Carex pallescens

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Carex pallescens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. pallescens
Binomial name
Carex pallescens
Synonyms [2]
List
    • Carex chalcodetaV.I.Krecz.
    • Carex leucanthaSchur
    • Carex microstomaFranch.
    • Carex pallescens var. chalcodeta(V.I.Krecz.) Ö.Nilsson
    • Carex pallescens var. neogaeaFernald
    • Carex pallescens var. undulata(Kunze) J.Carey
    • Carex pallidaSalisb.
    • Carex tymphaeaFormánek
    • Carex undulataKunze
    • Trasus pallescens(L.) Gray

Carex pallescens, called pale sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Carex , native to the northeastern United States, eastern Canada, Iceland, Europe, Tunisia, and western Asia. [2] [3] It has unstable chromosome numbers. [4]

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 977 (1753)
  2. 1 2 "Carex pallescens L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. "Carex pallescens pale sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. 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 31 December 2020.