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December 2023

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Carex sterilis Willd.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 208 (1805) Link to external nomenclature reference

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-0000351554.

Synonyms of Carex sterilis Willd.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Carex elachycarpa Fernald Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 492 (1902) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000346338
Carex muricata var. sterilis (Willd.) Gleason Phytologia 4: 22 (1952) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000349112
Carex stellulata var. sterilis (Willd.) J.Carey Manual : 544 (1848) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000351516
Carex sterilis var. aequidistans Peck Rep. (Annual) Regents Univ. State New York New York State Mus. 47: 137 (1894) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000351555
Carex sterilis var. angustata L.H.Bailey Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 425 (1893) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000351556
Kobresia elachycarpa (Fernald) Fernald Rhodora 5: 251 (1903) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000452781
Carex sterilis f. flexibilis Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 361 (1920) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000792435
Carex sterilis var. rousseauiana Raymond Naturaliste Canad. 77: 62 (1950) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000792436