Carex elata

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 elata
Subspecies: C. e. subsp. elata – C. e. subsp. omskiana
Name

Carex elata All., Fl. Pedem. 2: 272 (1785).

Synonyms

Homotypic
Carex cespitosa var. elata (All.) Fiori, Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 188 (1923).

Homonyms

Carex elata Lowe, nom. illeg. = Carex lowei Bech.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia
Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Froyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yugoslavia

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

Allioni, C. 1785. Flora Pedemontana sive Enumeratio Methodica Stirpium Indigenarum Pedemontii 2: 272.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex elata 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 elata. Published online. Accessed: Jan 17 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex elata 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. 100162118 Carex elata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Jan 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex elata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Steife Segge
eesti: Luhttarn
suomi: Piukkasara
hrvatski: Busenasti šaš

Carex elata, tufted sedge, is a species in the genus Carex, native to all of Europe, the Atlas Mountains of Africa, Turkey, Iran and Central Asia.[2] It prefers to grow with its roots in water. Its cultivar 'Aurea' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

Carex elata subsp. elata
Carex elata subsp. omskiana (Meinsh.) Jalas (synonym: Carex omskiana Meinsh.)[4]

References

Fl. Pedem. 2: 272 (1785)
"Carex elata All". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
"Carex elata 'Aurea' Bowles' golden sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 27 September 2020. "Synonyms Carex stricta 'Bowles's Variety'; Carex stricta 'Bowles's Golden'; Carex 'Bowles Golden'; Carex stricta 'Aurea'; Carex elata 'Bowles's Golden'; Carex riparia 'Bowles's Golden'"
"Carex omskiana Meinsh". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 15 February 2021.