Carex lepidocarpa Tausch

First published in Flora 17: 179 (1834)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Canada, Europe to NW. Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Morocco, Netherlands, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Poland, Portugal, Québec, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Tasmania

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 1: 1-864. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Jiménez-Mejías, P., Luceño, M. & Martín-Bravo, S. (2014). Species boundries within the southwest Old World populations of Carex flava group (Cyperaceae). Systematic Botany 39: 117-131.
  • Jiménez-Mejías, P., Martín-Bravo, S. & Luceño, M. (2012). Systematics and taxonomy of Carex sect. Ceratocystis (Cyperaceae) in Europe: A molecular and cytogenetic approach. Systematic Botany 37: 382-398.
  • 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.
  • Więcław, H. (2014). Carex flava agg. (section Ceratocystis, Cyperaceae) in Poland: taxonomy, morphological variation and soil conditions. Biodiversity: Research and Conservation 33: 3-47.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève. [Cited as Carex viridula subsp. brachyrhyncha.]
  • 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 viridula subsp. brachyrhyncha.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Carex viridula var. elatior.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barina, Z. & Pifkó, D. (2008). Additions and amendments to the flora of Albania. Willdenowia 38: 455-464.
  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [192] K002178919 Yes
Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178450 Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [3368] United Kingdom K002178758 Yes
s.coll. [793] Switzerland K002178903 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K001734849 Yes
Happe [2] Germany K002178894 Yes
s.coll. [21] France K002178921 Yes
Bonnet, E.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002178936 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K002560360 Yes
[Maio] [s.n.] Portugal K002178952 Yes
Davies, E.W. [s.n.] K002178924 Yes
Edees, E.S. [4702] United Kingdom K002178446 Yes
Stearn, W.T. [16] Sweden K002178852 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [3573] Canada K002560364 Yes
{Macoun} [1659] Canada K002560359 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Sweden K002178855 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K002178956 Yes
Songeon, A. [s.n.] France K002178930 Yes
Alm, C.G.; Smith, H. [307] Sweden K002178981 Yes
Chickering, J.W. [s.n.] United States K002560371 Yes
Dutoit, D. [s.n.] Switzerland K002178901 Yes
Johansson, N. [s.n.] Sweden K002178856 Yes
Kneucker, A. [126] Germany K002178892 Yes
Jarrett, F. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178728 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002178943 Yes
Bonnet, E.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] K002178928 Yes
Kneucker, A. [129] Germany K002178890 Yes
Nyárády, E.J. [s.n.] Romania K002178908 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [2024] Canada K002560365 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178611 Yes
[C. Hausknecht]; [Carly. Nichols] [s.n.] Germany K002178874 Yes
Nelmes, E. [870] United Kingdom K002178421 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002178923 Yes
Brown, J. [1] United Kingdom K002178435 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [48564B] Switzerland K002178904 Yes
Reichenbach [2] Germany K002178876 Yes
Willmott, E.A.; Bonnet, E. [s.n.] France K002178927 Yes
Florstrom, B. [s.n.] Finland K002178850 Yes
Kneucker, A. [133] Germany K002178877 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178609 Yes
Blart, W.A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178447 Yes
Marie-Victorin, F.F.; Rolland-Germain [24979] Canada K002560355 Yes
Nelmes, E. [870] United Kingdom K002178438 Yes
Brown, J. [1] United Kingdom K002178434 Yes
M.R. [s.n.] France K002178922 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [930] Canada K002560367 Yes
Davies, E.W. [s.n.] K002178423 Yes
Nikitina, M.; Uspenska, V. [s.n.] Russia K002218829 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M.; Marquez-Corro, J.I.; Larridon, I.; Toral, C.G. [MC9439] United Kingdom K001527037 Yes
