Carex gibba

Carex gibba
	Close-up of spike
	Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. gibba
Binomial name
	Carex gibba; Wahlenb.
Synonyms
	Carex alta var. breviorH.Lév. & Vaniot; Carex anomalaBoott; Carex leucocarpaBoeckeler; Carex pterolomaKunze ex Steud.;

Last updated July 25, 2025

Carex gibba is a species of true sedge in the family Cyperaceae, native to Vietnam, southern and central China, Manchuria, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan.^[1] It is basal in its subgenus Vignea.^[2]

References

1 2 "Carex gibba Wahlenb". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 24 November 2022.
↑ Starr, Julian R.; Janzen, Francesco H.; Ford, Bruce A. (2015). "Three new, early diverging Carex (Cariceae, Cyperaceae) lineages from East and Southeast Asia with important evolutionary and biogeographic implications". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 105–120. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.001. PMID 25858558.

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[POWO_299924-1-1] 1 2 "Carex gibba Wahlenb". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 24 November 2022.

[1_of_182_Google_Scholar_results-2] Starr, Julian R.; Janzen, Francesco H.; Ford, Bruce A. (2015). "Three new, early diverging Carex (Cariceae, Cyperaceae) lineages from East and Southeast Asia with important evolutionary and biogeographic implications". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 105–120. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.001. PMID 25858558.

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