Carex rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm.
Publ. & Syn.Carex rariflora var. androgyna A.E. Porsild, Sargentia 4: 20 (1943). Holotype (CAN): Canada: the Northwest Territories, Atkinson Pt., 70N, 13120'W, 01-03. Aug. 1927, leg. A.E. Porsild 2579.
NotesPorsild's var. androgyna seems to be an aberrant form of Carex rariflora with some perigynia at the base of the staminate spike. Such aberrants are common in Carex and not worth taxonomic rank.
Chromosomes50 52 54. - Europe, Siberia, Far East, Canada, Greenland. - Numerous reports.
GeographyCircumpolar: ICE NOR RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN GRL.
Distribution N = F     AN = f     AO = s     GW = f     D = S     Ic = f     E = F     CC = s     YG = f     HL = f     FN = f     CE = r     CS = f     UN = f     YK = s     AW = f     GE = f     Kh = f     CW = r     Tm = f     KP = f     [ key ]
Parent taxonCarex L.
PAF ID3309048
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Panarctic Flora Editor-in-Chief: Reidar Elven (Natural History Museum, University of Oslo)
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