Carex praecox Schreb.

Native to:

Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Mongolia, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Homotypic Synonyms

Carex brizoides var. praecox (Schreb.) Fiori in Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 186 (1923)
Carex praecox subsp. schreberi O.Schwarz in Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 89 (1949), not validly publ.
Carex schreberi Schrank in Baier. Fl. 1: 278 (1789), nom. superfl.
Trasus praecox (Schreb.) Gray in Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 57 (1821 publ. 1822)
Vignea praecox (Schreb.) Soják in Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 197 (1979 publ. 1980)
Vignea schreberi Rchb. in J.C.Mössler, Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 2. 3: 1614 (1830), nom. superfl.

Heterotypic Synonyms

Carex arenaria Dubois ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 286 (1840), pro syn.
Carex aristata Honck. in Syn. Pl. Germ. 1: 361 (1792)
Carex brizoides var. adrianopolitana Podp. in Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 678 (1902)
Carex brizoides var. brunnea Čelak. in Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 62 (1867)
Carex brizoides subsp. brunnea Čelak. in Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 62 (1867)
Carex brizoides var. campestris Wimm. in Fl. Schles., ed. 2, 1: 401 (1844)
Carex curvula Lam. in Encycl. 3: 380 (1792), nom. illeg.
Carex heterophylla Krock. in Fl. Siles. 3: 88 (1814)
Carex montana Pollich ex Lightf. in Fl. Scot. 2: 551 (1777), nom. illeg.
Carex pilulifera Geners. ex Boott in Ill. Gen. Carex 4: 216 (1867), nom. illeg.
Carex praeceps Borkh. ex Rchb. in Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 64 (1830)
Carex praecox var. alata Zlinska in Biologia, Bot. (Czechoslovakia) 48: 37 (1993)
Carex praecox subsp. alata Charit. in Dopoln. Fl. i Rastitel'n. Yuga Zapadnoi Sibiri: 167 (2020), nom. illeg.
Carex praecox f. gracilis Junge in Verh. Naturwiss. Vereins Hamburg, ser. 3, 12: 3 (1904)
Carex praecox f. gracillima (Asch.) Soó in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 370 (1970 publ. 1971)
Carex praecox f. laxa Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 131 (1909)
Carex praecox f. monostachya Lackow. in Fl. Berl., ed. 12: 22 (1901)
Carex praecox f. nana (Zapał.) Soó in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 370 (1970 publ. 1971), no basionym date.
Carex praecox var. pallida Peterm. in Flora 27: 331 (1844)
Carex praecox f. petermannii Soó in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 370 (1970 publ. 1971)
Carex praecox f. podolica (Zapał.) Soó in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 370 (1970 publ. 1971), no basionym date.
Carex praecox f. rumelica Velen. in Fl. Bulg., Suppl. 1: 283 (1898)
Carex praecox var. setifolia Podp. in Spisy Přír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 12: 12 (1922)
Carex praecox var. sicyocarpa (Lebel) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 773 (1882)
Carex praecox var. suzae Podp. in Čas. Morav. Zemsk. Mus. Brne 14: 54 (1914)
Carex praecox subsp. velenovskyi (Domin) Jílek in Věda Přír. 10: 255 (1929)
Carex princeps Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 439 (1837)
Carex pseudopraecox Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 716 (1866)
Carex schreberi Willd. in Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Hist. (Berlin) 1794: 38 (1797), nom. illeg.
Carex schreberi var. gracillima Asch. in Fl. Brandenburg 2: 170 (1859)
Carex schreberi f. nana Zapał. in Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 89 (1906)
Carex schreberi var. pallida Peterm. in Flora 27: 330 (1844)
Carex schreberi f. podolica Zapał. in Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 89 (1906)
Carex schreberi var. rumelica Velen. in Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 37: 67 (1892 publ. 1893)
Carex sicyocarpa Lebel in Rech. Pl. Manche: 18 (1848)
Carex stolonifera Ehrh. in Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 6: 83 (1791)
Carex tenella Thuill. in Fl. Env. Paris, ed. 2: 479 (1799)
Carex velenovskyi Domin in Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 26(2): 281 (1910)
Carex verna Torr. ex Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 439 (1837), nom. illeg.
Carex weiheana Boeckeler ex Kunth in Enum. Pl. 2: 439 (1837)
Caricina multicaulis St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 877 (1889)
Neilreichia umbrosa Kotula in Spraw. Komis. Fizjogr. 17: 136 (1883)
Vignea curvula Opiz in Seznam: 103 (1852)

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 praecox

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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.
Dickoré, W.B. & Springer, S. (2016). Weitere Notizen zur Flora von München. Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Heimischen Flora 86: 262-276.
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.
Ebel, T.V. (2012). Review of Carex L. in the flora of Tomskaya oblast. Sistematicheskie Zametki po Materialam Gerbarii Imeni P. N. Krylova pri Tomskom Gosudarstvennom Universitete 106: 31-47.
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.
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.
Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
Nyambayar, D. (2009). Flora of Mongolia 17: 1-137. Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Ulaanbaatar.
Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Kew Backbone Distributions

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.
Ebel, T.V. (2012). Review of Carex L. in the flora of Tomskaya oblast. Sistematicheskie Zametki po Materialam Gerbarii Imeni P. N. Krylova pri Tomskom Gosudarstvennom Universitete 106: 31-47.
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".
Nyambayar, D. (2009). Flora of Mongolia 17: 1-137. Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Botany, Ulaanbaatar.
Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

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IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Has image?
Picarella, M.E. [s.n.] Italy		K001572809	Yes
S.coll. [95]		K002941432	No
Scarici, E. [s.n.] Italy		K001572808	Yes
[?] [2468] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571001	Yes
F.M.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571002	Yes
Sowter, F.A. [2587] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570994	Yes
Clarke, C.B. [47000A] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571010	Yes
Brenan, J.P.H. [1969] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571017	Yes
Nelmes, E. [758] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570999	Yes
s.coll. [1452] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570991	Yes
Sowter, F.A. [2587] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571021	Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [4221] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571004	Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571008	Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571019	Yes
Salisbury, E.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571012	Yes
Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570995	Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2017] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571016	Yes
Clarke, C.B. [47444A] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571006	Yes
Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570992	Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [2016] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571015	Yes
Nelmes, E. [743] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570997	Yes
Clarke, C.B. [47000 F] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571007	Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [4144] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571020	Yes
Fraser, G.T. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570993	Yes
Sowter, F.A. [2587] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570987	Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571011	Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570996	Yes
W.B.W. [1449] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570989	Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [5474] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570985	Yes
Keble Martin, W.; Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570986	Yes
Turrill, W.B. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570988	Yes
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571009	Yes
Nelmes, E. [723] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571000	Yes
s.coll. [1449] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570990	Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002570998	Yes
F.M.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571003	Yes
Fambent, G.M. [525] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571005	Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571013	Yes
Ronth, T.E. [1696] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571022	Yes
Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571014	Yes
s.coll. [1805] United Kingdom	Carex pilulifera	K002571018	Yes
S.coll. [S.n.]	Carex schreberi	K002217875	No
Ledebour [S.n.] Russia	Carex schreberi	K002217874	No
Bunge, A. [S.n.]	Carex schreberi	K001615053	No
Gay, J. [s.n.] Germany	Carex schreberi	K002115034	No

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Carex praecox Schreb.

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Heterotypic Synonyms

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Publications

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Herbarium Catalogue (45 records)

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Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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IPNI - The International Plant Names Index