Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex arctogena Harry Sm.

First published in Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 13: 193 (1940)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic to W. U.S.A., S. South America. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, California, Chile Central, Colorado, Finland, Greenland, Labrador, Magadan, Manitoba, New Hampshire, Newfoundland, Norway, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Sweden, Vermont, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Carex capitata.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Carex capitata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Halliday, G. (2019). A flora of the East Greenland central fjord region 70°N-77°N: 1-281. Trollius Publications.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • USDA, NRCS (2005- continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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 2022 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 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0