Carex comosa

Carex comosa

Taxonavigation

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:

Name

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

Synonyms

  • 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

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

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • English: longhair sedge, Bristly sedge
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