Biology:Carex umbellata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Carex umbellata
Parasol Sedge (Carex umbellata) - Flickr - wackybadger.jpg
In Wisconsin
Carex umbellata BB-1913.png
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. umbellata
Binomial name
Carex umbellata
Synonyms[1]

Carex umbellata, the parasol sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Canada and the central and eastern US, and introduced to the Dominican Republic.[1][2] Its seeds are dispersed by ants.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Carex umbellata Willd.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30094578-2. 
  2. "Carex umbellata (Parasol Sedge)". Minnesota Wildflowers. 2021. https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/parasol-sedge. 
  3. Handel, Steven N. (1978). "New ant-dispersed species in the genera Carex, Luzula, and Claytonia". Canadian Journal of Botany 56 (22): 2925–2927. doi:10.1139/b78-351. 

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