Kneucker, A. [128] Germany K002178893 Yes
Hikitina; Uspenska [s.n.] Russia K002218828 Yes
Walters, S.M. [L=34] United Kingdom K002178738 Yes
E.W.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178681 Yes
Gregor, A.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178730 Yes
C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178608 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Sweden K002178851 Yes
s.coll. [L186] Greece K002178966 Yes
Webb, D.A. [s.n.] Spain K002178946 Yes
Roy, Fr.E. [2407] Canada K002560363 Yes
Neuman, L.M. [s.n.] Sweden K002178861 Yes
Reuter [s.n.] France K002178920 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [5469] Israel K002178944 Yes
Bertram, P. [s.n.] Germany K002178883 Yes
Davies, E.W. [s.n.] Switzerland K002178897 Yes
Briancore [s.n.] K002178918 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178612 Yes
Hjalmar Nilsson, N. [s.n.] Sweden K002178980 Yes
Olney, S.T. [s.n.] United States K002560370 Yes
W. A. [Blart] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178449 Yes
Duval-Jouve, J. [s.n.] France K002178915 Yes
Tutin, T.G. [CF43] K002178429 Yes
Davies, E.W. [s.n.] Switzerland K002178896 Yes
Gregor, A.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178729 Yes
Widegren, H. [s.n.] Sweden K002178854 Yes
Lange, Th. [s.n.] Sweden K002178858 Yes
Brown, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178436 Yes
Nelmes, E. [674] United Kingdom K002178432 Yes
Nelmes, E. [870] United Kingdom K002178440 Yes
Drejer [s.n.] K002178914 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178727 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178984 Yes
Davies, E.W. [s.n.] K002178425 Yes
Delacour, Th.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002178983 Yes
Stearn, W.T. [17] Sweden K002178857 Yes
Louis, J.B.A.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] K002178932 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2221] Austria K002178867 Yes
Bonnet, E.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002178934 Yes
Neuman, L.M. [s.n.] Sweden K002178860 Yes
Sledge, W.A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178443 Yes
Tedin, H. [s.n.] Sweden K002178859 Yes
E.N. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178610 Yes
Lidman, G. [65/31] Sweden K002178853 Yes
Day, F.M.; Andrews, C.E.A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178444 Yes
Nelmes, E. [868] United Kingdom K002178439 Yes
Pin, C.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] K002178938 Yes
Petermann [s.n.] Denmark K002178865 Yes
Kneucker, A. [127] Germany K002178888 Yes
Schultz, F.G. [s.n.] Germany K002178912 Yes
Florstrom, B. [541] Finland K002178848 Yes
Nelmes, E. [473] United Kingdom K002178431 Yes
Drejer [s.n.] Denmark K002178864 Yes
Gander [s.n.] Austria K002178953 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Germany K002178884 Yes
Déséglise [390] France K002178911 Yes
Kneucker, A. [131] Germany K002178873 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Portugal K002178954 Yes
E.W.D. [CF210] United Kingdom K002178737 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Matthew, J.R.; Reilly, L.A.M. [s.n.] France K002178925 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [4313] Spain K002178948 Yes
Rechinger, K.H. [18442] North Macedonia K002178967 Yes
Bayard [s.n.] K002178929 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Gibbs, P.E.; Ratter, J.A. [667] Spain K002178949 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002178868 Yes
[Tuckerman]; Kun [s.n.] Germany K002178881 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n.] Spain K001734850 Yes
Miller, D. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178445 Yes
Palmgren, M.; Palmgren, A. [s.n.] Finland K002178979 Yes
Atchley, S.C. [495] Spain K002178945 Yes
Thurber, G. [s.n.] K002178959 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K002178885 Yes
Marie-Victorin, F.F.; Rolland-Germain [24965] Canada K002560357 Yes
Milne-Redhead, E. [2221] Austria K002178872 Yes
Davies, E.W. [CF131] K002178427 Yes
Maly, K. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002178968 Yes
