Carex pumila

Carex pumila

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 pumila

Name

Carex pumila Thunb. in J.A.Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 846 (1784).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Carex nutans var. pumila (Thunb.) Boeckeler, Linnaea 41: 298 (1877).
• Heterotypic
  • Carex littorea Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 69 (1806).
  • Carex urvillei Brongn. in L.I.Duperrey, Voy. Monde, Phan.: 157 (1833).
  • Anithista littorea (Labill.) Raf., Good Book: 26 (1840).
  • Carex fusca Sol. ex Boott, Ill. Gen. Carex 4: 217 (1867), nom. illeg.
  • Carex platyrhyncha Franch. & Sav., Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 582 (1878).
  • Carex krullii Boeckeler, Flora 65: 59 (1882).
  • Carex sepulta Phil., Anales Univ. Chile 93: 494 (1896).
  • Carex pumila subsp. littorea (Labill.) Kük., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 551 (1899).
  • Carex pumila var. urvillei (Brongn.) Kük., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 552 (1899).
  • Carex forbesii C.B.Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 286 (1903).
  • Carex nutans var. platyrhyncha (Franch. & Sav.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 740 (1909).
  • Carex pumila var. forbesii (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 740 (1909).

Homonyms

• Carex pumila Honck., nom. illeg. = Carex montana L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate China North-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Sakhalin, Taiwan Continental: Australasia New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is.: Queensland, Victoria, Chatham Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Thunberg, C.P. in J. A. Murray 1784. Systema Vegetabilium. Editio decima quarta: 846. (Fl. jap. 39 (1784) Nov)

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex pumila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex pumila. Published online. Accessed: Feb 01 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex pumila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Carex pumila. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Feb 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex pumila in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 13 Aug 2006.

Vernacular names

English: dwarf sedge
日本語: コウボウシバ
中文: 小海米, 矮生薹草

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