Kobresia

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Kobresia
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Kobresia simpliciuscula
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Kobresia
Willd.
Synonyms [1]
  • ElynaSchrad.
  • CobresiaPers.
  • HemicarexBenth.
  • KobriaSt.-Lag.
  • HolmiaBörner
  • BlysmocarexN.A.Ivanova

Kobresia is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to Carex species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with many species native to the Himalayas. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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  1. Elsholtzia amurensisProb. - Amur region of Russia
  2. Elsholtzia angustifolia(Loes.) Kitag. - Korea, Manchuria
  3. Elsholtzia argyiH.Lév. - southern China, Vietnam
  4. Elsholtzia beddomeiC.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. - Myanmar, Thailand
  5. Elsholtzia blanda(Benth.) Benth. - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Sumatra, Viet Nam
  6. Elsholtzia bodinieriVaniot - Guizhou, Yunnan
  7. Elsholtzia byeonsanensisM.Kim - South Korea
  8. Elsholtzia capituligeraC.Y.Wu - Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
  9. Elsholtzia cephalanthaHand.-Mazz. - Sichuan
  10. Elsholtzia ciliata(Thunb.) Hyl. - widespread across Siberia, Russian Far East, China, India, Himalayas, Japan, Korea, Indochina
  11. Elsholtzia communis(Collett & Hemsl.) Diels - Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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  13. Elsholtzia cyprianii(Pavol.) C.Y.Wu & S.Chow - central + southern China
  14. Elsholtzia densaBenth. - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Xinjiang, China, Mongolia
  15. Elsholtzia eriocalyxC.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang - southern China
  16. Elsholtzia eriostachya(Benth.) Benth. - China, Tibet, Himalayas
  17. Elsholtzia feddeiH.Lév - China, Tibet
  18. Elsholtzia flavaBenth. - China, Himalayas
  19. Elsholtzia fruticosa(D.Don) Rehder - China, Himalayas, Tibet, Myanmar
  20. Elsholtzia glabraC.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang - China
  21. Elsholtzia griffithiiHook.f - Myanmar, Assam
  22. Elsholtzia hallasanensisY.N.Lee - Jeju-do Island in Korea
  23. Elsholtzia heterophyllaDiels - Yunnan, Myanmar
  24. Elsholtzia hunanensisHand.-Mazz. - southern China
  25. Elsholtzia kachinensisPrain - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
  26. Elsholtzia litangensisC.X.Pu & W.Y.Chen - Sichuan
  27. Elsholtzia luteolaDiels - Sichuan, Yunnan
  28. Elsholtzia minimaNakai - Jeju-do Island in Korea
  29. Elsholtzia myosurusDunn - Sichuan, Yunnan
  30. Elsholtzia nipponicaOhwi - Japan
  31. Elsholtzia ochroleucaDunn - Sichuan, Yunnan
  32. Elsholtzia oldhamiiHemsl. - Taiwan
  33. Elsholtzia pendulifloraW.W.Sm - Yunnan, Thailand, Vietnam
  34. Elsholtzia pilosa(Benth.) Benth. - China, Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam
  35. Elsholtzia pubescensBenth. - Java, Bali, Lombok, Timor, Sulawesi
  36. Elsholtzia pygmaeaW.W.Sm. - Yunnan
  37. Elsholtzia rugulosaHemsl - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand
  38. Elsholtzia serotinaKom - northern China, Japan, Korea, Primorye
  39. Elsholtzia soulieiH.Lév. - Sichuan, Yunnan
  40. Elsholtzia splendensNakai ex F.Maek. - China, Korea
  41. Elsholtzia stachyodes(Link) Raizada & H.O.Saxena - Indian Subcontinent, China, Myanmar
  42. Elsholtzia stauntoniiBenth. - northern China
  43. Elsholtzia strobilifera(Benth.) Benth. - China, Himalayas, Myanmar
  44. Elsholtzia winitianaCraib - Yunnan, Guangxi, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
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  1. Eriophyton nepalense(Hedge) Ryding - Nepal
  2. Eriophyton rhomboideum(Benth.) Ryding - Tibet, Xinjiang, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Himalayas of northern India
  3. Eriophyton staintonii(Hedge) Ryding - Nepal
  4. Eriophyton sunhangiiBo Xu, Zhi M.Li & Boufford - Tibet
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  1. Microtoena albescensC.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan - Guizhou
  2. Microtoena bhutanicaStearn - Bhutan
  3. Microtoena coreanaH.Lév - Korea
  4. Microtoena delavayiPrain - Sichuan, Yunnan
  5. Microtoena esquiroliiH.Lév. - Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi
  6. Microtoena griffithiiPrain - Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh
  7. Microtoena insuavis(Hance) Prain ex Briq. - Thailand, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan
  8. Microtoena longisepalaC.Y.Wu - Sichuan
  9. Microtoena maireanaHand.-Mazz. - Yunnan
  10. Microtoena megacalyxC.Y.Wu - Guizhou, Yunnan
  11. Microtoena miyiensisC.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Sichuan
  12. Microtoena mollisH.Lév. - Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi
  13. Microtoena moupinensis(Franch.) Prain - Tibet, Sichuan
  14. Microtoena muliensisC.Y.Wu - Sichuan
  15. Microtoena nepalensisStearn - Nepal
  16. Microtoena omeiensisC.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan - Sichuan
  17. Microtoena patchoulii(C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.) C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan - from Yunnan + Nepal south to Java
  18. Microtoena paucifloraC.Y.Wu - Yunnan
  19. Microtoena praineanaDiels - Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
  20. Microtoena robustaHemsl. - Sichuan, Hubei
  21. Microtoena stenocalyxC.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan - Yunnan
  22. Microtoena urticifoliaHemsl. - Hubei, Hunan
  23. Microtoena vanchingshanensisC.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan - Guizhou
  24. Microtoena wardiiStearn - Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 269, 嵩草属 song cao shu, Kobresia Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 205. 1805.
  4. Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 252, Kobresia Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4(1): 205. 1805.
  5. H.J. Noltie (1993). Notes relating to the Flora of Bhutan: XIX. Kobresia (Cyperaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 50, pp 39-50. doi : 10.1017/S0960428600000640.
  6. Flora of Pakistan, V. 206 Page 177, Kobresia Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 205. 1805; C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 694. 1894.