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Juncaceae

Luzula

Luzula nivea (L.) DC.

First published in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 3: 158 (1805)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Pyrenees, Alps. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
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Other data

Native to:

Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Czechoslovakia, Great Britain

Homotypic Synonyms

Juncoides nivea (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 724 (1891)
Juncus niveus L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 987 (1759)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Luzula nivea var. angustata (Asch. & Graebn.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 261 (1912)
Luzula nivea angustata Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 507 (1904)
Luzula nivea subvar. livida (Desv.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 260 (1912)
Luzula nivea var. livida Desv. in J. Bot. (Desvaux) 1: 151 (1809)
Luzula nivea var. minuta Beyer in Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 41: xvii (1900)
Luzula nivea var. rubella Mert. & W.D.J.Koch in J.C.Röhling, Deutschl. Fl., ed. 3, 2: 600 (1826)
Luzula nivea subvar. rubella (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 261 (1912)
Luzula nivea var. rubescens Favrat in Excursionsfl. Schweiz, ed. 5: 419 (1885), nom. superfl.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Berry, M. (2022). Adventures and aliens news 27. BSBI News 151: 34-44.
Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2010). Flora Iberica 17: 1-298. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Berry, M. (2022). Adventures and aliens news 27. BSBI News 151: 34-44.
Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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
Kew Science Photographs
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