Cyperaceae

Carex

Carex caryophyllea Latourr.

First published in Chlor. Lugd.: 27 (1785)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Europe to SW. Siberia and Iran. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
Publications
Other data

Native to:

Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia

Introduced into:

District of Columbia, Maine, Massachusetts

Heterotypic Synonyms

Carex anomala Janka in Linnaea 30: 609 (1860), nom. illeg.
Carex caryophyllea var. angustifolia Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 126 (1902)
Carex caryophyllea f. argyrata (Waisb.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea var. caespitosa (F.Fleisch.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. chlorantha (Waisb.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea var. cuspidata (Royer) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 443 (1912)
Carex caryophyllea var. cuspidata Royer in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 16: 91 (1869)
Carex caryophyllea f. dissita Franch. ex Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 466 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea var. elatior (Bogenh.) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 124 (1902)
Carex caryophyllea var. fuscotincta (Merino) C.Vicioso in Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 79: 121 (1959)
Carex caryophyllea f. globuliflora (Waisb.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. glomerata (Waisb.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. gynobasis P.Fourn. in Quatre Fl. France: 110 (1935), without a Latin descr.
Carex caryophyllea proles insulana Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 443 (1912)
Carex caryophyllea subsp. insularis (Christ) Arrigoni in Boll. Soc. Sarda Sci. Nat. 23: 220 (1984)
Carex caryophyllea var. insularis (Christ) Briq. in Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 204 (1910)
Carex caryophyllea f. laxiflora (Waisb.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. leiocarpa Franch. ex Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 466 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. longevaginata (Kük.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. longibracteata (Beck) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. luxurians (Kük.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 464 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea var. mollis Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 126 (1902)
Carex caryophyllea f. monostachya Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 125 (1902)
Carex caryophyllea var. oxycarpa (Waisb.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. pallescens Kneuck. in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 2: 104 (1896)
Carex caryophyllea f. pedunculata (Beck) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. pygmaea (F.Fleisch.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 464 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. refracta (Roth) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea var. rhizostachya (Cariot) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 443 (1912)
Carex caryophyllea var. sierra-nevadae H.Lindb. in Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 27 (1932)
Carex caryophyllea f. subpolyrrhiza (Kük.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 465 (1909)
Carex caryophyllea f. umbrosiformis (F.Fleisch.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 464 (1909)
Carex decumbens Moench in Methodus: 323 (1794), nom. illeg.
Carex fuscotincta Merino in Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 2: 467 (1904)
Carex heribaudiana H.Lév. & Vaniot in Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 10: 275 (1901)
Carex insulana (Rouy) Prain in Index Kew., Suppl. 5: 48 (1921)
Carex mollis Host in Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: 46 (1809), nom. illeg.
Carex pediformis var. rostrata F.Schmidt in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 12(2): 68 (1868), nom. illeg.
Carex praecox Jacq. in Fl. Austriac. 5: 23 (1778), nom. illeg.
Carex praecox var. caespitosa F.Fleisch. in Riedgr. Würtemb.: 18 (1832)
Carex praecox var. cuspidata Royer in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 16: 91 (1869)
Carex praecox var. diastachya Callmé in Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 6: 2 (1888)
Carex praecox var. distans Merino in Fl. Galicia 3: 180 (1909)
