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  1. Family: Cyperaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Carex L.

      1. Carex arenaria L.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is W. Europe to Central Russia.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Baltic States, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Yugoslavia

    Introduced into:

    Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia

    Carex arenaria L. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Jun 29, 1900 d'Urville, J.S.C.D. [92], Abkhaziya K000960608
    Lackowitz, A.W. [278], Germany K000960401
    Lackowitz, A.W. [279], Germany K000960402

    First published in Sp. Pl.: 973 (1753)

    Accepted by

    • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
    • Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2008). Flora Iberica 18: 1-420. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
    • Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
    • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
    • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.

    Sources

    Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0