Panarctic Flora

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3309016 Carex laxa Wahlenb.

Distribution

Anabar - Onenyo: Rare
Northern Alaska - Yukon: Presence uncertain
Shrub Tundra: Rare
Bordering boreal or alpine areas: Frequent

GBIF

Geography: European (N) - Asian (N) - amphi-Beringian: SIB CAN?

Notes: Ball and Elven: Egorova (1999) assigned Carex aurea to sect. Paniceae, C. garberi to sect. Phacocystis, and C. bicolor to sect. Bicolores. These three species are rather similar and together constitute the core of the quite distinctive and predominantly North American sect. Bicolores. A molecular study based on ITS sequences (Hendrichs et al. 2004) closely joined C. aurea and C. bicolor but within a main cluster together with species of sect. Paniceae.

Higher Taxa