Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex foenea Willd.

First published in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 957 (1809)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic America to N. U.S.A. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Connecticut, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, Yukon

Introduced into:

Japan

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sartwell, H.P. [40] United States K002098215 Yes
Olney, S.T. [s.n.] United States K002098233 Yes
Malte, M.O. [107834] Canada K002098202 Yes
Boott, F. [2] Canada K002098193 Yes
Carey [s.n.] United States K002098218 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] United States K002098251 Yes
Gleason, H.A.; Gleason, H.A. (Jr.) [55] United States K002098227 Yes
Boott, F. [5] United States K002098220 Yes
Parry, C.C.; Gray [392] United States K002098226 Yes
[Theodor Erag Llea] [12] United States K002098235 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K002098194 Yes
Torrey, J. [2] United States K000907717 Type Yes
Wolf, J. [1009] United States K002098240 Yes
Macoun, J.M. [59536] Canada K002098200 Yes
Palmer, E.J. [31319] United States K002098221 Yes
Turner, G.H. [54] Canada K002098201 Yes
Scoggan, H.J. [10773] Canada K002098204 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002098229 Yes
{Macoun} [25563] Canada K002098186 Yes
Vasey, G.; Carey, J. [1] United States K002098237 Yes
Clokey, I.W. [3378] United States K002098222 Yes
Dewey, C. [4] United States K000907715 Unknown Type Material Yes
Calder, J.A.; Gillett, J.M. [26515] Canada K002098206 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] Canada K002098189 Yes
[Bouscau] [s.n.] Canada K002098196 Yes
Richards, J. [1] United States K002098230 Yes
Boott, F.; Tuckerman [2] United States K002098239 Yes
{Boott} [s.n.] United States K002098250 Yes
Ames, O. [11] United States K002098214 Yes
Olney, S.T. [s.n.] United States K002098232 Yes
Nelson, A. [2902] United States K002098246 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [40] United States K002098245 Yes
Drummond [333] Canada K002098190 Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] United States K002098252 Yes
Baldwin, W.K.W.; Breitung, A.J. [3228] Canada K002098203 Yes
Eastham, J.W. [1331] Canada K002098185 Yes
[Illegible] [s.n.] Canada K002098191 Yes
Morang, T. [s.n.] United States K002098247 Yes
Sandberg, J.H.; Leiberg, J.B. [148] United States K002098223 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [s.n.] Canada K002098192 Yes
Hooker; Boott, F. [2] United States K002098236 Yes
{Sartwell} [s.n.] United States K002098211 Yes
Wolf, J. [1008] United States K002098241 Yes
Sartwell, H.P. [11] United States K002098244 Yes
Barratt; Gray, A. [s.n.] United States K002098210 Yes
Bigelow, J.M. [s.n.] United States K002098242 Yes
Hermann, F.J. [627] United States K002098253 Yes
Boott, F.; Carey [3] United States K002098238 Yes
Macoun [25497] Canada K002098188 Yes
Morang, T. [s.n.] United States K002098248 Yes
Dewey, C. [s.n.] United States K000907719 Type Yes
Macoun, J. [125] Canada K002098195 Yes
Barratt; Boott, F. [44] United States K002098224 Yes
s.coll. [2] Canada K002098184 Yes
Richardson [s.n.] Canada K002098199 Yes
Cooley, D. [2] United States K000907716 Unknown Type Material Yes
[P. Torrey] [19] United States K002098234 Yes
Vasey, G. [s.n.] United States K002098216 Yes
Calder, J.A.; Savile, D.B.O.; Ferguson, J.M. [12301] Canada K002098205 Yes
Dewey, C. [1] United States K000907718 Type Yes
Cody, W.J.; Matte, J.M. [9214] Canada K002098207 Yes
Pammel, L.H. [s.n.] United States K002098231 Yes
Cooley, D. [s.n.] United States K002098213 Yes
Macoun [25561] Canada K002098187 Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] United States K002098249 Yes
Macoun, J. [64050] Canada K002098197 Yes
Greene, B.D. [3] United States K002098219 Yes
Bigelow [s.n.] United States K002098243 Yes
Drummond; Gray, A.; Boott [s.n.] Canada K002098198 Yes
MacRae, W.F. [s.n.] United States K002098212 Yes
Gray, F. [593] Canada K002098183 Yes
Parry, C.C. [393] United States K002098225 Yes
[Mile Daw. Boother] [4] United States K002098217 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0