Carex_demissa

<i>Carex demissa</i>

Carex demissa

Species of grass-like plant

Carex demissa is a species of sedge (genus Carex), native to Iceland, Macaronesia, all of Europe, and western Asia to the Himalayas and possibly Greenland.[3] It has been introduced to eastern Canada, New Jersey, and Tasmania.[2] It is a member of the Carex flava species complex.[4]

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Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Carex demissa subsp. cedercreutzii (Fagerstr.) Jac.Koopman
  • Carex demissa subsp. demissa

References

  1. [1]
    Fors. Oecon. Plantel., ed. 2: 826 (1806)
  2. [2]
    "Carex demissa Hornem". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Pan-arctic flora: Home". panarcticflora.org. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  4. [4]
    Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro; Benítez-Benítez, Carmen; Fernández-Mazuecos, Mario; Martín-Bravo, Santiago (2017). "Cut from the same cloth: The convergent evolution of dwarf morphotypes of the Carex flava group (Cyperaceae) in Circum-Mediterranean mountains". PLOS ONE. 12 (12): e0189769. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1289769J. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189769. PMC 5744957. PMID 29281689.


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