Carex divulsa

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 divulsa
Name

Carex divulsa Stokes in W.Withering, Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2, 2: 1035 (1787).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Carex muricata var. divulsa (Stokes) Wahlenb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 153 (1803).
Carex viridis var. divulsa (Stokes) Spenn., Fl. Friburg. 1: 48 (1825).
Vignea divulsa (Stokes) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler & H.G.L.Reichenbach, Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2, 3: 1619 (1830).
Carex virens var. divulsa (Stokes) F.W.Schultz, Jahresber. Pollichia 20-21: 257 (1863).
Carex muricata subsp. divulsa (Stokes) Celak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 60 (1867).
Caricina divulsa (Stokes) St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 875 (1889).
Heterotypic
Carex canescens Huds., Fl. Angl., ed. 2: 405 (1778), nom. illeg.
Carex nemorosa Lumn., Fl. Poson.: 418 (1791), nom. illeg.
Carex virens Lam., Encycl. 3: 384 (1792).
Carex muricata Desf., Fl. Atlant. 2: 335 (1799), nom. illeg.
Carex divulsa var. virens (Lam.) Mérat, Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 359 (1812).
Carex muricata var. nemorosa Gaudin, Fl. Helv. 6: 46 (1830).
Vignea virens (Lam.) Rchb. in J.C.Mössler & H.G.L.Reichenbach, Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2, 3: 1611 (1830).
Vignea guestphalica Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 140(7) (1831).
Carex virens var. major G.Mey., Chloris Han.: 579 (1836).
Carex guestphalica (Rchb.) Boenn. ex O.Lang, Flora 26: 147 (1843).
Carex stellulata f. pseudodivulsa F.W.Schultz, Fl. Pfalz: 499 (1845).
Carex muricata var. subramosa Neilr., Fl. Wien: 67 (1846).
Carex muricata var. virens (Lam.) Rchb., Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 8: 9 (1846).
Carex echinata var. pseudodivulsa (F.W.Schultz) F.W.Schultz, Jahresber. Pollichia 20-21: 259 (1863).
Carex subramosa Willd. ex Kunth, Linnaea 32: 317 (1863).
Carex muricata subsp. virens (Lam.) Celak., Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 60 (1867).
Carex divulsa var. congesta Gren., Fl. Jurass.: 835 (1869).
Carex virens var. guestphalica (Rchb.) Garcke, Fl. N. Mitt.-Deutschland, ed. 11: 421 (1873).
Carex divulsa subsp. virens (Lam.) Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur.: 781 (1882).
Carex divulsa var. approximata Legrand, Fl. Anal. Berry, ed. 2: 337 (1894).
Carex divulsa var. guestphalica (Rchb.) F.W.Schultz ex Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 42 (1902).
Carex divulsa var. misera Kük. ex Vollm., Denkschr. Königl. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 8(2): 82 (1903).
Carex divulsa var. polycarpa Vollm., Denkschr. Königl. Bot. Ges. Regensburg 8(2): 81 (1903).
Carex divulsa f. guestphalica (Rchb.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 163 (1909).
Carex divulsa f. misera (Kük. ex Vollm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 163 (1909).
Carex divulsa f. polycarpa (Vollm.) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 20(38): 163 (1909).
Carex muricata proles lumnitzeri Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 412 (1912).
Carex muricata var. angustifolia Podp., Spisy Prír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 12: 12 (1922).
Carex lumnitzeri (Rouy) V.I.Krecz. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 3: 154 (1935), nom. superfl.
Carex persica Nelmes, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1939: 185 (1939).
Carex vulpina subsp. nemorosa (Gaudin) O.Schwarz, Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 89 (1949), nom. illeg.
Carex divulsa var. javanica Nelmes, Kew Bull. 5: 208 (1950).
Carex muricata subsp. lumnitzeri (Rouy) Soó in R.Sóo & S.A.Jávorka, Magyar Növényvilág Kézikönyve 2: 903 (1951).
Carex divulsa f. angustifolia (Podp.) Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 16: 370 (1970 publ. 1971).
Carex spicata subsp. lumnitzeri (Rouy) Soó, Feddes Repert. 85: 438 (1974).
Vignea persica (Nelmes) Soják, Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 148: 196 (1979 publ. 1980).

Homonyms

Carex divulsa Gaudin, sensu auct. = Carex muricata subsp. muricata

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Turkey-in-Europe
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Regional: Macaronesia
Azores, Canary Is., Madeira
Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: Western Asia
Iran, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Stokes, J.S. in W.Withering 1787. Botanical Arrangement of British Plants..., Edition 2, 2: (1035).

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex divulsa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 17. Reference page. 
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex divulsa. Published online. Accessed: Jan 17 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex divulsa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 17. Reference page. 
Tropicos.org 2020. Carex divulsa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jan 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex divulsa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
English: Grassland sedge, European meadow sedge, Berkeley sedge
suomi: Sojosara
Nederlands: Groene bermzegge, groene bermzegge
polski: Turzyca rozsunięta
русский: Осока прерванная
svenska: Långstarr

Carex divulsa, the grey sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Macaronesia, Europe, northwest Africa, the Caucasus region, and the Middle East as far east as Turkmenistan.[2][3] It has been introduced to northeast Argentina, the District of Columbia and Pennsylvania in the United States, Ontario in Canada, the North Island of New Zealand, and Tasmania and Victoria in Australia.[2] It is the namesake of the Carex divulsa aggregate.[4]

References

W.Withering, Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2, 2: 1035 (1787)
"Carex divulsa Stokes". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
"Carex divulsa grey sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
Molina, ANA; Acedo, Carmen; Llamas, Félix (2008). "Taxonomy and new taxa of the Carex divulsa aggregate in Eurasia (Section Phaestoglochin, Cyperaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (3): 385–409. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00760.x.