Biology:Carex maritima

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Short description: Species of plant

Carex maritima
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Seedheads
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. maritima
Binomial name
Carex maritima
Gunnerus[1]
Synonyms[2]

Carex maritima, called the curved sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, with a bipolar distribution in mountains and cold regions.[2][3] It dispersed in the Pleistocene from the northern to the southern hemisphere.[4]

References

  1. Fl. Norveg. 2: 131 (1776)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Carex maritima Gunnerus". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300885-1. 
  3. "Carex maritima Gunnerus curved sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/162167/i-Carex-maritima-i-Gunnerus/Details. 
  4. Villaverde, Tamara; Escudero, Marcial; Luceño, Modesto; Martín-Bravo, Santiago (2015). "Long-distance dispersal during the middle-late Pleistocene explains the bipolar disjunction of Carex maritima (Cyperaceae)". Journal of Biogeography 42 (10): 1820–1831. doi:10.1111/jbi.12559. 

Wikidata ☰ Q547831 entry