Carex nigra in Genus Carex

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Internal ID	UUID643ff2cf32d7b493979843
Scientific name	Carex nigra
Authority	(L.) Reichard
First published in	Fl. Moeno-Francof. 2: 96 (1778)

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Carex nigra is a species of perennial plants in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to wetlands of Europe, western Asia, north Africa, and eastern North America. Common names for this species include common sedge, black sedge, and smooth black sedge. Its range extends as far east as central Siberia, Turkey, and the Caucasus.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Carex acuta var. angustifolia	Celak.	Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 63. 1867
Carex acuta f. badia	Sanio	Bot. Centralbl. 6: 434 1881
Carex acuta f. diluta	Sanio	Bot. Centralbl. 6: 437 1881
Carex acuta var. macrocarpa	Celak.	Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 4: 754. 1881
Carex acuta f. melanolepis	Sanio	Bot. Centralbl. 6: 437 1881
Carex acuta var. minor	Sw.	Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 6: t. 408, f. B. 1809
Carex acuta var. nigra	L.	Sp. Pl. : 978 (1753)
Carex acuta var. oxylepis	Sanio	Bot. Centralbl. 6: 437. 1881
Carex acuta f. pseudosparganioides	Celak.	Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 4: 754 1881
Carex acuta f. stygia	Sanio	Bot. Centralbl. 6: 437 1881
Carex acuta var. turfosa	Sanio	Bot. Centralbl. 6: 432. 1881
Carex antucensis	Kunze ex Kunth	Enum. Pl. [Kunth] 2: 412. 1837 [1-6 May 1837]
Carex cespitosa var. curvata	F.Fleisch.	Riedgr. Würtemb. 15. 1832
Carex cespitosa f. fuliginosa	A.Br.	Rhein. Fl. 260 1843
Carex cespitosa var. goodenowii	(J.Gay) Fiori & Paol.	Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 132. 1896
Carex cespitosa var. polymorpha	Laest.	Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 11: 282. 1839
Carex cespitosa var. recta	F.Fleisch.	Riedgr. Würtemb. 15. 1832
Carex compacta	Krock. ex Hoppe	Caricolog. Germ. : 37 (1826)
Carex goodenoughii	Asch. & Graebn.	Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(4): 94 (1902)
Carex goodenowii f. androgyna	Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 314 1909
Carex goodenowii f. aquatiliformis	(Kük.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 317 1909
Carex goodenowii f. badia	(Sanio) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 314 1909
Carex goodenowii f. basigyna	(Rchb.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 314 1909
Carex goodenowii f. chlorostachya	(Rchb.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 315 1909
Carex goodenowii f. densicarpa	(Kneuck.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 316 1909
Carex goodenowii f. fuliginosa	(A.Br.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 315 1909
Carex goodenowii f. grata	Sanio	Bot. Centralbl. 6: 435 1881
Carex goodenowii f. leucolepis	(Meinsh.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 315 1909
Carex goodenowii f. microlepis	Norman	Forh. Vidensk.-Selsk. Kristiania 16: 49 1893
Carex goodenowii f. microstachys	Zapal.	Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 97 1904
Carex goodenowii f. oxylepis	(Sanio) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 315 1909
Carex goodenowii f. pleiandra	Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 316 1909
Carex goodenowii f. polyandra	(Schkuhr) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 314 1909
Carex goodenowii f. pumila	(Kük.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 314 1909
Carex goodenowii var. recta	(F.Fleisch.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 316 1909
Carex goodenowii f. roussioei	H.Lév.	Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 10: 37 1901
Carex goodenowii var. salinoides	(Kük.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 317 1909
Carex goodenowii f. silvatica	(Russow ex E.Lehm.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 316 1909
Carex goodenowii var. stenocarpa	Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 317 1909
Carex goodenowii f. stenostachya	Uechtr. ex Asch. & Graebn.	Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 96 1902
Carex goodenowii var. subcaespitosa	Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 316. 1909
Carex goodenowii f. subfastigiata	(Schur) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 314 1909
Carex goodenowii f. subovalis	(Kneuck.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 317 1909
Carex goodenowii f. subramosa	(Meinsh.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 314 1909
