Carex umbrosa

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Carex umbrosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section: Carex sect. Mitratae
Species:
C. umbrosa
Binomial name
Carex umbrosa
Synonyms
  • Carex caryophyllea var. umbrosa(Host) Fiori
  • Carex praecox var. umbrosa (Host) Wimm. & Grab.

Carex umbrosa is a species of sedge native to Europe and Asia as far east as Japan. [2]

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Distribution and habitat

This species grows throughout Europe to the Caucasus, Mongolia to Russian Far East and Korea.

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References

  1. Host, Nicolai Thomae (1801). Icones et descriptiones graminum austriacorum. Vol. 1. Vindobona. pp. 52–53; Pl. 69.
  2. M. Luceño (2008). "Carex L.". In S. Castroviejo; M. Luceño; A. Galán; P. Jiménez Mejías; F. Cabezas; L. Medina (eds.). Cyperaceae – Pontederiaceae (PDF). Flora Iberica: Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. 18. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. pp. 109–250. ISBN   978-84-00-08624-4.