Biology:Carex vulpina

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Carex vulpina
Cleaned-Illustration Carex vulpina.jpg
Botanical illustration
Carex vulpina - Botanischer Garten Braunschweig - Braunschweig, Germany - DSC04388.JPG
At the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. vulpina
Binomial name
Carex vulpina
Synonyms[2]

Carex vulpina, the true fox sedge, is a species in the genus Carex, native to Europe and western Asia.[2] It is difficult to distinguish it from its close relative Carex otrubae, false fox sedge.[3]

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 973 (1753)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Carex vulpina L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302952-1. 
  3. Smith, Colin; Ashton, Paul A. (2006). "Distinction between the sedges Carex vulpina L. and C. otrubae Podp. and the potential for identification of hybrids". Watsonia 26: 15–25. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228854069. Retrieved 18 December 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q158521 entry