Carex sempervirens

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex sempervirens
Name

Carex sempervirens Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 214 (1787).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Carex ferruginea var. sempervirens (Vill.) Fiori, Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 197 (1923).
Heterotypic
Carex wazmanni Schrank, Naturhist. Briefe Oestreich 2: 284 (1785), nom. rej. prop.
Carex alpina Schrank, Baier. Fl. 1: 298 (1789).
Carex ferruginea Schkuhr, Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 92 (1801), nom. illeg.
Carex varia Host, Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 1: 59 (1801).
Carex alpestris Gaudin, Étrennes Fl.: 173 (1804), nom. illeg.
Carex erecta DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., ed. 3, 3: 120 (1805), nom. illeg.
Trasus erectus (DC.) Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 67 (1821 publ. 1822).
Carex sempervirens subsp. laevis Kit. ex Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 292 (1805).
Carex sempervirens var. laevis (Kit. ex Willd.) Asch. & Kanitz, Cat. Cormophyt. Anthophyt. Serbiae: 15 (1877).
Carex firma var. subalpina Wahlenb., Veg. Clim. Helv. Sept.: 160 (1813).
Carex arida Schleich. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 464 (1837).
Carex sempervirens var. setifolia Kumm. & Sendtn., Flora 32: 759 (1849).
Carex sempervirens f. laxiflora Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 709 (1866).
Carex sempervirens var. pumila Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 710 (1866).
Carex sempervirens f. rigida Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 709 (1866).
Carex sempervirens f. stenophylla Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 710 (1866).
Carex sempervirens var. trichocarpa Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 709 (1866).
Carex trichocarpa Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 709 (1866), nom. illeg.
Carex sempervirens f. schkuhriana Bonnet & J.A.Richt., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 29: lxvi (1882).
Carex sempervirens f. villarsiana Bonnet & J.A.Richt., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 29: lxv (1882).
Carex sempervirens var. angustata B.Kotula, Distr. Pl. Vasc. Tatr.: 438 (1890).
Carex murrii Appel ex Murr, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 41: 124 (1891).
Carex sempervirens var. aurigerana Marcailhou, Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens (1894)(Sept.): 9 (1894).
Carex sempervirens f. coarctata Huter ex Kneuck., Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 43 (1900).
Carex sempervirens f. semipallescens Kneuck., Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 6: 44 (1900).
Carex tristis var. tatrorum Zapał., Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 109 (1906).
Carex tatrorum (Zapał.) Racib. in W.Szafer, Fl. Polska 1: 215 (1919).
Carex sempervirens subsp. tatrorum (Zapał.) Pawł., Publ. Inst. Bot. Univ. Jagell. Cracov. 1937: 5 (1937).
Carex sempervirens f. albicans Lackow. ex Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 569 (1909).
Carex sempervirens f. fastigiata Lackow. ex Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 569 (1909).
Carex sempervirens var. pseudotristis Domin, Rozpr. Ceské Akad. Ved, Tr. 2, Vedy Mat. Prír. 41(9): 8 (1931).
Carex sempervirens subsp. pseudotristis (Domin) Pawł., Publ. Inst. Bot. Univ. Jagell. Cracov. 1937: 5 (1937).
Carex granitica Braun-Blanq., Commun. Stat. Int. Géobot. Médit. Montpellier 87: 224 (1945).
Carex sempervirens subsp. granitica (Braun-Blanq.) C.Vicioso, Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 142 (1959).
Carex sempervirens subsp. silicicola Holub, Sborn. Nár. Mus. v Praze, Rada B, Prír. Vedy 19: 14 (1962).

Homonyms

Carex sempervirens Elliott ex Kunth, nom. illeg. = Carex stricta Lam.
Carex sempervirens Schwein., nom. illeg. = Carex glaucescens Elliott

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Villars, D. 1787. Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné: contenant les Especes, les Caracteres, les Synonymes & les Vertus générales des cinq premieres classes ; qui comprennent la Monandrie, les Orchis, les Graminées, les Cyperacées, les Joncs, les Liliacées, Dipsacées, Rubiacées, Labiées, Personées, Borraginées, les Ombelliferes & les Syngeneses non composées. Vol. 2. 690 pp. + XV pl. Grenoble, Lyon, Paris. BHL Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex sempervirens in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex sempervirens. Published online. Accessed: Feb 02 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex sempervirens in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 02. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Carex sempervirens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb 02.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex sempervirens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 13 Aug 2006.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Horst-Segge
français: laîche toujours verte
русский: Осока вечнозелёная

Carex sempervirens, called the evergreen sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the mountains of Europe.[2] It is common plant in nutrient-limited grasslands above and below the treeline.[3]
References

Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 214 (1787)
"Carex sempervirens Vill". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
Yu, Fei-Hai; Schütz, Martin; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Krüsi, Bertil O.; Schneller, Jakob; Wildi, Otto; Risch, Anita C. (2011). "Carex sempervirens tussocks induce spatial heterogeneity in litter decomposition, but not in soil properties, in a subalpine grassland in the Central Alps". Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 206 (4): 373–379. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2010.08.003.