Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Cyperaceae/Cypéracées - Sedge Family
Carex viridula Michx. var. viridula
En: greenish sedge, little green sedge
Fr: carex verdâtre, carex tardif
Provincial Status: LN
Range: nTemp.-sBoreal NA, Eurasia (disj.), nAfrica; thr. Nfld., N to w/cLab.

[=Carex chlorophila Mack.]
[=Carex divisa Oeder 1768, nom. illeg.]
[=Carex dyrrachiensis Nelmes]
[=Carex flava L. subsp. serotina (Mérat) K.Richt.]
[=Carex flava L. subsp. serotina (Mérat) P.D.Sell 1996, nom. illeg. isonym., non (Mérat) K.Richt. 1890]
[=Carex flava L. subsp. viridula (Michx.) O.Bolòs & Vigo]
[=Carex flava L. var. serotina (Mérat) Lej.]
[=Carex flava L. var. viridula (Michx.) L.H.Bailey]
[=Carex irregularis Schwein.]
[=Carex oederi Ehrh. 1791, nom. illeg. hom., non Retz. 1779]
[=Carex oederi Retz. forma subglobosa (Miel.) Storch]
[=Carex oederi Retz. subsp. subglobosa (Miel.) K.Richt.]
[=Carex oederi Retz. subsp. viridula (Michx.) Hultén]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. pumila (Coss. & Germain) Fernald]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. rousseauiana Vict.]
[=Carex oederi Retz.. var. subglobosa (Miel.) Nyman]
[=Carex oederi Retz. var. viridula (Michx.) Kük.]
[=Carex serotina Mérat]
[=Carex serotina Mérat forma subglobosa (Miel.) Soó]
[=Carex subglobosa Miel.]
[=Carex urbanii Boeck.]
[=Carex viridula Michx. forma rousseauiana (Vict.) Raymond]
[=Carex viridula Michx. subsp. serotina (Mérat) Malyschev]
[=Edritria viridula (Michx.) Raf.]
[=Trasus oederi (Retz.) Gray]

[Carex viridula var. viridula is the typical variety of Carex viridula subsp. viridula.  The map in Porsild & Cody (1980) includes 2 dots for Carex viridula var. viridula in cLab., while Crins & Ball (1989) show two dots in wLab. Other Labrador reports of C. viridula refer to the Côte-Nord, eQC. In Europe, Carex viridula Michx. var. pulchella (Lönnr.) B.Schmid (=C. oederi var. pulchella Lönnr., C. scandinavica E.W.Davies) is a dwarf, primarily halophytic, seashore taxon, which is recognzied as distinct and has a European range. Therefore, synonyms of var. pulchella have been deleted from the synonymy of C. viridula var. viridula above.]

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