Biology:Carex subfusca

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Carex subfusca
Starr 041006-0050 Carex macloviana subsp. subfusca.jpg
In Maui
Starr 050815-3500 Carex macloviana subsp. subfusca.jpg
Close-up of seedhead
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. subfusca
Binomial name
Carex subfusca
W.Boott
Synonyms[1]

Carex subfusca, variously called the rusty slender sedge, rusty sedge, or brown sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to the Hawaiian Islands, the western United States, and Baja California.[1][2] It seems to have gotten to Hawaii by hitching a ride on a bird (epizoochory).[3]

Beneath trees in Hawaii

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Carex subfusca W.Boott" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/310203-2. 
  2. "Carex subfusca W. Boott". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 30 October 2020. https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CASU6. 
  3. Price, Jonathan P.; Wagner, Warren L. (2018). "Origins of the Hawaiian flora: Phylogenies and biogeography reveal patterns of long‐distance dispersal". Journal of Systematics and Evolution 56 (6): 600–620. doi:10.1111/jse.12465. 

Wikidata ☰ Q19850653 entry