Carex praecox var. dumetorum Blytt in Norges Fl. 1: 225 (1861)
Carex praecox var. elatior Bogenh. in Taschenb. Fl. Jena: 378 (1850)
Carex praecox f. fissa Kük. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 10: 37 (1897)
Carex praecox var. insularis Christ in W.Barbey, Fl. Sard. Comp.: 64 (1885)
Carex praecox f. longevaginata Kük. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 10: 37 (1897)
Carex praecox f. longevaginata Kük. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 10: 37 (1897)
Carex praecox var. longifrons Waisb. & Kük. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 10: 37 (1897)
Carex praecox f. luxurians Kük. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 10: 37 (1897)
Carex praecox var. magna Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 716 (1866)
Carex praecox var. minor Merino in Fl. Galicia 3: 180 (1909)
Carex praecox var. monostachya (Asch. & Graebn.) Merino in Fl. Galicia 3: 181 (1909), nom. illeg.
Carex praecox f. pygmaea F.Fleisch. in Riedgr. Würtemb.: 18 (1832)
Carex praecox var. reflexa Rchb. in Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 8: 26 (1846)
Carex praecox var. refracta (Roth) Rchb. in Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 12: t. 635 (1850)
Carex praecox var. rhizostachya Cariot in Étude Fl., éd. 7, 2: 793 (1884)
Carex praecox f. subpolyrrhiza Kük. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 10: 37 (1897)
Carex praecox f. umbrosiformis F.Fleisch. in Riedgr. Würtemb.: 18 (1832)
Carex praeox var. refracta (Roth) Andersson in Pl. Scand. 1: 29 (1849)
Carex reflexa Hoppe in Caricolog. Germ.: 65 (1826), nom. illeg.
Carex refracta Roth in Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(2): 451 (1793)
Carex ruthenica V.I.Krecz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 3: 610 (1935)
Carex saxatilis Huds. in Fl. Angl.: 351 (1762), nom. illeg.
Carex scabricuspis V.I.Krecz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 3: 609 (1935)
Carex setosa Franch. & Sav. in Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 142 (1873), nom. illeg.
Carex umbrosa var. reflexa (Rchb.) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 773 (1882)
Carex verna Chaix in Pl. Vapinc.: 8 (1785), nom. illeg.
Carex verna f. argyrata Waisb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 430 (1897)
Carex verna var. caespitiformis Waisb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 43: 281 (1893)
Carex verna f. chlorantha Waisb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 430 (1897)
Carex verna var. cuspidata (Royer) C.Vicioso in Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 121 (1959)
Carex verna f. distans (Merino) C.Vicioso in Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 120 (1959)
Carex verna var. fuscotincta (Merino) C.Vicioso in Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 121 (1959)
Carex verna f. globuliflora Waisb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 430 (1897)
Carex verna f. glomerata Waisb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 4 (1897)
Carex verna f. laxiflora Waisb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 430 (1897)
Carex verna var. longevaginata (Kük.) C.Vicioso in Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 121 (1959)
Carex verna f. longibracteata Beck in Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 138 (1890)
Carex verna var. minor Beck in Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 139 (1890)
Carex verna f. monostachya (Asch. & Graebn.) C.Vicioso in Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 120 (1959)
Carex verna var. oxycarpa Waisb. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 47: 430 (1897)
Carex verna f. pedunculata Beck in Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 138 (1890)
Carex verna var. pedunculata Beck in Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 138 (1890)
Carex verna f. pygmaea (F.Fleisch.) C.Vicioso in Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 119 (1959)
Carex verna var. rhizostachya (Cariot) C.Vicioso in Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 120 (1959)
Carex verna f. subpolyrrhiza (Kük.) C.Vicioso in Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 118 (1959)
Carex verna f. umbrosiformis (F.Fleisch.) C.Vicioso in Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 119 (1959)
Olamblis verna Raf. in Good Book: 26 (1840)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Poales

