Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex nigra (L.) Reichard

First published in Fl. Moeno-Francof. 2: 96 (1778)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Northern Hemisphere. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Labrador, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Poland, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Vermont, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

South Georgia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Frenot, Y., Chown, S.L., Whinam, J., Selkirk, P.M., Convey, P., Skotnicki, M. & Bergstrom,D.M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 80: 45-72.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiiskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jimenez-Mejias, P. & al. (2015). Taxonomic notes on some problematic Carex (Cyperaceae) names from SW Asia. Phytotaxa 219(2): 183-189.
  • Probatova, N.S. & al. (2006). Flora Rossiiskogo Dal'nego Vostoka. Dopolneniya i izmeneniya k izdaniyu Sosudistye rasteniya sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka t. 1-8 (1985-1996): 1-454. Russian academy of sciences Far Eastern branch.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 2008 s.coll. [724%%] Russia K000960463 Type Yes
Sep 1, 2008 Drejer, S.T.N. [s.n.] K000960460 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2008 Reichenbach, H.G.L. [2126] Germany K000960458 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 2008 Reichenbach, H.G.L. [2127] Germany K000960459 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fries, E.M. [s.n.] Sweden K000960461 Type Yes
Fries, E.M. [s.n.] Sweden K000960449 Isotype Yes
Fritze, R. [S.n.] K002687562 No
Balls, E.K. [1865B] Turkey K001418690 Yes
Rix, E.M. [232] Turkey K001418691 Yes
Gillett [9781] Iraq K002216446 Yes
Sieber, F.W. [s.n.] K000960457 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Austria K000960454 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maire [s.n.] France K000960456 Type Yes
Fries, E.M. [s.n.] Sweden K000960462 Type Yes
Regel, E.A., von [s.n.] Russia K000960455 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schleicher, J.C. [s.n.] Switzerland K000960452 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pitchford, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000960451 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hoppe, D.H. [s.n.] Germany K000960453 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fries, E.M. [s.n.] Sweden K000960450 Isotype Yes
Sep 19, 1901 Dr. Lyall [s.n.] United States Carex vulgaris K002562139 No
Feb 9, 1898 Philippi, R.A. [s.n.] Chile Carex vulgaris K002800498 No
Morong, T. [s.n.] United States Carex vulgaris K001735179 No
Morong, T. [s.n.] United States Carex vulgaris K001617182 No
Werdermann, E. [576] Chile Carex vulgaris K002800496 Yes
Laegaard, S. [13591] Argentina Carex vulgaris K002800497 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images