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574625 Yes
[109] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574609 Yes
[1201] Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574589 Yes
[s.n.] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574624 Yes
[7977] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574628 Yes
[s.n.] Albania Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574591 Yes
[s.n.] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574600 Yes
[s.n.] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574601 Yes
[245] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574603 Yes
[s.n.] Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574607 Yes
[360] Albania Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574584 Yes
[75] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574619 Yes
[s.n.] Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574613 Yes
[542] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574598 Yes
[s.n.] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574620 Yes
[s.n.] Croatia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574610 Yes
[s.n.] Albania Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574585 Yes
[s.n.] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574596 Yes
[s.n.] Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574590 Yes
[s.n.] Albania Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574592 Yes
Pichler, T. [s.n.] Türkiye Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002216768 Yes
[7990] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574614 Yes
[s.n.] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574608 Yes
[s.n.] Serbia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574612 Yes
[s.n.] Bulgaria Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574595 Yes
[s.n.] Albania Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574593 Yes
[B 40] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574617 Yes
[s.n.] Croatia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574604 Yes
[18581] Greece Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574615 Yes
[1842] Albania Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574586 Yes
[618] North Macedonia Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002574618 Yes
Davis; Coode [36828A] Türkiye Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis K002216767 Yes

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