Carex polystachya

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 polystachya
Varietates: C. p. var. bartlettii – C. p. var. polystachya

Name edit

Carex polystachya Sw. ex Wahlenb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 149 (1803).

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Carex cladostachya f. polystachya (Sw. ex Wahlenb.) C.B.Clarke ex Lindm., Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 26(9): 36 (1900).

Homonyms edit

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
      • Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panam, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Windward Is.
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

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

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