Cyperaceae
Carex
Carex petricosa

Carex petricosa var. petricosa

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Siberia to Russian Far East, Alaska to Montana. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Mongolia, Montana, Northwest Territories, Yakutskiya, Yukon

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Petrovsky, V.; Norkina, E. [s.n.] Russia Carex macrogyna K002218718 Yes
Chaney, R.W. [234] Mongolia Carex macrogyna K002218723 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Carex macrogyna K002218714 Yes
Kharkevich, S.; Buch, T. [s.n.] Russia Carex macrogyna K002218721 Yes
Buch, T.; Yakubov, V. [s.n.] Russia Carex macrogyna K002218720 Yes
Czekanowski, A.; Muller, F. [s.n.] Russia Carex macrogyna K002218716 Yes
Hibbert, E.A. [31] Mongolia Carex macrogyna K002218722 Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] Kazakhstan Carex macrogyna K002218715 Yes
Smith, K.A.H. [432] China Carex macrogyna K002941617 Yes
Regel, A. [s.n.] Kazakhstan Carex macrogyna K002218717 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Carex macrogyna K002218713 Yes
Kharkevich, S.; Buch, T. [s.n.] Russia Carex macrogyna K002218719 Yes
Mar 29, 1902 Turczaninow, N.S. [s.n.] Russia Carex lonchosaccus K000960622 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 5, 1902 Drummond, T. [s.n.] United States Carex franklinii K000907981 Type Yes
Feb 5, 1902 Drummond, T. [s.n.] United States Carex franklinii K000907983 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 5, 1902 Torrey, J. [s.n.] United States Carex franklinii K000907984 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 5, 1902 Drummond, T. [s.n.] United States Carex franklinii K000907982 Type Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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