PAF: Carex L.

	Carex L.
Publ. & Syn.	Kobresia simpliciuscula var. americana Duman, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 83: 194 (1956). Holotype (LCU): Canada: Quebec, Ungava, ... mountain on west side of Koksoak River, 2 miles below the fork, 5742'N, leg. Dutilly, Lepage, and Duman 28,118.
Notes	Major sources of information are Egorova (1999, Eurasian species) and Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002, North American and Greenland species). The two-level classification into subgenera and sections applied below is based on Egorova (1999) but with several adjustments due to Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002).
Chromosomes	70-76. - Siberia (N), Far East (N), Alaska, Canada, Greenland. - Several reports.
Geography	Asian (NE) - amphi-Beringian - North American (N) - amphi-Atlantic (W): NOR SIB RFE ALA CAN GRL.
Parent taxon	Cyperaceae
Child taxa	Carex acuta L. Carex adelostoma V.I. Krecz. Carex alba Scop. Carex albonigra Mack. Carex anthoxanthea J. Presl & C. Presl Carex appendiculata (Trautv. & C.A. Mey.) Kük. Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. Carex arcta Boott Carex arctogena Harry Sm. Carex aterrima Hoppe Carex atherodes Spreng. Carex atrata L. Carex atrofusca Schkuhr Carex atrosquama Mack. Carex aurea Nutt. Carex bicolor All. Carex bigelowii Torr. Carex bonanzensis Britton Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. Carex canescens L. Carex capillaris L. Carex capitata L. Carex cespitosa L. Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L. f. Carex concinna R. Br. Carex concolor R. Br. Carex deflexa Hornem. Carex demissa Hornem. Carex diandra Schrank Carex dioica L. Carex disperma Dewey Carex duriuscula C.A. Mey. Carex eburnea Boott Carex echinata Murray Carex eleusinoides Turcz. ex Kunth Carex enervis C.A. Mey. Carex ericetorum Pollich Carex filifolia Nutt. Carex flava L. Carex foenea Willd. Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr Carex garberi Fernald Carex glacialis Mack. Carex glareosa Wahlenb. Carex globularis L. Carex gmelinii Hook. & Arn. Carex gynocrates Wormsk. Carex heleonastes Ehrh. ex L. f. Carex holostoma Drejer Carex interior L.H. Bailey Carex kelloggii Boott Carex krausei Boeck. Carex kreczetoviczii T.V. Egorova Carex lachenalii Schkuhr Carex langeana Fernald Carex lapponica O. Lang Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. Carex laxa Wahlenb. Carex ledebouriana C.A. Mey. ex Trevir. Carex lenticularis Michx. Carex leptalea Wahlenb. Carex lidii Hadac Carex limosa L. Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd. Carex loliacea L. Carex lyngbyei Hornem. Carex mackenziei V.I. Krecz. Carex macloviana d'Urv. Carex macrochaeta C.A. Mey. Carex macrogyna Turcz. ex Steud. Carex marina Dewey Carex maritima Gunnerus Carex media R. Br. ex Richardson Carex melanocarpa Cham. ex Trautv. Carex membranacea Hook. Carex meyeriana Kunth Carex microchaeta Holm Carex microglochin Wahlenb. Carex micropoda C.A. Mey. Carex miliaris Michx. Carex minuta Franch. Carex mollissima H. Christ Carex nardina Fr. Carex nigra (L.) Reichard Carex norvegica Retz. Carex obtusata Lilj. Carex oligosperma Michx. Carex pachystachya Cham. ex Steud. Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb. Carex pallida C.A. Mey. Carex panicea L. Carex parallela (Laest.) Sommerf. Carex pauciflora Lightf. Carex paupercula Michx. Carex pediformis C.A. Mey. Carex petricosa Dewey Carex pilulifera L. Carex pluriflora Hultén Carex podocarpa R. Br. ex Richardson Carex praecox Schreb. Carex praticola Rydb. Carex pseudocuraica F. Schmidt Carex pulicaris L. Carex ramenskii Kom. Carex rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm. Carex recta Boott Carex rhynchophysa C.A. Mey. Carex riishirensis Franch. Carex rostrata Stokes Carex rotundata Wahlenb. Carex rufina Drejer Carex rupestris All. Carex sabulosa Turcz. ex Kunth Carex sabynensis Less. ex Kunth Carex salina Wahlenb. Carex saxatilis L. Carex schmidtii Meinsh. Carex scirpoidea Michx. Carex sitchensis J.D. Prescott Carex spectabilis Dewey Carex sterilis Willd. Carex stylosa C.A. Mey. Carex subspathacea Wormsk. Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb. Carex tenuiflora Wahlenb. Carex trautvetteriana Kom. Carex trisperma Dewey Carex ursina Dewey Carex utriculata Boott Carex vaginata Tausch Carex vanheurckii Müll. Arg. Carex vesicaria L. Carex viridula Michx. Carex williamsii Britton Carex The Carex aquatilis aggregate The Carex capillaris aggregate The Carex macloviana aggregate The Carex petricosa aggregate The Phacocystis complex The Temnemis complex The Temnemis x Phacocystis complex
PAF ID	3309

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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
Editorial Committee: Reidar Elven, David F. Murray (Museum of the North, University of Alaska), Volodya Yu. Razzhivin (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), Boris A. Yurtsev [deceased] (Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences)