Carex pendula

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 pendula

Name

Carex pendula Huds., Fl. Angl.: 352 (1762).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Trasus pendulus (Huds.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 65 (1821 publ. 1822).
- Manochlaenia pendula (Huds.) Fedde & J.Schust., Just's Bot. Jahresber. 41(2): 11 (1913 publ. 1918).
Heterotypic
- Carex maxima Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 229 (1771).
- Trasus pendulus var. androgynus Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 65 (1821 publ. 1822).
- Carex myosuroides Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4: 10 (1831), nom. illeg.
  - Carex pendula var. myosuroides Boott, Ill. Gen. Carex 4: 197 (1867).
- Carex pendula f. pallida Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 155 (1903).
- Carex tenuirostrata X.F.Jin, S.H.Jin & D.F.Wu, Brittonia 64: 326 (2012).

Homonyms

Carex pendula Geners., nom. illeg. = Carex capillaris subsp. capillaris
Carex pendula Moench, nom. illeg. = Carex vesicaria L.
Carex pendula Schreb., nom. illeg. = Carex flacca subsp. flacca

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Madeira.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iraq (doubtful, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - China Southeast (introduced).
Continental: Australasia
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand South (introduced).
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Hudson, W. 1762. Flora Anglica, exhibens Plantas per Regnum Angliae sponte crescentes, distributas Secundum Systema Sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis autorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopaeorum.: i–[xvi], 1–506, [i]–xxii. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Carex pendula in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sep 3. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Carex pendula. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sep 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Carex pendula. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sep 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Carex pendula. Accessed: 3 Sep 2023.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Carex pendula in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Sep 3.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aug 2006 Carex pendula in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

dansk: Kæmpe-Star
Deutsch: Hänge-Segge
suomi: Nuokkusara
français: Laîche à épis pendants
Gaeilge: Cíb chrom
hrvatski: Visoki šaš

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