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Carex pyrenaica  Wahlenb.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 39777

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Carex pyrenaica ssp. pyrenaica Wahlenb.
  
  Common Name(s): Pyrenean sedge [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyCyperaceae  – sedges, foins coupants, laîches, rouches, rouchettes  
                               GenusCarex L. – laîches, rouches, sedge species, carex, sedges, sedge  
                                  SpeciesCarex pyrenaica Wahlenb. – Pyrenean sedge  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Anton Reznicek   
  Notes: Curator of Vascular Plants, University Herbarium, University of Michigan, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108-2228, USA   
  Reference for: Carex pyrenaica    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Cyperaceae of North America Update, database (version 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Carex pyrenaica   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Carex pyrenaica   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Carex pyrenaica   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Carex pyrenaica   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ball, Peter W., A. A. Reznicek, and David Murray / Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.)   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 23: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae   
  Page(s): xxiv + 608   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780195152074   
  Notes: The volume is also reproduced online at http://www.fna.org/   
  Reference for: Carex pyrenaica   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: The Flora of North America North of Mexico (2002) maintains that North American populations that have been treated as C. pyrenaica should properly be treated as C. micropoda C.A. Mey (TSN 39698), distinct from the European species C. pyrenaica  
 

 

    


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