Biology:Carex steudneri

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Short description: Species of sedge

Carex steudneri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. steudneri
Binomial name
Carex steudneri
Boeckeler

Carex steudneri is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to the eastern part of Africa from Ethiopia in the north to South Africa .[1]

The species was described in 1876 by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler as a part of the work Linnaea. The type specimen was collected by Hermann Steudner in Ethiopia.[2] There are two synonyms; Carex huttoniana described by Georg Kükenthal and Carex zuluensis by Charles Baron Clarke.[1]

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References

Wikidata ☰ Q15583839 entry