Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex divisa Huds.

First published in Fl. Angl.: 348 (1762)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Europe to W. China. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, France, Great Britain, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Chile Central, Free State, Madeira, Maryland, New Zealand North, North Carolina, Queensland, Tasmania, Uruguay, Victoria, Virginia, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa100. epublication.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • 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.
  • Gehrke, B. (2011). Synopsis of Carex (Cyperaceae) from sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 51-99.
  • 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.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Muñoz-Schüler, P. & al. (2023). The genus Carex (Cyperaceae) in Chile: a general update of its knowledge, with an identification key. Gayana. Botánica 80: 103-132.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Zervous, S., Raus, T. & Yannitsaros, A. (2009). Additons to the flora of the island of Kalimnos (SE Aegean, Greece). Willdenowia 39: 165-177.
  • 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/.

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  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boaa100. epublication.
  • Gehrke, B. (2011). Synopsis of Carex (Cyperaceae) from sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 51-99.
  • 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., Strong M., Gebauer S., Hilpold A., Martín-Bravo S. & Reznicek A.A. (2018). Taxonomic, nomenclatural and chorological reports on Carex (Cyperaceae) in the Neotropics. Willdenowia 48: 117-124.
  • Retief, E. & Meyer, N.L. (2017). Plants of the Free State inventory and identification guide. Strelitzia 38: 1-1236. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Zervous, S., Raus, T. & Yannitsaros, A. (2009). Additons to the flora of the island of Kalimnos (SE Aegean, Greece). Willdenowia 39: 165-177.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 25, 2005 Goodenough, S. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000960405 Type Yes
Aug 16, 1900 Griffith, W. [79] Afghanistan K000960550 Type Yes
Aug 11, 1900 S.coll [S.n.] Pakistan K004000014 No
Aug 11, 1900 Griffith [82] Afghanistan K002216188 No
Aug 10, 1900 Salzmann [s.n.] K002416187 Yes
Aug 10, 1900 Goodenough, J.S. [s.n.] K000960406 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 12, 1896 Drege [2450] South Africa K000363614 Isotype Yes
Jun 1, 1892 Griffith, W. [79] Afghanistan K000960549 Type Yes
Willkomm, H.M. [554] Spain K002416188 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [18588] South Africa K002097429 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [15896] South Africa K002097430 Yes
Booth, F.; Clarke, C.B. [s.n.] South Africa K002097435 Yes
S.coll. [346] Afghanistan K004000013 No
Acocks, J.P.H. [15894] South Africa K002097431 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [15896] South Africa K002097432 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [18588] South Africa K002097434 Yes
Clarke [2450] South Africa K002097427 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [19564] South Africa K002097428 Yes
Acocks, J.P.H. [15896] South Africa K002097433 Yes
Pearson, H.H.W. [6789] South Africa K002097425 Yes
Pappi, A. [5082] Eritrea K002095684 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [21518] South Africa K002097426 Yes

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