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Family
Cyperaceae

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Genus
Carex

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Species
Carex caryophyllea

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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.
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.
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.
Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

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IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany		K002571669		Yes
Ganderf [s.n.] Austria		K002571688		Yes
Taylor, P.G. [0046 ] United Kingdom		K002571497		Yes
Nelmes, E. [330] United Kingdom		K002571526		Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France		K002571735		Yes
[M. B.] [s.n.] France		K002571748		Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden		K002571646		Yes
Furuse, M. [26099] Japan		K002940697		Yes
s.coll. [427] Jersey		K002571643		Yes
Sonklar [s.n.] Austria		K002571689		Yes
Smith, A.R.; Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. [308] France		K002571745		Yes
Kneucker, A. [s.n.] Germany		K002571674		Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [1052] United Kingdom		K002571568		Yes
Lebel [s.n.] France		K002571727		Yes
Nelmes, E. [288] United Kingdom		K002571504		Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France		K002571718		Yes
Bor, N.L. [s.n.] Austria		K002571692		Yes
Britton, C.E. [3310] United Kingdom		K002571578		Yes
s.coll. [5] Ireland		K002571648		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571726		Yes
Wright, C. [82]		K000960696	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Faurie, U.J. [2540] Japan		K000960695	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Nelmes, E. [334] United Kingdom		K002571559		Yes
Melville, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571510		Yes
Nygren, A. [s.n.] Sweden		K002571652		Yes
Warion, A. [s.n.] Germany		K002571682		Yes
Kneucker, A. [s.n.] Germany		K002571672		Yes
Salisbury, E.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571543		Yes
Dony, J.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571501		Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [313] Ireland		K002571630		Yes
Kneucker, A. [s.n.] Germany		K002571670		Yes
Munro [s.n.] Russia		K002571657		Yes
Komarov, V.L. [389] Russia		K002218514		Yes
Crossfield, A. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571588		Yes
Worsdell, W.C.; Last, G.V.C. [753/28] United Kingdom		K002571595		Yes
Rechinger, K.; {Scheffer} [1283] Kosovo		K002571771		Yes
Derocco, E. [333] Serbia		K002571789		Yes
Boott [s.n.] United Kingdom		K001733515		Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Summerhayes, V.S. [1685] United Kingdom		K002571591		Yes
Svestka, F. [s.n.] Czech Republic		K002571698		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland		K002571713		Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [12832] Spain		K002571781		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571722		Yes
Salmon, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571582		Yes
Routh, T.E. [1698] United Kingdom		K002571546		Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [5894] Spain		K002571779		Yes
E.N. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571572		Yes
Pin, C.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.]		K002571751		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571729		Yes
Kneucker, A. [s.n.] Germany		K002571664		Yes
Taylor, P.G. [0077] United Kingdom		K002571499		Yes
Pin, C.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.]		K002571759		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria		K002571710		Yes
{Oakes} [7] United States		K002617143		Yes
Mann, R.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571571		Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571574		Yes
Schneider, C.K. [284] Bulgaria		K002571773		Yes
Nelmes, E. [311] United Kingdom		K002571524		Yes
{Mr. Edward Leeds} [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571538		Yes
Butcher, R.W. [169] Germany		K002571680		Yes
Gregor, A.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571569		Yes
Christ [s.n.] France		K002571715		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland		K002571712		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland		K002571704		Yes
Turrill, W.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571562		Yes
Pin, C.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France		K002571753		Yes
Furuse, M. [8933] Japan		K002940699		Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; ipse [7189] United Kingdom		K002571594		Yes
Tedd, H.G. [154] Greece		K002571782		Yes
s.coll. [17] United Kingdom		K000960483	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Melville, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571530		Yes
Fries [4] Sweden		K002571649		Yes
Taylor, J.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571610		Yes
Thomas [s.n.] France		K002571720		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany		K002571673		Yes
Doassans, J.É.; Willmott, E.A.; [s.n.]		K002571755		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy		K002571763		Yes
Tedd, H.G. [154] Greece		K002571785		Yes
Greenwood, W. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571527		Yes
[Duenty] [s.n.] France		K002571737		Yes
