Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex oklahomensis Mack.

First published in Torreya 14: 126 (1914)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SE. U.S.A. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Introduced into:

Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Québec

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Arsenault, M., Mittelhauser, G.H., Cameron, D., Dibble, A.C., Haines, A., Rooney, S.C. & Weber, J.E. (2013). Sedges of Maine. A field guide to Cyperaceae: 1-712. The university of Maine press, Orono, Maine.
  • Bryson, C.T. & Rothrock, P.E. (2010). Carex oklahomensis (Cyperaceae) new to Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, and additional records for Mississippi. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 4: 347-348.
  • 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.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Arsenault, M., Mittelhauser, G.H., Cameron, D., Dibble, A.C., Haines, A., Rooney, S.C. & Weber, J.E. (2013). Sedges of Maine. A field guide to Cyperaceae: 1-712. The university of Maine press, Orono, Maine.
  • Bryson, C.T. & Rothrock, P.E. (2010). Carex oklahomensis (Cyperaceae) new to Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana, and additional records for Mississippi. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 4: 347-348.

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