Hoppe [s.n.] Germany K002178879 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002178902 Yes
[I. J] [s.n.] France K002178916 Yes
Kneucker, A. [125] Germany K002178889 Yes
Davies, E.W. [s.n.] Sweden K002178958 Yes
[Reicheuhack]; [Grhehlr]; [L. M. P. Schouefeld] [3] Germany K002178895 Yes
Davies, E.W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178759 Yes
Sonder [s.n.] Norway K002178863 Yes
Pin, C. [s.n.] France K002178939 Yes
Maida; Palmgren, A.; Fagerström, L. [s.n.] Sweden K002178862 Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] United States K002560369 Yes
Favrat [s.n.] Switzerland K002178900 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] Sweden K002178982 Yes
s.coll. [20] K002178931 Yes
Florstrom, B. [s.n.] Finland K002178849 Yes
Davies, E.W. [s.n.] Sweden K002178957 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K002178871 Yes
Pin, C.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002178933 Yes
{F. Ra?iu;Gergely, I.; A. Per?a} [s.n.] Romania K002178909 Yes
s.coll. [1469] United Kingdom K002178433 Yes
E.W.D. [CF228] United Kingdom K002178739 Yes
Pin, C.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002178937 Yes
{Carey; Kunze; Boott} [4] Germany K002178882 Yes
Cook, C.D.K.; Grubb, P.J.; Newman, E.I.; Whitmore, T.C. [183] Kosovo K002178969 Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] K002178870 Yes
Nelmes, E. [869] United Kingdom K002178442 Yes
Hoppe [s.n.] K002178962 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Canada K002560361 Yes
Tutin, T.G. [CF71] Denmark K002178428 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [48564A] Switzerland K002178905 Yes
Favrat [s.n.] Switzerland K002178906 Yes
Huter; Porta; Rigo [253] Spain K002178955 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002178965 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002178964 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002178913 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Spain K001734851 Yes
Bonnet, E.; Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] K002178935 Yes
Mortensen, H. [s.n.] Germany K002178875 Yes
Kneucker, A. [130] Germany K002178891 Yes
Davis, E.W. [s.n.] K002178420 Yes
Todaro [523] K002178941 Yes
Davies, E.W. [CF125] United Kingdom K002178547 Yes
W. A. [Blart] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178448 Yes
Bordère [s.n.] France K002178926 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Denmark K002178866 Yes
Davies, E.W. [s.n.] K002178422 Yes
E.W.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002178668 Yes
Nelmes, E. [693] United Kingdom K002178441 Yes
Nelmes, E. [693] United Kingdom K002178437 Yes
Tutin, T.G. [CF37] K002178430 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002178960 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [13296] Spain K002178950 Yes
Rousseau, J. [52128] Canada K002560362 Yes
Schultz, F. [s.n.] Germany K002178887 Yes
[illegible] [497] Portugal K002178951 Yes
Marie-Victorin, F.F.; Rolland-Germain [24964] Canada K002560358 Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [5576] Spain K002178947 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Switzerland K002178898 Yes
Rouleau, J.A.E. [3448] Canada K002560366 Yes
Vetter [s.n.] Switzerland K002178907 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002178963 Yes
Kneucker, A. [124] Germany K002178886 Yes
Olney, S.T. [s.n.] United States K002560368 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002178961 Yes
[Buckinr] [492] France K002178917 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002178869 Yes
Davies, E.W. [s.n.] K002178424 Yes
Koch, W. [s.n.] Switzerland K002178899 Yes
Boreau, A. [s.n.] K002178940 Yes
Martmis, A. [242] Belgium K002178910 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K002178880 Yes
Tutin, T.G. [s.n.] K002178426 Yes
Marie-Victorin, F.F.; Rolland-Germain [24968] Canada K002560356 Yes
[C. Beitsmann] [s.n.] Germany K002178878 Yes
Mackechnie, R. [S.n.] United Kingdom Carex viridula subsp. brachyrrhyncha K002179128 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [3937] United Kingdom Carex viridula subsp. brachyrrhyncha K002179132 Yes

Sources

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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