Carex cruciata

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:

Carex cruciata Wahlenb., 1803

Heterotypic
- Carex bengalensis Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 572 (1832)
- Carex bengalensis f. glauca Boeckeler ex Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 748 (1891)
- Carex bengalensis var. nagporensis (C.B.Clarke) M.R.Almeida in Fl. Maharashtra 5B: 300 (2009)
- Carex cruciata Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 123 (1834), nom. illeg.
- Carex cruciata var. argocarpus C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 716 (1894)
- Carex cruciata var. nagporensis C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 716 (1894)
- Carex cruciata subsp. rubrobrunnea (Ohwi) T.Koyama in Fl. Taiwan 5: 312 (1978)
- Carex cruciata var. rubrobrunnea Ohwi in Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 11(5): 461 (1936)
- Carex galactolepis Nelmes in Kew Bull. 1: 20 (1946)
- Carex hakkuensis Hayata in Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 122 (1916)
- Carex spongocrepis Nelmes in Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Bot. 4: 128 (1955)
- Carex valida Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 123 (1834)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Nansei-shoto
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian subcontinent
  - Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet
- Regional: Malesia
  - Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is., Sumatera.
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

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Tropicos.org 2025. Carex cruciata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 May 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Carex cruciata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2025 May 24.