Cyperaceae

Carex

Carex divulsa Stokes

First published in W.Withering, Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1035 (1787)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Europe, Medit. to Central Asia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Classification
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Other data

Native to:

Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, District of Columbia, New Zealand North, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tasmania, Victoria

Homotypic Synonyms

Carex muricata subsp. divulsa (Stokes) Wahlenb. in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 143 (1803)
Carex muricata var. divulsa (Stokes) Wahlenb. in Fl. Suecica 2: 589 (1826)
Carex virens var. divulsa (Stokes) F.W.Schultz in Jahresber. Pollichia 20-21: 257 (1863)
Carex viridis var. divulsa (Stokes) Spenn. in Fl. Friburg. 1: 48 (1825)
Caricina divulsa (Stokes) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 875 (1889)
Vignea divulsa (Stokes) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler, Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 2. 3: 1619 (1830)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Carex canescens Huds. in Fl. Angl., ed. 2: 405 (1778), nom. illeg.
Carex divulsa f. angustifolia (Podp.) Soó in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 370 (1970 publ. 1971)
Carex divulsa var. approximata Legrand in Fl. Anal. Berry, ed. 2: 337 (1894)
Carex divulsa var. congesta Gren. in Fl. Jurass.: 835 (1869)
Carex divulsa f. guestphalica (Rchb.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 163 (1909)
Carex divulsa var. guestphalica (Rchb.) F.W.Schultz ex Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 42 (1902)
Carex divulsa var. javanica Nelmes in Kew Bull. 5: 208 (1950)
Carex divulsa f. misera (Kük. ex Vollm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 163 (1909)
Carex divulsa var. misera Kük. ex Vollm. in Denkschr. Königl. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 8(2): 82 (1903)
Carex divulsa f. polycarpa (Vollm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(Heft 38): 163 (1909)
Carex divulsa var. polycarpa Vollm. in Denkschr. Königl. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 8(2): 81 (1903)
Carex divulsa var. virens (Lam.) Mérat in Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 359 (1812)
Carex divulsa subsp. virens (Lam.) Nyman in Consp. Fl. Eur.: 781 (1882)
Carex divulsa var. virens (Lam.) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot.: 156 (1821)
Carex echinata var. pseudodivulsa (F.W.Schultz) F.W.Schultz in Jahresber. Pollichia 20-21: 259 (1863)
Carex guestphalica (Rchb.) Boenn. ex O.Lang in Flora 26: 147 (1843)
Carex lumnitzeri (Rouy) V.I.Krecz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 3: 154 (1935), nom. superfl.
Carex muricata Desf. in Fl. Atlant. 2: 335 (1799), nom. illeg.
Carex muricata var. angustifolia Podp. in Spisy Přír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 12: 12 (1922)
Carex muricata proles lumnitzeri Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 412 (1912)
Carex muricata subsp. lumnitzeri (Rouy) Soó in R.Sóo & S.A.Jávorka, Magyar Növényvilág Kézikönyve 2: 903 (1951)
Carex muricata var. nemorosa Gaudin in Fl. Helv. 6: 46 (1830)
Carex muricata var. subramosa Neilr. in Fl. Wien: 67 (1846)
Carex muricata subsp. virens (Lam.) Čelak. in Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 60 (1867)
Carex muricata var. virens (Lam.) Rchb. in Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 8: 9 (1846)
Carex nemorosa Lumn. in Fl. Poson.: 418 (1791), nom. illeg.
Carex persica Nelmes in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 185 (1939)
Carex spicata subsp. lumnitzeri (Rouy) Soó in Feddes Repert. 85: 438 (1974)
Carex stellulata f. pseudodivulsa F.W.Schultz in Fl. Pfalz: 499 (1845)
Carex subramosa Willd. ex Kunth in Linnaea 32: 317 (1863)
Carex virens Lam. in Encycl. 3: 384 (1792)
Carex virens var. guestphalica (Rchb.) Garcke in Fl. N. Mitt.-Deutschland, ed. 11: 421 (1873)
Carex virens var. major G.Mey. in Chloris Han.: 579 (1836)
Carex vulpina subsp. nemorosa (Gaudin) O.Schwarz in Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 89 (1949), nom. illeg.
Vignea guestphalica Rchb. in Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 140(7) (1831)
Vignea persica (Nelmes) Soják in Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 196 (1979 publ. 1980)
Vignea virens (Lam.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler, Handb. Gewächsk., ed. 2. 3: 1611 (1830)

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Streptophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order
Poales

