Carex laxa

Carex laxa

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 laxa

Name

Carex laxa Wahlenb., 1803

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Olamblis laxa (Wahlenb.) Raf., Good Book: 26 (1840).
  • Heterotypic
    • Carex macrochlamys Franch., Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris, sér. 8, 7: 49 (1895).

Homonyms

  • Carex laxa Dewey, nom. illeg. = Carex limosa L.
  • Carex laxa Sw. ex Kunth, pro syn. = Carex scabrella Wahlenb.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alaska, Yukon
  • Continental: Europe
      • Finland, North European Russia, Norway, Sweden
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
      • Inner Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, West Siberia

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

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: Weak sedge
  • suomi: Velttosara
  • français: Carex lâche
  • svenska: Slakstarr
  • 中文: 稀花薹草
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