Carex atrata

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Carex atrata
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Botanical illustration, with Carex atrofusca on the left and Carex atrata on the right.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. atrata
Binomial name
Carex atrata
Synonyms [2]
  • Loxanisa atrata(L.) Raf.
  • Trasus atratus(L.) Gray

Carex atrata, called black alpine sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Carex , native to Greenland, [3] Iceland, and most of Europe, plus scattered locations across temperate Asia, including Anatolia, Siberia and the Himalaya, as far as Taiwan and Japan. [4] [2] Its chromosome number is 2n=52, with some variants reported, e.g. n2=54 for Greenland material. [3] [5]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted: [2]

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 976 (1753)
  2. 1 2 3 "Carex atrata L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN   87-559-0385-1. OCLC   183098604.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "Carex atrata black alpine sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. Rotreklová, Olga; Bureš, Petr; Řepka, Radomír; Grulich, Vít; Šmarda, Petr; Hralová, Ivana; Zedek, František; Koutecký, Tomáš (2011). "Chromosome numbers of Carex". Preslia. 83 (1): 25–58. Retrieved 4 January 2021.