Carex brevicollis
Species of grass-like plant
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Carex brevicollis is a species of sedge (genus Carex), found in Spain, France, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the former Yugoslavia, Anatolia, the north Caucasus, and the Transcaucasus.[2] It prefers to grow in calcareous mountain grasslands.[3]
| Carex brevicollis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. brevicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex brevicollis | |
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Carex rhynchocarpa Heuff. | |
Carex brevicollis contains a harmala alkaloid called brevicolline that can be synthesized in the lab from nicotine.