Gibbons, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571548		Yes
Taylor, P.G. [0336] United Kingdom		K002571605		Yes
Ruhsam, M [DMR33] United Kingdom		K001768262		Yes
S.coll. [S.n.] United Kingdom		K002571601		Yes
Bromfield [S.n.]		K002571600		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [564] Japan		K000960692	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Scouler, J. [333] Portugal		K002571780		Yes
Nelmes, E. [920] United Kingdom		K002571563		Yes
Booth, F. [s.n.] United States		K002617141		Yes
Perry, W.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571592		Yes
Barta, T. [s.n.] Austria		K002571695		Yes
Townsend, C.C. [81/60] United Kingdom		K002571611		Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] Italy		K002571760		Yes
Luhr, A.E. [s.n.] Sweden		K002571796		Yes
Sowter, F.A. [2583] United Kingdom		K002571514		Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2238] United Kingdom		K002571589		Yes
Sherring, R.V. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571515		Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [534] Greece		K002571786		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany		K002571667		Yes
Melville, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571518		Yes
s.coll. [[1380]]		K002571661		Yes
Furuse, M. [26098] Japan		K002940695		Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2238] United Kingdom		K002571586		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571596		Yes
Drummond, R.B. [484] United Kingdom		K002571606		Yes
Stelfox, A.W. [21] United Kingdom		K002571629		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States		K002617139		Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571522		Yes
{Oakes} [s.n.] United States		K002617140		Yes
Komarov, V.L. [2635] Russia		K002218515		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy		K002571765		Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France		K002571717		Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [1052] United Kingdom		K002571566		Yes
Maly, K. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina		K002571791		Yes
Reverchon, E. [s.n.] France		K002571719		Yes
Vitek, E. [00-013] Austria		K002571684		Yes
Ferreira, R.E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571509		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.]		K002571662		Yes
s.coll. [618] France		K002571728		Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571508		Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France		K002571736		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.]		K002571660		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [6964] Japan		K000960684	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Bulley, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571556		Yes
Thomas [s.n.] Switzerland		K002571777		Yes
Tedin, H.; Samuelsson, G. [s.n.] Sweden		K002571654		Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] France		K002571740		Yes
Nelmes, E. [206] United Kingdom		K002571534		Yes
{Ledebour} [3]		K002218521		Yes
Gandorf [s.n.] Austria		K002571687		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571725		Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [1759] United Kingdom		K002571545		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.]		K002571750		Yes
J.K. [s.n.] Netherlands		K002571714		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571535		Yes
Hooper, S.S. [41/60]		K002571774		Yes
Clark, W.A. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571623		Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Abbé) [416] Japan		K002940716		Yes
Taylor, P.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571496		Yes
[D. Golde] [s.n.]		K002571794		Yes
Granberg, W. [s.n.] Finland		K002571644		Yes
s.coll. [553] Switzerland		K002571705		Yes
Nelmes, E. [492] United Kingdom		K002571529		Yes
[Lymner] [s.n.]		K002571793		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [416] Japan		K000960691	Unknown Type Material	Yes
[J. A. K] [518] United Kingdom		K002571553		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [7301] Japan		K000960697	Unknown Type Material	Yes
[MJ] [3307] United States		K002617134		Yes
Fiori, Adr.; Béguinot, A. [s.n.] Italy		K002571767		Yes
Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571577		Yes
Otruba, J. [s.n.] Czech Republic		K002571696		Yes
{E. Th. Fries} [s.n.] Sweden		K002571653		Yes
s.coll. [3] Sweden		K002571650		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571537		Yes
MacKechnie, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571617		Yes
[W. B.] [s.n.] United Kingdom		K001733513		Yes
Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571604		Yes
Milne-Redhead, G. [5805] United Kingdom		K002571618		Yes
Rechinger, K.; {Scheffer} [s.n.] Albania		K002571772		Yes
Nelmes, E. [671] United Kingdom		K002571531		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [777] Japan		K000960689	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Warion, A. [s.n.] France		K002571738		Yes
Harberd, D.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571614		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571741		Yes
s.coll. [428] France		K002571730		Yes
Stelfox, A.W. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571612		Yes
Edees, E.S.; Edees, E. [3261] United Kingdom		K002571564		Yes
Milne- Redhead, E. [6659] United Kingdom		K002571639		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland		K002571708		Yes
