Taxon: Carex acutiformis Ehrh.

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Common names:

• lesser pond sedge   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• brunstarr   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Norway; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: Lesotho; South Africa - Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West, Western Cape
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada [e.]
  United States [n.e.]

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Luceno, M. 1994. Monografía del género Carex en la Peninsula Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Ruizia 14:53.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Carex acutiformis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Carex acutiformis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Carex acutiformis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Carex paludosa Good
  
• (=) Carex paludosa var. kochiana (DC.) Husn.
  

Check other web resources for Carex acutiformis Ehrh.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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