Carex pediformis

Life-forms

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 pediformis
Varietates: C. p. var. macroura – C. p. var. pediformis – C. p. var. pedunculata – C. p. var. setifolia
Name

Carex pediformis C.A.Mey., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 1: 219 (1831).

Synonyms

Homotypic
Carex pediformis var. genuina Maxim., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 309 (1859), not validly publ.
Bitteria pediformis (C.A.Mey.) Fedde & J.Schust., Just's Bot. Jahresber. 41(2): 7 (1913 publ. 1918).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia
Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Primorye, South European Russia, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya

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

Meyer, C.A.v. 1831. Mémoires présentés à l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg par Divers Savants et lus dans ses assemblées 1: 219, t. 10, fig. 2 (1831)

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex pediformis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Carex pediformis. Published online. Accessed: Jan 31 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Carex pediformis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Jan 31. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Carex pediformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex pediformis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
suomi: Jalkasara
polski: Turzyca stopowata
русский: Осока стоповидная
svenska: Frösöstarr
中文: 柄状薹草

Carex pediformis is a species of sedge (genus Carex), native to Eurasia, from Eastern Europe to Korea.[2] It is a forest-steppe specialist.[3]
Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]

Carex pediformis var. macroura (Meinsh.) Kük.
Carex pediformis var. pediformis
Carex pediformis var. pedunculata Maxim.
Carex pediformis var. setifolia Kük.

References

Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 1: 219 (1831)
"Carex pediformis C.A.Mey". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
Erdős, László; Ambarlı, Didem; Anenkhonov, Oleg A.; Bátori, Zoltán; Cserhalmi, Dániel; Kiss, Márton; Kröel-Dulay, György; Liu, Hongyan; Magnes, Martin; Molnár, Zsolt; Naqinezhad, Alireza; Semenishchenkov, Yury A.; Tölgyesi, Csaba; Török, Péter (2018). "The edge of two worlds: A new review and synthesis on Eurasian forest-steppes". Applied Vegetation Science. 21 (3): 345–362. doi:10.1111/avsc.12382.