Carex scirpoidea

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 scirpoidea
Varietates: C. s. var. convoluta – C. s. var. pseudoscirpoidea – C. s. var. scirpoidea – C. s. var. stenochlaena
Name

Carex scirpoidea Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 171 (1803).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Carex scirpoidea var. typica B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 75: 203 (1948), not validly publ.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Greenland, Idaho, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Qubec, Saskatchewan, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon
Continental: Eurasia
Kamchatka, Magadan, Norway, Yakutskiya

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

Michaux, A. 1803. Flora Boreali-Americana: sistens caracteres plantarum quas in America septentrionali collegit et detexit Andreas Michaux. Vol. 2. 340 pp. Parisiis et Argentorati [Paris & Strasbourg]: fratres Levrault. BHL Reference page. : 171.

Links

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

Vernacular names
English: northern singlespike sedge
svenska: Grönlandsstarr

Carex scirpoidea is a species of sedge belonging to the family Cyperaceae.[1] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[2]

Its native range is Norway (Solvågtind), Russia (Siberia and far eastern Russia), Greenland,[3][4] Canada and the US.[1]
References

"Carex scirpoidea Michx. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
Tutin, T. G.; et al., eds. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5, Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (monocotyledones) (Reprinted ed.). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521201087. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN 87-559-0385-1. OCLC 183098604.
Nordens flora. Bo Mossberg, Lennart Stenberg, Jon Feilberg, Anna Torsteinsrud, Victoria Widmark (Nye, udvidede og omarbejdede udgave ed.). Kbh.: Gyldendal. 2020. ISBN 978-87-02-28916-9. OCLC 1158895781.