Carex echinata

Carex echinata

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 echinata
Subspecies: C. e. subsp. echinata – C. e. subsp. phyllomanica

Name

Carex echinata Murray, Prodr. Stirp. Gott.: 76 (1770).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Vignea echinata (Murray) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 17: 176 (1869).

Homonyms

• Carex echinata Desf., nom. illeg. = Carex hispida Willd. ex Schkuhr
• Carex echinata Lam., nom. illeg. = Carex flava L.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Temp. Northern Hemisphere Alaska, Albania, Aleutian Is., Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Froyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kriti, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Masachusettes, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Qubec, Rhode I., Romania, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yugoslavia, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Murray, J.A. 1770. Prodromus Designationis Stirpium Gottingensium ... Gottingen 76.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex echinata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex echinata. Published online. Accessed: Jan 17 2020.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex echinata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 17. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2020. Carex echinata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jan 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex echinata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

dansk: Stjerne-Star
Deutsch: Igel-Segge
eesti: Tähttarn
suomi: Tähtisara
Nederlands: Sterzegge
norsk: Stjernestarr

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