Carex prairea

Carex prairea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex prairea

Name

Carex prairea Dewey ex Alph.Wood, 1861

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Carex teretiuscula var. prairea (Dewey ex Alph.Wood) Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 1: 344 (1896).
  • Carex diandra var. prairea (Dewey ex Alph.Wood) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 177 (1909).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Alberta, British Columbia, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Manitoba, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Qubec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Dewey, C. 1861. A Class-book of Botany 750.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex prairea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex prairea. Published online. Accessed: Jan 31 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex prairea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 31. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Carex prairea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan 2020.

Vernacular names

English: prairie sedge, Prairie sedge
français: Carex de la Prairie

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