Carex cruenta
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| Carex cruenta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. cruenta |
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| Carex cruenta | |
Carex cruenta is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Asia, from Pakistan in the west to south central parts of China in the east.[1]
The 30 to 100 cm (12 to 39 in) tall sedge has a creeping rhizome covered in grey-brown fibrous scales. The erect culms are 20 to 75 cm (7.9 to 29.5 in) in length ith a triangular cross-section and covered by brown coloured sheaths near the base. The flat and linear leaves of the plant are always shorter than culms and are 3 to 4 mm (0.12 to 0.16 in) in width.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was described by the botanist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in 1834 as a part of the work Contributions to the Botany of India.[2] The type specimen was collected by Nathaniel Wallich in an area of alpine meadow in the Kumaon division of Uttar Pradesh in India.[3] It has one synonym; Carex heterolepis as described by Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1888.[1]
