Luzula pallescens

Luzula pallescens

Luzula pallescens

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Juncaceae
Genus: Luzula
Species: Luzula pallescens

Name

Luzula pallescens Sw., Summa Veg. Scand.: 13 (1814).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Juncus campestris var. pallescens (Sw.) Hartm., Handb. Skand. Fl.: 144 (1820), nom. superfl.
  • Luzula campestris subvar. pallescens (Sw.) E.Mey., Syn. Luzul.: 18 (1823).
  • Luzula campestris var. pallescens (Sw.) Wahlenb., Fl. Suecica 1: 218 (1824).
  • Luzula multiflora var. pallescens (Sw.) Boenn., Prodr. Fl. Monast. Westphal.: 105 (1824).
  • Luzula erecta var. pallescens (Sw.) Nolte ex Sond., Fl. Hamburg.: 200 (1850).
  • Luzula campestris subsp. pallescens (Sw.) Čelak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 749 (1881).
  • Luzula erecta subsp. pallescens (Sw.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 752 (1882).
  • Luzula sudetica pallescens (Sw.) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 519 (1904).
  • Juncoides pallescens (Sw.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 7: 899 (1926).
  • Luzula multiflora subsp. pallescens (Sw.) Reichg. in S.J.van Ooststroom & al., Fl. Neerl. 1: 208 (1964).
• Heterotypic
  • Juncus campestris var. lapponicus Retz., Fl. Scand. Prodr., ed. 2.: 82 (1795).
  • Juncus pallescens Wahlenb., Fl. Lapp.: 87 (1812), nom. illeg.
  • Luzula erecta var. micrantha Schltdl., Fl. Berol. 1: 204 (1823).
  • Luzula multiflora var. minor Bluff & Fingerh., Comp. Fl. German. 1: 444 (1825).
  • Luzula pallescens var. umbrosa Čelak., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 11: 312 (1861).
  • Luzula campestris subsp. pulchella (Sw.) Čelak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 85 (1867).
  • Luzula pallescens var. umbrosa V.I.Krecz., Zhurn. Russk. Bot. Obshch. 12: 491 (1928), nom. illeg.
  • Luzula pallescens var. arenaria V.I.Krecz., Zhurn. Russk. Bot. Obshch. 12: 491 (1928).
  • Luzula pallescens var. communis V.I.Krecz., Zhurn. Russk. Bot. Obshch. 12: 491 (1928).
  • Luzula pallescens var. ruderalis V.I.Krecz., Zhurn. Russk. Bot. Obshch. 12: 491 (1928).
  • Luzula pallidula Kirschner, Taxon 39: 110 (1990).
  • Luzula pallescens var. castanescens K.F.Wu, J. E. China Norm. Univ., Nat. Sci. 1992(3): 99 (1992).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland (extinct), Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland. Regional: Southeastern Europe Romania, Northwest Balkan Peninsula. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya. Regional: Russian Far East Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: China China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent West Himalaya. Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Eastern Canada Newfoundland, Québec. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Vermont. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swartz, O.P. 1814. Summa Vegetabilium Scandinaviae Systematice coordinatorum. 71 pp. Holmiæ BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kirschner, J. et al. 2002. Juncaceae 1: Rostkovia to Luzula. (Species Plantarum: Flora of the World Part 6). 237 pp., Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. ISBN 0-642-56822-7. PDF (part 1) PDF (part 2) Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Luzula pallescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Mar 11. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Luzula pallescens. Accessed: 20 Jan 2026. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Luzula pallescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Mar 2022. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Luzula pallescens. Published online. Accessed: Mar 11 2022. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Ажыка бледнаватая
• čeština: bika bledavá
• Cymraeg: Coedfrwynen welw
• Deutsch: Bleiche Hainsimse
• English: fen wood-rush
• suomi: Kalvaspiippo
• français: luzule pâle
• svenska: Blekfryle
• українська: Ожика бліда
• 中文: 淡花地杨梅

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