Taxon: Carex pendula Huds.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• drooping sedge   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• pendulous sedge   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• sedge-grass   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• laîche géante   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• laîche pendante   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• Hänge-Segge   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• Riesen-Segge   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• hängstarr   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed13)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Iraq; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

• also cultivated

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).
• 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.
• Egorova, T. V. 1999. The sedges (Carex L.) of Russia and adjacent states.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Koopman, J. 2011. Carex europaea: the genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe, 1. Accepted names, hybrids, synonyms, distribution, chromosome numbers.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Luceno, M. 1994. Monografía del género Carex en la Peninsula Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Ruizia 14:59.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Carex pendula.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Carex pendula.

Check other web resources for Carex pendula Huds.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• 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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