Biology:Carex idaea

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Carex idaea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. idaea
Binomial name
Carex idaea
Greuter, Matthäs & Risse

Carex idaea is a species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae, native to Crete.[1] It is genetically very close to Carex distans, but has a number of distinct differences, including a higher number of chromosomes (2n = 74), stiffer leaves, and dark red-purple flowers.[2]

References

  1. "Carex idaea Greuter, Matthäs & Risse" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/905816-1. 
  2. Escudero, Marcial; Luceño, Modesto (2009). "Systematics and evolution of Carex sects. Spirostachyae and Elatae (Cyperaceae)". Plant Systematics and Evolution 279 (1–4): 163–189. doi:10.1007/s00606-009-0156-x. 

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