Rydén, C.M. [s.n.] Sweden		K002571655		Yes
Gamble, J.S. [28910] United Kingdom		K002571533		Yes
Ball, J. [1038] Spain		K002571775		Yes
Gillot, F.X.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.]		K002571757		Yes
Abell, R.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571615		Yes
s.coll. [K 5782a] Ireland		K002571631		No
Rostan, E. [s.n.]		K002571764		Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571540		Yes
s.coll. [K5713]		K002800845		Yes
Dony, J.G. [37] United Kingdom		K002571500		Yes
Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571512		Yes
Warion, A. [s.n.] Germany		K002571681		Yes
[E. Milne-Redhead] [1889] United Kingdom		K002571575		Yes
Nelmes, E. [106] United Kingdom		K002571525		Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [8546] United Kingdom		K002571520		Yes
Bordère [553]		K002571699		Yes
Bor, N.L. [3] Austria		K002571693		Yes
Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571544		Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; ipse [7175] United Kingdom		K002571593		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571723		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [393] Japan		K000960694	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Nelmes, E. [349] United Kingdom		K002571541		Yes
Boott, F.; Lemann [2] Italy		K002571762		Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [753/28] United Kingdom		K002571579		Yes
Prior, A. [s.n.] United States		K002617136		Yes
M.J.C. [219] United Kingdom		K002571502		Yes
Maly, K. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina		K002571787		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [3791] Japan		K000960687	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Nelmes, W. [182] United Kingdom		K002571641		Yes
[Bath] [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571583		Yes
Duval- Jouve, J.; Warion, A. [s.n.] Germany		K002571683		Yes
Fischer [4] Russia		K002571656		Yes
Maly [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina		K002571792		Yes
Turrill, W.B. [118] Greece		K002571784		Yes
[E. Milne-Redhead] [12142] United Kingdom		K002571555		Yes
Gibbons, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571547		Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Brenan, R.P.F. [2204] United Kingdom		K002571573		Yes
s.coll. [[181]] United Kingdom		K002571554		Yes
Furuse, M. [26100] Japan		K002940698		Yes
Barton, W.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571637		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [780] Japan		K000960686	Unknown Type Material	Yes
s.coll. [[1]] Italy		K002571766		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [10509] Japan		K000960685	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Makins, F.K. [2064] United Kingdom		K002571532		Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [5340] Ireland		K002571625		Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571521		Yes
Meikle, D. [35] United Kingdom		K002571633		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571721		Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] Switzerland		K002571711		Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [1656] United Kingdom		K002571590		Yes
[H. Foeuvi] [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571567		Yes
Gay, J.E. [s.n.] Germany		K002571677		Yes
Swan [68] United Kingdom		K002571517		Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.]		K002571776		Yes
Bonnet, E.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France		K002571758		Yes
Kneucker, A. [s.n.] Germany		K002571668		Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571585		Yes
s.coll. [260] United States		K002617144		Yes
{Oakes} [s.n.] United States		K002617135		Yes
Gamble, J.S. [s.n.] France		K002571742		Yes
Steyon, A.W. [s.n.] Ireland		K002571626		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia		K002571663		Yes
Sendtner [107] France		K002571733		Yes
Ball, J. [340] Ireland		K002571632		Yes
Curcic, V. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina		K002571790		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.]		K002571701		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria		K002571690		Yes
Ganderf [s.n.] Austria		K002571691		Yes
Lewis, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571550		Yes
Ozanon, C.; Willmott, E.A. [420] France		K002571754		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K001733514		Yes
Nelmes, W. [182] United Kingdom		K002571640		Yes
Richter, L. [s.n.] Germany		K002571666		Yes
Dunston, A. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571516		Yes
Prodan, I. [s.n.] Romania		K002571703		Yes
Nelmes, E. [285] United Kingdom		K002571505		Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571608		Yes
[Mcoiado] [1274]		K002571769		Yes
Bell, T.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571624		Yes
[Barnes conners] [3] United Kingdom		K002571581		Yes
Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571542		Yes
Turrill, W.B. [71] Greece		K002571783		Yes
Davis, P.H. [748/6B] United Kingdom		K002571622		Yes
Drejer [s.n.] France		K002571724		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571570		Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571528		Yes
Lachott, H.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.]		K002571752		Yes
Bonnet, E.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.]		K002571756		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland		K001733517		Yes