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Family
Cyperaceae

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Genus
Carex

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Species
Carex divulsa

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

(2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa100. epublication.
Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Hohla, M. (2014). Hystrix patula - neu für Österrei, sowie weitere Beiträge zur Flora von Obenösterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark und Vorarlberg. Stapfia 101: 83-100.
Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
Jiménez-Mejías, P. & al. (2016). Taxonomic and distribution notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from the Neotropics. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 51: 727-739.
Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
Molina, A., Acedo, C. & Llamas, F. (2008). Taxonomy and new taxa of the Carex divulsa aggregate in Eurasia (section Phaestoglochin, Cyperaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 156: 385-409.
Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
Jiménez-Mejías, P. & al. (2016). Taxonomic and distribution notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from the Neotropics. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 51: 727-739.
Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Date	Reference	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
Jan 1, 1980	Lindsay, N. [945] Iran	K000960548	Type	Yes
Apr 26, 1847	[W.B.] [S.n.]	K002216274		No
	Drummond, R.B. [492] United Kingdom	K002116657		Yes
	C.E.S. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116663		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116643		Yes
	Louis-Arséne [4906] Jersey	K002116701		Yes
	Sandwith, N.Y. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116676		Yes
	Milne Redhead, E.; Sandwith, N.Y. [1799] United Kingdom	K002116673		Yes
	Scultz, F.W. [173] France	K000960387	Type	Yes
	Brenan, J.P.M. [6397] United Kingdom	K002116646		Yes
	Rob, C.M. [753/62] United Kingdom	K002116656		Yes
	Hill, A.W. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116649		Yes
	Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116669		Yes
	S.coll. [S.n.] Portugal	K001615169		No
	R. [DVyerhle] [120] Ireland	K002116698		Yes
	Bromwich, H.; Milverton [1425] United Kingdom	K002116644		Yes
	Brenan, J.P.M.; Mills, J.N. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116631		Yes
	Wallace, E.C. [5522] United Kingdom	K002116658		Yes
	Karelin, G.S.; Kirilov, I.P. [s.n.] Russia	K000960605	Type	Yes
	Kotschy, Th. [520] Turkey	K001615059		No
	Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116645		Yes
	Lousley, J.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116629		Yes
	Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116689		Yes
	Brenan, J.P.M. [2305] United Kingdom	K002116666		Yes
	Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116647		Yes
	James, D.O. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116685		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116678		Yes
	Drummond, R.B. [736] Ireland	K002116700		Yes
	Samuelsson, G. [342] Sweden	K000308960	Holotype	Yes
	Horwood, A.R. [53] United Kingdom	K002116634		Yes
	s.coll. [1425] United Kingdom	K002116670		Yes
	Edees, E.S. [6855] United Kingdom	K002116642		Yes
	S.coll. [S.n.]	K002217540		No
	Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116637		Yes
	Christenhusz, M.J.M. [MC9363] United Kingdom	K001527028		Yes
	P. [Hrunk] [s.n.] Ireland	K002116696		Yes
	Drummond, R.B. [611] Ireland	K002116694		Yes
	Edees, E.S. [4639] United Kingdom	K002116640		Yes
	Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116635		Yes
	Wallace, E.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116675		Yes
	Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] Indonesia	K000291268	Type	Yes
	Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116636		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116664		Yes
	Sandwith, N.Y. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116677		Yes
	Meikle, D. [12] United Kingdom	K002116687		Yes
	Meikle, R.D. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116690		Yes
	Edees, E.S. [6855] United Kingdom	K002116641		Yes
	Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116655		Yes
	s.coll. [2057] United Kingdom	K002116667		Yes
	Stelfox, A.W. [40] United Kingdom	K002116693		Yes
	Summerhayes, V.S. [1479] United Kingdom	K002116633		Yes
	Salmon, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116662		Yes
	Whellan, J.A. [753/62] United Kingdom	K002116683		Yes
	s.coll. [5050] United Kingdom	K002116652		Yes
	E.S.M. [1668] United Kingdom	K002116630		Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116659		Yes
	Britton, C.E.; Bennett, A. [2057] United Kingdom	K002116668		Yes
	Nelmes, E. [960] United Kingdom	K002116682		Yes
	Day, F.M.; Schuhmann [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116628		Yes
	Milne Redhead, E.; Sandwith, N.Y. [1799] United Kingdom	K002116674		Yes
	Ball, J. [840] Ireland	K002116691		Yes
	Summerhayes, V.S. [1436] United Kingdom	K002116632		Yes
	Ahlberg, N.F. [s.n.] Sweden	K000960388	Unknown Type Material	Yes
	s.coll. [3133] United Kingdom	K002116648		Yes
	Nelmes, E. [960] United Kingdom	K002116680		Yes
	Gregor, A.G. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116661		Yes
	Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116684		Yes
	Burdon, R.J.; Little, J.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116671		Yes
	Hall, P.M. [3373] United Kingdom	K002116679		Yes
	Meikle, D. [13] United Kingdom	K002116688		Yes
	[So Lillts]; Salomon, C. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116665		Yes
	s.coll. [4848] United Kingdom	K002116686		Yes
	s.coll. [6397] United Kingdom	K002116650		Yes
	Brunker, J.P. [9] United Kingdom	K002116695		Yes
	Day, F.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116654		Yes
	s.coll. [5037] United Kingdom	K002116651		Yes
	Clarke, C.B. [577A] United Kingdom	K002116653		Yes
	Riddelsdell, H.J. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116672		Yes
	Hepper, F.N. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116660		Yes
	Callwm Webster, M.M. [5407] Ireland	K002116699		Yes
	Lloyd-Praeger, R. [s.n.] Ireland	K002116697		Yes
	Nelmes, E. [960] United Kingdom	K002116681		Yes
	Fitt, M.V.; Juss. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116639		Yes
	Zika, P.F. [26221] United States	K002098703		Yes
	Fitt, G. [s.n.] United Kingdom	K002116638		Yes
	Stelfox, A.W. [41] United Kingdom	K002116692		Yes

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1
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- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
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Carex divulsa Stokes

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Introduced into:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

Carex divulsa Stokes

Distribution

Native to:

Introduced into:

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Kew Backbone Distributions

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index External Link

Herbarium Catalogue (86 records)

Sources

Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

Kew Backbone Distributions

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

Kew Science Photographs

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index