Carex maritima

Carex maritima, called the curved sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, with a bipolar distribution in mountains and cold regions.[2][3] It dispersed in the Pleistocene from the northern to the southern hemisphere.[4]

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

References

  1. Fl. Norveg. 2: 131 (1776)
  2. "Carex maritima Gunnerus". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. "Carex maritima Gunnerus curved sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. Villaverde, Tamara; Escudero, Marcial; Luceño, Modesto; Martín-Bravo, Santiago (2015). "Long-distance dispersal during the middle-late Pleistocene explains the bipolar disjunction of Carex maritima (Cyperaceae)". Journal of Biogeography. 42 (10): 1820–1831. doi:10.1111/jbi.12559.


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