Cyperaceae
Carex
Carex bigelowii

Carex bigelowii subsp. ensifolia (Turcz. ex Gorodkov) Holub

First published in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 3: 190 (1968)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is European Russia (S. Ural'skiy Chrebet) to Mongolia and Tibet. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, East European Russia, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Mongolia, Primorye, Qinghai, Tibet, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya

Synonyms

Homotypic 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. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2013). Conspectus florae resource rezervat "Suntar-Hayata" republic Sakha (Yakutia). Rastitel'nyj mir Aziatskoj Rossii 2(11): 47-57.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2013). Conspectus florae resource rezervat "Suntar-Hayata" republic Sakha (Yakutia). Rastitel'nyj mir Aziatskoj Rossii 2(11): 47-57.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jónsdóttir, I.S.; Lindskog, A.; Fagerström, T.; Augner, M. [18] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219048 Yes
Jónsdóttir, I.S.; Lindskog, A.; Fagerström, T.; Augner, M. [17] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219047 Yes
Jónsdóttir, I.S.; Lindskog, A.; Fagerström, T.; Augner, M. [14] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219046 Yes
Jónsdóttir, I.S.; Lindskog, A.; Fagerström, L.; Augner, M. [15] Russia Carex ensifolia K002219045 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 2026. 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 2026. 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