Biology:Carex curvula

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Carex curvula
Carex curvula subsp curvula (Krumm-Segge) IMG 9154.jpg
Flowers
Atlas der Alpenflora (1882) (14784525012).jpg
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. curvula
Binomial name
Carex curvula
All.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Carex curvula, the Alpine sedge (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Carpathians, and the mountains of the Balkans.[2] It has gone extinct in Germany.[2] It propagates almost exclusively clonally, with some of its clonal colonies estimated to be 2,000 years old.[3]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Carex curvula subsp. curvula
  • Carex curvula subsp. rosae Gilomen

References

  1. Fl. Pedem. 2: 264 (1785)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Carex curvula All.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299351-1. 
  3. Steinger, Thomas; Körner, Christian; Schmid, Bernhard (1996). "Long-term persistence in a changing climate: DNA analysis suggests very old ages of clones of alpine Carex curvula". Oecologia 105 (1): 94–99. doi:10.1007/BF00328796. PMID 28307127. Bibcode1996Oecol.105...94S. 

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