Fr: arex jaune à petits fruits, carex de Oeder, carex verdâtre
Provincial Status: LN
Range: nTemp.-sBoreal NA, Eurasia (disj.), nAfrica; thr. Nfld., N to w/cLab.
[=Carex chlorophila Mack.]
[=Carex cryptolepis Mack. var. prolifera (H.B.Lord) House]
[=Carex divisa Oeder 1768, nom. illeg. hom., non Huds. 1762]
[=Carex flava L. subsp. flavescens Wahlenb.]
[=Carex flava L. subsp. oederi (Retz.) Syme, nom. illeg., superfl.]
[=Carex flava L. subsp. orthorrhyncha Čelak.]
[=Carex flava L. subsp. pulchella (Lönnr.) P.D.Sell]
[=Carex flava L. subsp. serotina (Mérat) K.Richt.]
[=Carex flava L. subsp. viridula (MIchx.) O.Bolòs & Vigo]
[=Carex flava L. var. argillacea Townson]
[=Carex flava L. var. lutescens Wahlenb.]
[=Carex flava L. var. minor Mérat]
[=Carex flava L. var. minor Wahlenb. 1826, nom. illeg. hom., non Mérat 1821]
[=Carex flava L. var. oederi (Retz.) DC.]
[=Carex flava L. var. pumila Coss. & Germ.]
[=Carex flava L. var. recterostrata L.H.Bailey]
[=Carex flava L. var. serotina (Mérat) Lej.]
[=Carex flava L. var. viridula (Michx.) L.H.Bailey]
[=Carex oederi Retz.forma alpestris Asch. & Graebn.]
[=Carex oederi Retz. forma argillacea (Townson) Kük.]
[=Carex oederi Retz. forma intermedia Dudley]
[=Carex oederi Retz. subsp. pulchella Lönnr.]
[=Carex oederi Retz. subsp. viridula (Michx.) Hultén]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. brevirostris Asch. & Graebn.]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. congesta Neuman]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. prolifera H.B.Lord]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. pulchella (Lönnr.) Hedrén & Lassen]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. pumila (Coss. & Germ.) Fernald]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. recterostrata (L.H.Bailey) Dorn]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. rousseauiana Vict.]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. serotina (Mérat) Nyman]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. serpentini Palmgr.]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. subglobosa (Miel.) Nyman]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. viridula (Michx.) Kük.]
[=Carex scandinavica E.W.Davies]
[=Carex serotina Mérat]
[=Carex serotina Mérat forma alpestris (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó]
[=Carex serotina Mérat forma argillacea (Townson) Soó]
[=Carex serotina Mérat forma minor (Mérat) Soó]
[=Carex serotina Mérat forma subglobosa (Miel.) Soó]
[=Carex serotina Mérat subsp. fennica (Palmg.) Á.Löve & D.Löve]
[=Carex subglobosa Miel.]
[=Carex viridula Michx.]
[=Carex viridula Michx. forma clandestina Raymond]
[=Carex viridula Michx. forma intermedia (Dudley) F.J.Herm.]
[=Carex viridula Michx. forma pygmaea Lepage]
[=Carex viridula Michx. forma rousseauiana (Vict.) Raymond]
[=Carex viridula Michx. var. pulchella (Lönnr.) B.Schmid]
[=Carex viridula Michx. var. viridula]
[=Edritria viridula (Michx.) Raf.]
[=Onkerma oederi (Retz.) Raf.]
[=Trasis oederi (Retz) Gray]
Following the European treatment of this circumboreal disjunct in Plants of the World Online (POWO) and the New Flora of the British Isles, 3rd edition (Clive Stace 2010), Carex viridula Michx. (1803) is again being recognized by its earlier name, Carex oederi Retz. (1799), which agrees with the botanical rule of priority: the earliest validly published name has priority. The typical variety, Carex oederi Retz. var. oederi, is the variety found in North America.