Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex japonica Thunb.

First published in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 845 (1784)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China to Sakhalin and Japan. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Sakhalin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • 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.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Furuse, M. [10762] Japan K002942112 Yes
Taquet [3451] Korea, South K002942094 Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Père) [433] Japan K002942075 Yes
Dunn, S.T. [s.n.] Japan K002942134 Yes
Furuse, M. [1160] Japan K002942109 Yes
Maries [s.n.] Japan K002942069 Yes
Wilson, E.H. [1644] China K002942060 Yes
Savatier, L. [1426] Japan K002942113 Yes
Faber, E. [1144] China K000960941 Unknown Type Material Yes
A.C.M. [793] Japan K002942131 Yes
Wilson, E.H. [5305] China K002942103 Yes
Ohashi, H.; Brummitt, R.K.; Nakai, H.; Hayasaka, E. [99140] Japan K002942085 Yes
Furuse, M. [47811] Japan K002942105 Yes
Griffith [6079] India K002805307 Yes
Dickins [S.n.] Japan K001615159 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan K002942079 Yes
Nie, M.X. [92118] China K002942098 Yes
Merrill, E.D. [11451] China K002942141 Yes
Wright, C. [2] Japan K002942135 Yes
Furuse, M. [41979] Japan K002942117 Yes
Watanabe, K. [s.n.] Japan K002942078 Yes
Hiyama, S.A. [s.n.] Japan K002942070 Yes
Gressitt, J.L. [150] Taiwan K002942145 Yes
Furuse, M. [46306] Japan K002942108 Yes
s.coll. [579] China K002942097 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] K000999181 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Père) [4088] Japan K002942071 Yes
Bisset, J. [s.n.] Japan K002942067 Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Père) [1684] Japan K002942120 Yes
Wright, C.; Gray [59] Japan K002942139 Yes
Furuse, M. [10752] Japan K002942129 Yes
de La Touche, J. [94] Japan K002942137 Yes
Okubo, I. [s.n.] Japan K002942123 Yes
Suzuki, S. [AA-743] Japan K002942122 Yes
Akiyama, S. [72] Taiwan K002942144 Yes
Savatier, L. [1426] Japan K002942126 Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Père) [7746] Japan K002942048 Yes
Takeda, H. [s.n.] Japan K002942133 Yes
Furuse, M. [16782] Japan K002942081 Yes
Furuse, M. [35380] Japan K002942086 Yes
Hu, S.Y. (Prof.) [19375] China K002942066 Yes
[Berigs] [7165] Japan K002942055 Yes
s.coll. [617] Japan K002942050 Yes
Purdom, W. [s.n.] China K002942059 Yes
Furuse, M. [24848] Japan K002942132 Yes
Akiyama, S. [s.n.] Japan K002942119 Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Père) [10040] Japan K002942084 Yes
Maximowicz, C.J. [s.n.] Japan K000960942 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Père) [10239] Japan K002942090 Yes
Bisset, J. [s.n.] Japan K002942077 Yes
Watanabe, K. [s.n.] Japan K002942092 Yes
Suzuki, S. [408] Japan K002942091 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] China K002942099 Yes
Tanaka, H. [s.n.] Japan K002942125 Yes
Furuse, M. [19328] Japan K002942080 Yes
Furuse, M. [33466] Japan K002942106 Yes
s.coll. [617] Japan K000960939 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [5655] China K000960940 Unknown Type Material Yes
de La Touche, J. [94] Japan K002942136 Yes
Koyama, T.M. [19] Japan K002942056 Yes
Ohwi, J. [1213] Taiwan K002942146 Yes
Furuse, M. [42707] Japan K002942111 Yes
Chu, K.L. [2426] China K002942101 Yes
Li, Zhen-yu; et al. [892405] China K002942143 Yes
H.T. [s.n.] Japan K002942124 Yes
Henry, A. [3744] China K002942058 Yes
Watanabe, K. [s.n.] Japan K002942093 Yes
Wilson, E.H. [1653] China K002942061 Yes
Henry, A. [5500] China K000960938 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan K002942049 Yes
Furuse, M. [43982] Japan K002942127 Yes
[Hagime Tanaka] [s.n.] Japan K002942065 Yes
Wright, C. [s.n.] Japan K002942062 Yes
Furuse, M. [16777] Japan K002942088 Yes
Furuse, M. [28750] Japan K002942114 Yes
Mizushima, M. [550] Japan K002942140 Yes
Delavay, M. [4944] China K002942102 Yes
Oldham, R. [s.n.] Japan K002942064 Yes
Bisset, J. [s.n.] Japan K002942083 Yes
Suzuki, S. [417] Japan K002942110 Yes
Tanaka, H. [s.n.] Japan K002942115 Yes
Teiang, Y. [4926] China K002942100 Yes
Koyama, T.M. [45] Japan K002942057 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan K002942073 Yes
Furuse, M. [16778] Japan K002942082 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] China K002942095 Yes
Furuse, M. [43149] Japan K002942087 Yes
Furuse, M. [10752] Japan K002942107 Yes
Maries [s.n.] Japan K002942063 Yes
Furuse, M. [26238] Japan K002942118 Yes
Steward, A.N. [s.n.] China K002942142 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3127] China K002942104 Yes
Suzuki, S. [425] Japan K002942121 Yes
Furuse, M. [16777] Japan K002942089 Yes
Yoshinaga, T. [s.n.] Japan K002942116 Yes
Furuse, M. [10892] Japan K002942128 Yes
Balansa, B. [2825] Vietnam Carex baviensis K000291238 Type Yes

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

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