Carex goodenowii var. subrigida	Kük.	Fl. Puschlav. 91. 1907
Carex goodenowii f. subsetacea	Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 314 1909
Carex goodenowii var. tornata	(Fr.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. IV, 20(38): 316 1909
Carex intermedia	Miégev.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 10: 83 (1863)
Carex fusca subsp. goodenowii	(J.Gay) Maire & Weiller	Fl. Afrique N. 4: 126. 1957 (1957)
Carex nigra subsp. recta	(F.Fleisch.) Rothm.	Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 67: 4. 1963 (1963)
Carex nigra subsp. tornata	(Fr.) Rothm.	Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 67: 4. 1963 (1963)
Carex subcaespitosa	(Kük.) Wiinst.	Unknown
Carex tumida	Beilschm.	Arch. Skand. Beitr. Naturgesch. 2: 214. 1850 : errat.
Carex vulgaris	Fr.	Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3: 153 (1843)
Carex vulgaris f. abbreviata	Peterm.	Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 500 1846
Carex vulgaris f. androgyna	Peterm.	Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 500 1846
Carex vulgaris f. androgyna	Russow ex E.Lehm.	Fl. Poln.-Livl. 162 1895
Carex vulgaris f. angustifolia	Kük.	Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 4: 3 1898
Carex vulgaris var. angustifolia	A.Blytt	Veg. Sognefjord 83. 1869
Carex vulgaris f. aquatiliformis	Kük.	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 46: 163 1896
Carex vulgaris var. atra	Peterm.	Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 500. 1846
Carex vulgaris f. basigyna	Rchb.	Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 8: t. 227 1846
Carex vulgaris var. bructeri	G.Mey.	Fl. Hanov. Excurs. 598. 1849
Carex vulgaris var. chlorostachya	Rchb.	Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 8: 13. 1846
Carex vulgaris f. densicarpa	Kneuck.	Excurs.-Fl. Baden ed. 5: 62 1891
Carex vulgaris var. humilior	Maly	Enum. Pl. Phan. Austriac. 34. 1848
Carex vulgaris f. latifolia	Kük.	Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 4: 3 1898
Carex vulgaris f. leucolepis	Meinsh.	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 334 1901
Carex vulgaris var. polygama	Rchb.	Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 8: 13, t. 227. 1846
Carex vulgaris f. pumila	Kük.	Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 4: 2 1898
Carex vulgaris f. ramosa	Peterm.	Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 500 1846
Carex vulgaris var. rigida	Blytt	Norges Fl. 1: 213. 1861
Carex vulgaris var. sabulosa	Meinsh.	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18: 333. 1901
Carex vulgaris var. salinoides	Kük.	Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins n.f., 5: 17. 1893
Carex vulgaris f. silvatica	Russow ex E.Lehm.	Fl. Poln.-Livl. 162 1895
Carex vulgaris f. subovalis	Kneuck.	Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 7: 56 1901
Carex vulgaris f. tenuis	Peterm.	Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss. 500 1846
Carex vulgaris var. tenuis	Hartm. ex Lange	Haandb. Danske Fl. ed. 4: 132. 1886
Carex vulgaris var. teres	Boott	Ill. Gen. Carex 4: 168. 1867
Carex vulgaris var. tornata	Fr.	Novit. Fl. Suec. Mant. 3: 154. 1843
Vignantha vulgaris	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 706 (1866)
Vignantha vulgaris var. subfastigiata	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 706. 1866
Vignea vulgaris	Fuss	Fl. Transsilv. : 680 (1866)
Carex vulgaris var. melaena	(Wimm.) Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. 777. 1882
Carex vulgaris var. intermedia	Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. 777. 1882
Carex goodenowii var. nigra	Cogn.	Herb. Glum. Belg. 3: 176. 1870
Carex stolonifera subsp. vulgaris	O.Schwarz	Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 89. 1949 (1949)
Carex fusca var. fuliginosa	(A.Br.) C.Vicioso	Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 90 1959
Carex fusca var. chlorostachya	(Rchb.) C.Vicioso	Bol. Inst. Forest. Invest. Exp. 30(79): 90 1959
Carex vulgaris var. fuliginosa	(A.Br.) Husn.	Cypéracées 31 1905
Carex acuta subsp. nigra	(L.) Ehrh.	Hannover. Mag. 18: 233. 1780 (1780)
Carex goodenowii var. chlorostachya	(Rchb.) Asch.	Fl. Brandenburg 1: 777 1864
Carex goodenowii var. polygama	(Peterm.) Peterm.	Flora 27: 334 1844
Vignea cespitosa var. polygama	Peterm.	Fl. Bienitz 16. 1841
Carex goodenowii var. melaena	(Wimm.) Asch. & Graebn.	Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 96. 1902
Carex goodenowii var. olmucensis	Podp.	Spisy Přír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 12: 13. 1922

