Carex comosa

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex comosa

Name edit

Carex comosa Boott, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20: 117 (1846).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Carex pseudocyperus var. comosa (Boott) Boott, Ill. Gen. Carex 4: 141 (1867).
  • Heterotypic
    • Carex furcata Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 552 (1824), nom. illeg.


Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Qubec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: longhair sedge, Bristly sedge
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