Biology:Carex breviculmis

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Carex breviculmis
Carex breviculmis flowerhead5 NT - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man.jpg
Inflorescence
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. breviculmis
Binomial name
Carex breviculmis
R.Br.[1]
Synonyms[2]

Carex breviculmis, called the Asian shortstem sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Asia from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, north as far as Khabarovsk Krai, and Malesia, New Guinea, Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand.[2] It has been introduced to the US state of Mississippi.[3] Typically found in forests, it is quite shade tolerant.[4]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]

  • Carex breviculmis var. breviculmis
  • Carex breviculmis var. discoidea (Boott) Boott – Japan
  • Carex breviculmis var. fibrillosa (Franch. & Sav.) Matsum. & Hayata – China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan
  • Carex breviculmis var. montivaga (S.T.Blake) Noot. – New Guinea
  • Carex breviculmis var. perciliata Kük. – Malesia to New Guinea
  • Carex breviculmis var. puberula (Boott) Makino – Japan

References

  1. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 242 (1810)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Carex breviculmis R.Br.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:298926-1. 
  3. "Plant profile for Carex breviculmis R. Br. Asian shortstem sedge". USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CABR5. "Other Common Names: blue sedge" 
  4. Teng, Ke; Teng, Wenjun; Wen, Haifeng; Yue, Yuesen; Guo, Weier; Wu, Juying; Fan, Xifeng (2019). "PacBio single-molecule long-read sequencing shed new light on the complexity of the Carex breviculmis transcriptome". BMC Genomics 20 (1): 789. doi:10.1186/s12864-019-6163-6. PMID 31664898. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1021973 entry