Carex rupestris | |
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On a mountainside in the Czech Republic | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. rupestris |
Binomial name | |
Carex rupestris | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Carex rupestris, called the curly sedge and rock sedge (names it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to temperate and subarctic North America, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, and Asia.[2] It prefers to grow on rocky ledges.[3]
Subtaxa
The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]
- Carex rupestris subsp. altimontana T.V.Ebel
- Carex rupestris subsp. rupestris
References
- โ Fl. Pedem. 2: 264 (1785)
- 1 2 3 "Carex rupestris All". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- โ Chlebicki, Andrzej (2014). "Biogeographic relationships between fungi and selected glacial relict plants". Monographiae Botanicae. 90: 1โ230. doi:10.5586/mb.2002.001.
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