Richter, L. [s.n.] Germany		K002571665		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571768		Yes
[J. Chapple]; Graham, R.; Brenan, J.P.M. [7266] United Kingdom		K002571558		Yes
[E. Milne-Redhead] [1891] United Kingdom		K002571576		Yes
Callier, A. [753] Russia		K002571658		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571560		Yes
Petrak [421]		K002571697		Yes
Smith, N.J.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571616		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571511		Yes
Milne Redhead, E. [5995] United Kingdom		K002571638		Yes
Milne- Redhead, E.; Airy Shaw, H.K. [5432] United Kingdom		K002571635		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria		K002571686		Yes
{Oakes} [6] United States		K002617142		Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] France		K002571739		Yes
Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y. [1912] Albania		K002571770		Yes
Swann, E.L. [1264] United Kingdom		K002571607		Yes
Janka [s.n.]		K002571702		Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571507		Yes
Maly, K. [s.n.] Bolivia		K002571788		Yes
Donald Grose, J. [4530] United Kingdom		K002571597		Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571523		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [5255] Japan		K000960688	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France		K002571716		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571598		Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [C 242] France		K002571746		Yes
Hooper, S. [90/62] Germany		K002571678		Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Sweden		K002571795		Yes
Sendtner [107] Switzerland		K002571709		Yes
Boeck [333] Italy		K002571761		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [614] Japan		K000960693	Unknown Type Material	Yes
[M. B.] [s.n.] France		K002571749		Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [3259] United Kingdom		K002571557		Yes
s.coll. [20] United Kingdom		K002571552		Yes
Schur [s.n.] Germany		K002571676		Yes
Woods [81] United Kingdom		K002571580		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571743		Yes
Goltorstodt [s.n.] Sweden		K002571647		Yes
Janka [s.n.] Romania		K002571700		Yes
Furuse, M. [26037] Japan		K002940696		No
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571744		Yes
Dürer [s.n.] Germany		K002571675		Yes
Stelfox, A.W. [20] United Kingdom		K002571628		Yes
Stelfox, A.W. [N38] United Kingdom		K002571619		Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [9010] United Kingdom		K002571503		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.]		K002218522		Yes
Warion, P. [52] Germany		K001733516		Yes
Fries, Th. [s.n.] Sweden		K002571651		Yes
Hoppe [3] Germany		K002571671		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571539		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571627		Yes
J.B. [s.n.] France		K002571734		Yes
Collett, R. [s.n.] Norway		K002571645		Yes
Cruall, A. [256] United Kingdom		K002571620		Yes
[E. L. Suace] [4] United Kingdom		K002571551		Yes
Wood [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571636		Yes
{Schrenk} [s.n.]		K002218517		Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571584		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571561		Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571549		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571536		Yes
MacKechnie, R.; Wallace, E.C. [4429] United Kingdom		K002571621		Yes
Milne-Redhead, E.; Shaw, H.K.A. [1337] United Kingdom		K002571609		Yes
s.coll. [146] United States		K002617137		Yes
Jersey [427] United Kingdom		K002571642		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571613		Yes
Faurie, U.J. [5460] Japan		K000960690	Unknown Type Material	Yes
Nelmes, E. [284] United Kingdom		K002571506		Yes
s.coll. [32] France		K002571747		Yes
Edwards, Z.I. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571513		Yes
{Oakes} [s.n.] United States		K002617138		Yes
Nelmes, E. [771] United Kingdom		K002571519		Yes
Heiland [s.n.] Germany		K002571679		Yes
Sowter, F.A. [2583] United Kingdom		K002571495		Yes
Melville, R. [s.n.] United Kingdom		K002571634		Yes
Fijalkowski, D. [s.n.] Poland		K002571694		Yes
Todaro [722] Italy		K001733518		Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France		K002571731		Yes
Schur [s.n.] Austria		K002571685		Yes
Syrejsczikow, D. [s.n.] Russia		K002571659		Yes
Airy Shaw, H.K. [4735] United Kingdom		K002571565		Yes
Taylor, P.G. [ 0337] United Kingdom		K002571498		Yes
M.B. [s.n.] France		K002571732		Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [4609] Spain		K002571778		Yes
Vašák, V. [s.n.] Georgia	Carex scabricuspis	K002215718		Yes
[illegible] [810/19]	Carex ruthenica	K002219134		Yes

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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Carex caryophyllea Latourr.

Distribution

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Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

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Other Data

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Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Carex caryophyllea Latourr.

Distribution

Native to:

Introduced into:

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index External Link

Herbarium Catalogue (343 records)

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index