Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex inversa R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 242 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Australia, New Zealand. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Great Britain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Booth, R. & Moore, D. (2006). Reduction of Carex rhytidocarpa Nelmes (Cyperaceae) to a synonym of C. inversa R.Br.. Austrobaileya 7: 373-375.
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1, ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 1, 1989 Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000961098 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1989 Brown, R. [s.n.] Australia K000961099 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1989 Drummond, J. [922] Australia K000961093 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sep 1, 1989 Drummond, J. [922] Australia K000961092 Syntype Yes
Sep 1, 1989 Robertson, J.G. [s.n.] Australia K000961090 Syntype Yes
Sep 1, 1989 Sieber, F.W. [543] Australia K000961094 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1989 Archer, W. [s.n.] Australia K000961095 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1989 Gunn, R.C. [579] Australia K000961096 Type Yes
Sep 1, 1989 Robertson, J.G. [s.n.] Australia K000961091 Type Yes
Jan 27, 1902 Pamplin, W. [s.n.] Australia K000961097 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 6, 1899 Brown, R. [6078] Australia K000961100 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 6, 1899 s.coll. [s.n.] New Zealand K000907571 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso, W. [4481] New Zealand K000907565 Type Yes
Ralph, T.S. [3990] New Zealand K000907566 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso, W. [33] New Zealand K000907567 Type Yes
Lousley, J.E. [WI 3133] United Kingdom K002118680 Yes
s.coll. [919] New Zealand K000907564 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lousley, J.E. [W/1958] United Kingdom K002118681 Yes
Black, R.A. [1163.014-(1)] Australia Carex paupera K000961084 Type Yes
Mueller, F.J.H., von [s.n.] Australia Carex rhytidocarpa K000961086 Syntype Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [5004] Australia Carex rhytidocarpa K000961085 Type Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0