Carex muricata

Carex muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. muricata
Binomial name
Carex muricata L. [1]
Synonyms [2]
List Carex astracanicaWilld. ex Kunth Carex divulsaGaudin [Illegitimate] Carex divulsa subsp. orsiniana(Ten.) K.Richt. Carex intermediaRetz. Carex muricata var. alpinaGaudin Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa(Wallr.) Celak. Carex muricata var. lamprocarpaWallr. Carex muricata subsp. muricata Carex muricata var. muricata Carex muricata subsp. orsiniana(Ten.) Nyman Carex orsinianaTen. Carex pairae subsp. borealisHyl. Carex pairae var. javanicaNelmes Carex serotinaTen. [Illegitimate] Carex stellulataM.Bieb. [Illegitimate] Carex tenuissimaSchur [Illegitimate] Carex tergestinaHoppe ex Boott Carex viridisSpenn. [Illegitimate] Carex vulpinaHohen. [Illegitimate] Caricina muricata(L.) St.-Lag. Vignea altissimaSchur Vignea muricata(L.) Rchb. Vignea muricata subsp. lamprocarpa(Wallr.) Soják Vignea tenuissimaSchur

Carex muricata, the rough sedge or prickly sedge (a name it shares with other species), is a species of Carex found in Europe and western Asia as far as the Himalayas. It has been introduced elsewhere. Poorly studied, Carex muricata is considered a species aggregate. ^[3] The aggregate has been subject to a great deal of taxonomic confusion over the years and has yet to be fully resolved. ^[4]

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  Botanical illustration

References

1. Sp. Pl. 2: 974 (1753)
2. "Carex muricata L." The Plant List. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
3. David, R. W. (1976). "Nomenclature of the British taxa of the Carex muricata L. aggregate". Watsonia. 11: 59–65.
4. Molina, Ana; Acedo, Carmen; Llamas, Félix (21 February 2008). "Taxonomy and new taxa of the Carex divulsa aggregate in Eurasia (section Phaestoglochin, Cyperaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (3): 385–409. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00760.x .