Carex acuta L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part C), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 370-473 : 386

Carex acuta Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 2: 978. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa ubique." RCN: 7092.

Lectotype (Egorova, Sedges Russia: 446. 1999): Herb. Linn. No. 1100.71 ( LINN) .

Current name: Carex acuta L. ( Cyperaceae ).

Note: Some authors have treated this as a nomen ambiguum, and Luceño & Aedo (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 114: 197. 1994) suggested that a conservation proposal was necessary. However, assessment of the characters shown by 1100.71 (LINN) by Egorova seems to confirm that the identity of the type is C. acuta .