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	smooth black sedge
English	common sedge
Azerbaijani	qara cil
azb	قارا جیل
Belarusian	Асака чорная
Bulgarian	черна острица
Czech	ostřice hnědá
Czech	ostřice obecná
Welsh	hesgen gyffredin
Danish	almindelig star
Danish	star
German	braun-segge
German	wiesen-segge
German	wiesensegge
Estonian	harilik tarn
Estonian	lugatarn
Persian	کارکس نیگرا
Finnish	jokapaikansara
Finnish	juolasara
French	laîche vulgaire
French	laîche noire
Irish	cíb dhubh
Upper Sorbian	Łučna rězna
Icelandic	mýrastör
Lithuanian	paprastoji viksva
Latvian	dzelzszāle
Norwegian Bokmål	småstarr
Dutch	zwarte zegge
Norwegian Nynorsk	småstorr
no	småstarr
Polish	turzyca pospolita
Russian	Осока обыкновенная
Russian	Осока черная
Russian	Осока чёрная
Swedish	hundstarr
Swedish	småstarr
Ukrainian	Осока чорна
Chinese	黑薹草

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Name	Authority	First published in
Carex nigra subsp. alpina	(Gaudin) Lemke	Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 67: 3 (1963)
Carex nigra subsp. intricata	(Tineo ex Guss.) Rivas Mart.	Publ. Inst. Biol. Aplicada 42: 110 (1967)
Carex nigra subsp. juncea	(Fries) Soó	Feddes Repert. 83: 148 (1972)
Carex nigra subsp. nigra		Unknown
Carex nigra subsp. transcaucasica	(T.V.Egorova) Jim.Mejías, G.E.Rodr.-Pal., Amini Rad & Martín-Bravo	Phytotaxa 219: 186 (2015)

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Begin at 20°C for 6 weeks, cool to 4°C for 6 weeks, then gradually increase to 10°C over 6 weeks. If no germination, the cycle is repeated.

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Africa click to expand
- Northern Africa
  - Morocco

Antarctica click to expand
- Subantarctic Islands
  - South Georgia

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Caucasus
  - North Caucasus
  - Transcaucasus
- Middle Asia
  - Kazakhstan
- Mongolia
  - Mongolia
- Russian Far East
  - Amur
- Siberia
  - Altay
  - Buryatiya
  - Chita
  - Irkutsk
  - Krasnoyarsk
  - West Siberia
  - Yakutskiya
- Western Asia
  - Iran
  - Iraq
  - Turkey

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - East Himalaya

Europe click to expand
- Eastern Europe
  - Baltic States
  - Belarus
  - Central European Russia
  - East European Russia
  - Krym
  - North European Russia
  - Northwest European Russia
  - South European Russia
  - Ukraine
- Middle Europe
  - Austria
  - Belgium
  - Czechoslovakia
  - Germany
  - Hungary
  - Netherlands
  - Poland
  - Switzerland
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark
  - Finland
  - Føroyar
  - Great Britain
  - Iceland
  - Ireland
  - Norway
  - Sweden
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania
  - Bulgaria
  - Greece
  - Italy
  - Romania
  - Sicilia
  - Yugoslavia
- Southwestern Europe
  - Corse
  - France
  - Portugal
  - Sardegna
  - Spain

Northern America click to expand
- Eastern Canada
  - Labrador
  - New Brunswick
  - Newfoundland
  - Nova Scotia
  - Prince Edward Island
  - Québec
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut
  - Maine
  - Massachusetts
  - Michigan
  - New Hampshire
  - New York
  - Vermont
- Subarctic America
  - Greenland

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000349250
Canadensys	4999
USDA Plants	CANI5
Tropicos	9901658
INPN	88720
Flora of Italy	7999
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30066383-2
The Plant List	kew-229004
Plantarium	8819
Missouri Botanical Garden	279781
PaleoBotany	112659
Open Tree Of Life	397256
Observations.org	6546
NCBI Taxonomy	234464
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000002460
Nature Serve	2.143034
IUCN Red List	164003
IPNI	30066383-2
iNaturalist	160036
GBIF	2724925
Freebase	/m/0412bbq
WisFlora	2976
EPPO	CRXNI
EOL	1123816
Elurikkus	3444
USDA GRIN	9092
Wikipedia	Carex_nigra

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
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Isorhamnetin	5281654	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O	316.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02323285

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Carex nigra

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