Biology:Carex virescens

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Carex virescens
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. virescens
Binomial name
Carex virescens
Muhl. ex Willd.
Synonyms[1]
  • Carex costata Schwein.
  • Carex virescens var. costata Dewey
  • Carex virescens var. enormis Farw.
  • Olamblis virescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) Raf.

Carex virescens, the ribbed sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to eastern North America.[1] [2] It strongly resembles and has nearly the same range as Carex swanii.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Carex virescens Muhl. ex Willd." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/20008078-1. 
  2. "Carex virescens — ribbed sedge". Native Plant Trust. 2022. https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/carex/virescens. 
  3. Smith, Tyler W.; Waterway, Marcia J. (2008). "Evaluating the Taxonomic Status of the Globally Rare Carex roanensis and Allied Species Using Morphology and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms". Systematic Botany 33 (3): 525–535. doi:10.1600/036364408785679824. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2938663 entry