Carex atrata L.

Carex atrata L.

CYPERACEAE

- Sedge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Carex atrata L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 976 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name:

English name: black alpine sedge

Italian name: Carice scura

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Carex atrata L. ssp. atrosquama (Mack.) Hultén
2) Carex atrata L. var. atrosquama (Mack.) Cronquist
3) Carex atrata L. var. chalciolepis (T. Holm) Kük.
4) Carex atrata L. var. erecta W. Boott

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:

Page counter: 331 ( AVG: 221.47 / 290.24 )

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Carex atrata
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Alpi Carniche, Comune di Forni di Sopra, Forcella Scodovacca. , UD, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Carex atrata
Credit: Photo by Pierfranco Arrigoni - Valmadrera (LC)

Carex atrata
Credit: Photo by Renzo Salvo

Carex atrata
Credit: Photo by Pierfranco Arrigoni - Valmadrera (LC)

Carex atrata
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Carex atrata
Credit: Photo by Renzo Salvo

Carex atrata
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo

Carex atrata
Jacob Sturm, Johann Georg Sturm - Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen (1796). - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

Carex atrata
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo

Carex atrata
Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

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Links:
- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)

Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
DEN (GL)
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Carex atrata L. ssp. atrosquama (Mack.) Hultén [131]
2) Carex atrata L. var. atrosquama (Mack.) Cronquist [90]
3) Carex atrata L. var. chalciolepis (T. Holm) Kük. [137]
4) Carex atratiformis Britton ssp. raymondii (Calder) A.E. Porsild [136]
5) Carex aurea Nutt. [533]
6) Carex barrattii Schwein. & Torr. [297]
7) Carex bicolor Bellardi ex All. [631]
8) Carex bipartita All. var. austromontana F.J. Herm. [141]
9) Carex breweri Boott var. breweri [136]
10) Carex campylocarpa T. Holm ssp. affinis Maguire & A.H. Holmgren [126]

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