Carex lachenalii

Carex lachenalii, called the twotipped sedge and hare's foot sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to temperate and subarctic North America, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, and Asia, and the South Island of New Zealand.[2][3][4] Its chromosome number is 2n=64, with some uncertainty.[5]

Carex lachenalii
In Montana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. lachenalii
Binomial name
Carex lachenalii
Synonyms[2]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Carex lachenalii subsp. lachenalii – Northern Hemisphere
  • Carex lachenalii subsp. parkeri (Petrie) Toivonen – New Zealand

References

  1. Beschr. Riedgräs. 1: 51 (1801)
  2. "Carex lachenalii Schkuhr". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. "Plant profile for Carex lachenalii Schkuhr twotipped sedge". Plants Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  4. "Carex lachenalii hare's foot sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  5. Rotreklová, Olga; Bureš, Petr; Řepka, Radomír; Grulich, Vít; Šmarda, Petr; Hralová, Ivana; Zedek, František; Koutecký, Tomáš (2011). "Chromosome numbers of Carex". Preslia. 83 (1): 25–58. Retrieved 16 January 2021.


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