Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 staff. Its board of trustees is chaired by Dame Amelia Fawcett.
The Plant List is a list of botanical names of species of plants created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden and launched in 2010. It was intended to be a comprehensive record of all known names of plant species over time, and was produced in response to Target 1 of the 2002-2010 Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, to produce "An online flora of all known plants.” It has not been updated since 2013, and is superseded by World Flora Online.
The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families is an "international collaborative programme that provides the latest peer reviewed and published opinions on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected plant families." Maintained by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, it is available online, allowing searches for the names of families, genera and species, as well as the ability to create checklists.
Carex acutata is a species of sedge, a flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1846. Carex acutata is native to South America. In Bolivia it occurs at elevations of 3,500–4,000 m (11,500–13,100 ft).
Carex alligata, the Hawaiʻi sedge, is a species of sedge that is endemic to Hawaii.
Carex atroviridis is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It was first formally named in 1931 by Jisaburo Ohwi. Carex atroviridis is endemic to Japan.
Carex austrina, known as southern sedge, is a species of sedge endemic to the southern and central United States.
Carex autumnalis is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It was first formally named by Jisaburo Ohwi in 1930. Carex autumnalis is native to Japan and mainland eastern Asia, from southeastern China to North Korea. In China it grows in shady ravines.
Carex banksii is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. Carex banksii is native to South America and was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1839.
Carex barbata is a Tasmanian species of sedge that was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1858, in his Illustrations of the genus Carex. A specimen collected in February 1839 by R. C. Gunn is the only known collection of this species. In 1909, it was reclassified as a variety of Carex gunniana, but Kew's Plants of the World Online maintains it as a separate species.
Carex gunniana is an Australia species of sedge that was first described in 1845 by Boott in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. It is native to eastern Australia and Tasmania.
Carex swanii, known as Swan's sedge or downy green sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to eastern North America.
Carex halleriana is a species of sedge found on rocky and grassy slopes. It occurs from Western Asia to southern Europe and northwest Africa.
Carex bebbii, Bebb's sedge, is a species of sedge native to the northern United States and Canada. Carex bebbii grows in a variety of wetland habitats such as lakeshores, streambanks, ditches, meadows, swamps, and seeps. It forms dense tufts with culms up to 90 centimeters tall.
Carex tenera, known as quill sedge, is a species of sedge native to the northern United States and Canada.
Carex capillaris, the hair-like sedge, is a species of sedge found in North America and northern Eurasia.
Carex lupulina, known as hop sedge or common hop sedge, is a species of sedge native to most of eastern North America.
Carex amphibola, known as gray sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae. It was first formally named in 1855. Carex amphibola is native to the eastern United States and Canada.
Carex ligulata is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. Carex ligulata is native to Asia from India to Japan. It grows in a variety of habitats, including grasslands, forests, mountain slopes, and riparian areas.
Carex aematorhyncha is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to South America. It was first formally named in 1854 in the sixth volume of Flora chilena.
