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Carex elata All.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Fl. Pedem. 2: 272 (1785)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Poales
family
Cyperaceae
genus
Carex
species
Carex elata

Name

Synonyms
Carex caespitosa var. elata (All.) Fiori
Carex cespitosa subsp. elata (All.) Fiori
Carex cespitosa var. elata (All.) Fiori
Carex hudsonii A.Benn. ex F.Hanb.
Carex moscowensis C.B.Clarke ex B.Fedtsch.
Carex stricta var. elatior Fr.
Carex stricta var. humilis Fr.
Carex subrotunda J.Serres, 1857
Homonyms
Carex elata All.
Carex elata Turner ex Boott, 1858
Carex elata Lowe
Carex elata Turner
Common names
Bunkestarr in Norwegian
Carice spondicola in Italian
Carice spondicola in Italian
Carice spondicola in Italian
Carice spondicola in Italian
Hesg Tuswog in Welsh
Hesgen Duswog in Welsh
Hesgen Oleulas Sythddail in Welsh
Hohe Segge in German
Hohe Segge in German
Hohe Segge in German
Laiche elevee in French
Laiche elevee in French
Laiche elevee in French
Laiche élevée in French
Laîche Raide in French
Laîche raide in French
Laîche raide, Laîche élevée in French
Laîche Élevée in French
Steife Segge in German
Steife Segge in German
Steife Segge in German
Steife Segge in German
Steife Segge in German
Steife Segge in German
Stijve zegge in Dutch
Stiv star in Danish
Stiv star in Danish
Stiv star in Danish
Stiv star in Danish
Swp-Hesgen y Fawnog in Welsh
Tufted Sedge in English
Tufted Sedge in English
Tufted-sedge in English
bunkestarr in Norwegian
bunkestarr in Swedish
bunkestarr in Swedish
bunkestarr in Swedish
bunkestarr in Norwegian Bokmål
bunkestorr in Nynorsk, Norwegian
bunkestorr in Nynorsk, Norwegian
capim-junquinho in language.
capim-junquinho in Portuguese
junquinho in language.
junquinho in Portuguese
laîche raide in French
laîche élevée in French
masiega in Spanish
masiega in Spanish
piukkasara in Finnish

Bibliographic References

  1. Allioni, C. (1785). Flora Pedemontana. ii.
  2. Benítez‐Benítez, C.; Jiménez‐Mejías, P.; Calleja‐Alarcón, J. A.; Leo, M.; Sanz‐Arnal, M.; Lara, F.; Garilleti, R.; Martín‐Bravo, S.; Escudero, M.; Fernández‐Mazuecos, M.; Calatayud, J.; Medina, N. G. (2025). Plant Neighbourhood as Predictor of Allopatric Speciation in Sedges. <em>Molecular Ecology.</em> 34(6). 10.1111/mec.17683
  3. Colling G., Helminger T., Krippel Y., Schneider S. & Daco L. 2025. - Red List of the Vascular Plants of Luxembourg. Ferrantia 93, Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, 65 pp http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q136766546
  4. Jermy, A.C.; Simpson, D.A.; Foley, M.J.Y.; Porter, M.S. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. 554 pp. Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, United Kingdom.
  5. Jiménez-Mejías, P.; Escudero, M.; Guerra-Cárdenas, S.; Lye, K. A.; Luceño, M. (2011). Taxonomic delimitation and drivers of speciation in the Ibero-North African Carex sect. Phacocystis river-shore group (Cyperaceae). American Journal of Botany, 98(11): 1855-1867. 10.3732/ajb.1100120
  6. Jiménez‐Mejías, P.; Martinetto, E.; Soldano, A.; Dorr, L. (2019). The problematic history of the name <i>Carex elata</i> All. (Cyperaceae) and its neotypification. <em>TAXON.</em> 68(3): 580-583. 10.1002/tax.12088
  7. Karlsson (1998) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter (The vascular plants of Sweden - a checklist)
  8. Luceño, M., Castroviejo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2008). Cyperaceae. In: Castroviejo, Luceño, M., Galán, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Cabezas, F., Medina, L. (eds). Flora iberica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVIII. Madrid: CSIC.
  9. Mirek Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa H., Zając A., Zając A., Zając M.. 2020. Vascular plants of Poland. An annotated checklist. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
  10. Plants of the World Online (POWO).
  11. Van der Meijden, R. (2005)
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