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Carex flava L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 975 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000346670.

Synonyms of Carex flava L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Anithista flava (L.) Raf. Good Book : 26 (1840) wfo-0000340136
Carex echinata Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 177 (1779) wfo-0000346293
Carex flava var. alpina Kneuck. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 5: 8 (1899) wfo-0000346671
Carex flava subsp. alpina (Kneuck.) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 17: 95 (1987 publ. 1988) wfo-0000346673
Carex flava var. barrerae O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 17: 95 (1987 publ. 1988) wfo-0000346675
Carex flava f. brevirostris Junge Schriften Naturwiss. Vereins Schleswig-Holstein 13(2): 4 (1906) wfo-0000346679
Carex flava var. brevirostris Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 201 (1903) wfo-0000346680
Carex flava var. congesta Neuman Sver. Fl. : 696 (1901) wfo-0000346681
Carex flava var. deficiens Peterm. Flora 27: 339 (1844) wfo-0000346682
Carex flava var. densa Gaudin Fl. Helv. 6: 97 (1830) wfo-0000346687
Carex flava var. dispersa Neuman Sver. Fl. : 696 (1901) wfo-0000346688
Carex flava var. gaspensis Fernald Rhodora 8: 200 (1906) wfo-0000346690
Carex flava var. graminis L.H.Bailey Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 30 (1889) wfo-0000346691
Carex flava f. graminis (L.H.Bailey) Scoggan Fl. Canada 1: 51 (1978) wfo-0000346692
Carex flava var. intermedia Coss. & Germ. Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris : 602 (1845) wfo-0000346694
Carex flava var. laxior (Kük.) Gleason Phytologia 4: 22 (1952) wfo-0000346697
Carex flava f. patula (Klett & Richt.) Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 711 1866 wfo-0000346709
Carex flava var. pygmaea Andersson Pl. Scand. 1: 25 1849 wfo-0000346712
Carex flava var. rectirostra Gaudin Fl. Helv. 6: 97 (1830) wfo-0000346714
Carex flava var. rectirostris Peterm. Flora 27: 338 (1844) wfo-0000346715
Carex flava f. remotiuscula Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 711 (1866) wfo-0000346716
Carex flava f. uetliaca (Suter) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 200 1903 wfo-0000346720
Carex flava f. umbrosa Kneuck. Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 5: 8 (1899) wfo-0000346721
Carex flava var. vulgaris Döll Rhein. Fl. : 147 (1843) wfo-0000346723
Carex flavella V.I.Krecz. Fl. Centr. Russ. , ed. 6: 185 (1933) wfo-0000346724
Carex flavofulva Beurl. Bot. Not. 1853: 37 (1853) wfo-0000346733
Carex foliosa All. Fl. Pedem. 2: 270 (1785) wfo-0000346770
Carex laxior (Kük.) Mack. N. Amer. Fl. 18: 306 (1935) wfo-0000348190
Carex lepidocarpa f. intermedia (Coss. & Germ.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 200 (1903) wfo-0000348245
Carex lepidocarpa var. laxior Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(38): 673 (1909) wfo-0000348249
Carex nevadensis subsp. alpina (Kneuck.) Podlech Bull. Soc. Échange Pl. Vasc. Eur. Occid. Bassin Médit. 28: 113 (2000) wfo-0000349239
Carex nevadensis subsp. flavella (V.I.Krecz.) Patzke & Podlech Cat. Fl. Austr. 1(4): 774 (1959) wfo-0000349240
Carex oederi f. graminis (L.H.Bailey) Kük. Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(38): 674 (1909) wfo-0000349456
Carex oederi var. microcarpa Font Quer Bol. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 35: 140 (1935) wfo-0000349459
Carex patula Host Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 1: 48, t. 64 (1801) wfo-0000349836
Carex uetliaca Suter Helvet. Fl. 1: 251 (1802) wfo-0000352218
Carex viridis Honck. Syn. Pl. Germ. 1: 372 (1792) wfo-0000352500
Proteocarpus flavus (L.) Fedde & J.Schust. Just's Bot. Jahresber. 41(2): 11 (1913 publ. 1918) wfo-0000502360
Trasus flavus (L.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 60 (1821 publ. 1822) wfo-0000590521
Carex flava var. fertilis Peck Rep. (Annual) Regents Univ. State New York New York State Mus. 48: 197 (1896) wfo-0000792236
Carex flava var. uetliaca (Suter) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 771. 1882 wfo-0000803179
Carex flava var. patula Klett & Richt. Fl. Leipzig : 758 (1830) wfo-0000803835
Carex flava f. pygmaea (Hartm.) C.Vicioso Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 189 (1959) wfo-0000807253
Carex flava var. alpina Kneuck wfo-0001301612
Carex flava var. flava wfo-0001301613
Carex flava subsp. macrorrhyncha Čelak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 71 (1867) wfo-1200012753
Trasus flavus var. scaber Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 60 (1821 publ. 1822) wfo-1200020767
Trasus flavus var. duplex Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 60 (1821 publ. 1822) wfo-1200020905
Carex flava var. pygmaea Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl. : 35 (1820) wfo-1200034195