Carex macloviana d'Urv.
Nomenclatural section used by Flora of North America project subgenus Vignea, section Ovales Kunth
Carex macloviana subsp. pachystachyua (Cham.) Hultén
Distribution. Not circumpolar, amphi-Atlantic, amphi-Beringian, or North American (subarctic-alpine, east and west North America and Greenland, Norway, and S. America (Porsild 1957). Not yet reported for the Arctic Archipelago).
Ecology and habitat. Subarctic-alpine, east and west North America and Greenland, Eurasia and S. America (Porsild 1957). Not yet reported for the Arctic Archipelago.
Notes. Porsild (1957), mentioned this taxon under the description of C. chordorrhiza as having a sub-arctic-alpine distribution. It has not yet been reported on the Arctic Archipelago, but it is in Greenland. It has a very scattered, disjunct distribution in the east. P. Ball personal communication. No specimens from the Arctic Islands at CAN (1998).
Cite this publication as: Aiken, S.G., Boles, R.L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1999 onwards. ‘Cyperaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval.’ Version: 6th November 2000. http://http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/. Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1995, 2000) should also be cited (see References).