Category: Carex

Carex filicina Nees, Contr. Bot. India 123 1834. (syn: Carex caricina (D.Don) Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.; Carex caricina var. glaucina (Boeckeler) Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.; Carex caricina var. leptocarpa (C.B.Clarke) Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.; Carex caricina var. microgyna (C.B.Clarke) Karth.; Carex caricina var. minor Ghildyal & U.C.Bhattach.; Carex ceylanica var. saturata (C.B.Clarke) Kük.; Carex filicina var. ciliata Kuntze; Carex filicina f. depauperata Kük.; Carex filicina var. hirta Kuntze; Carex filicina var. laevis Kuntze; Carex filicina var. laucina (Boeckeler) Kük.; […]

Carex muricata subsp. ashokae Molina Gonz., Acedo & Llamas; Iran; Krym; Pakistan; Tadzhikistan; Transcaucasus; Turkey; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life; Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week:Cyperaceae-Carex sp. 03042013GS1 for ID-GS21: Attachments (4). 3 posts by 2 authors. Carex species Photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir on grassy slopes. Looks like C. echinata, but not reported from […]

Carex phyllocephala T.Koyama, Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16: 40 1955.; China South-Central; China Southeast; Japan as per Catalogue of Life;   Plant for ID : Atlanta Botanical Garden : Atlanta, Georgia : 30NOV18 : AK-45 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Plant seen in the garden in October. Please look at Carex phyllocephala. References: Catalogue […]

Carex stenophylla subsp. stenophylloides (V.I.Krecz.) T.V.Egorova , Fl. Erevana 339 1972. (syn: Carex dimorphotheca Stschegl.; Carex discessa V.I.Krecz. ex Grubov; Carex duriuscula subsp. stenophylloides (V.I.Krecz.) S.Yun Liang & Y.C.Tang; Carex duriusculiformis V.I.Krecz.; Carex eremitica Paine; Carex longipedicellata Boeckeler; Carex stenophylla var. interrupta Litv.; Carex stenophylla var. longipedicellata (Boeckeler) Kük.; Carex stenophylla var. pellucida Litv.;  Carex stenophylloides […]

Carex moorcroftii Falc. ex Boott, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 288 1846. (Syn: Carex melanantha var. moorcroftii (Falc. ex Boott) Kük.) ?; China South-Central; Qinghai; Tibet; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life;

Carex gracilenta Boott ex Boeckeler, Linnaea 41: 185 1877. (syn: Carex duthiei C.B.Clarke; Carex infuscata var. gracilenta (Boott ex Boeckeler) P.C.Li); . E. Himalaya to China (W. & SW. Sichuan, NW. Yunnan): China South-Central, East Himalaya as per POWO; . Common name: Graceful Sedge, Slender Himalayan Sedge . Unid from Tawang: TQ-Tawang-07 : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors. […]

Carex cruciata Wahlenb., Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 149 1803. (syn: Carex bengalensis Roxb.; Carex bengalensis f. glauca Boeckeler ex Kuntze; Carex bengalensis var. nagporensis (C.B.Clarke) M.R.Almeida; Carex cruciata Nees [Illegitimate]; Carex cruciata var. argocarpus C.B.Clarke; Carex cruciata var. nagporensis C.B.Clarke; Carex cruciata subsp. rubrobrunnea (Ohwi) T.Koyama; Carex cruciata var. rubrobrunnea Ohwi; Carex galactolepis […]

Carex psychrophila Nees, Contr. Bot. India 127 1834. (syn: Carex asperula Nees; Carex celsa Boott; Carex parvibracteata Nees) ?; . E. Afghanistan to China (Sichuan) as per WCSP; . Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Cyperaceae-Carex 03042013GS3 for ID from Kashmir- GS24 : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 3 authors. Another species of Kashmir, very common […]

Carex pendula Huds., Fl. Angl. 352 1762. (syn: Carex agastachys L.f.; Carex maxima Scop.; Carex maxima var. angustifolia Albov; Carex mutabilis Willd.; Carex myosuroides Lowe [Illegitimate]; Carex pendula var. angustifolia (Albov) Kük.; Carex pendula var. myosuroides Boott; Carex pendula f. pallida Asch. & Graebn.; Manochlaenia pendula (Huds.) Fedde & J.Schust.; Trasus pendulus (Huds.) Gray); . […]

Carex fedia Nees, Contr. Bot. India 129 1834. (Syn: Carex chaetogyne Nelmes; Carex wallichiana Prescott ex Nees [Illegitimate]);      Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week :: Cyperaceae : Carex for identification from Kaithal- NS 38 : Attachments (13). 8 posts by 3 authors. This species was shot from my village in Kaithal in March 2013.. I hope […]

Carex nivalis Boott, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 256 1845. (Syn: Carex cinnamomea Boott; Carex gilesii Nelmes; Carex griffithii Boott; Carex lepus-aestatis T.Koyama; Carex luteobrunnea Nelmes; Carex nivalis f. cinnamomea (Boott) Kük. …; Carex oliveri Boeckeler; Carex ustulata var. aterrima Regel; Carex ustulata var. coriophora Regel);      Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Grass for ID […]

Carex dimorpholepis Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 214 1855. (syn: Carex cernua Boott [Illegitimate]; Carex cernua var. minor Boott; Carex rubescens Boeckeler; Carex schkuhriana H.Lév. & Vaniot);      Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae- Carex dimorpholepis from STR (nsd-8) : 2 image. 3 posts by 2 authors. Carex dimorpholepis steudel syn – Carex cernua […]

Carex cruenta Nees, Contr. Bot. India 128 1834. (Syn: Carex heterolepis Boeckeler [Illegitimate]); . KAR-eks — classic Latin name … Dave’s Botanary kroo-EN-tuh — bloody, gory colors … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: blood-coloured sedge . Distribution: Himalayas (s China, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim) . Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week :: Cyperaceae » Carex […]

  ID please: Please identify the plant Collected from Kotagiri, Ooty Date of Collection. 20.06.2011 I found this plant growing in Darjeeling. It is almost like a weed on the borders of tea gardens. Few of the estate managers told me that they use this plant along with other herbs to make a concoction andspray […]

Carex grayi J.Carey, Manual 563 1848. (Syn: Carex asa-grayi L.H.Bailey; Carex asa-grayi var. hispidula (A.Gray ex L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey; Carex grayi var. hispidula A.Gray ex L.H.Bailey; Carex grayi var. rariflora Farw.; Carex intumescens var. globularis A.Gray); E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A. as per WCSP;     Morgenstern Segge (Carex grayi) from Blindengarten Bremen: Fotos […]

Carexbaccans Nees, Contr. Bot. India 122 1834. (syn: Carexbaccans f. aurantiaca Kuntze; Carexbaccans f. nigra Kuntze; Carexbaccans f. recurvirostris Kuntze; Carexbaccans var. siccifructus C.B.Clarke; Carexcurvirostris Kunze; Carexjavanica Boeckeler; Carexrecurvirostra Kunze); . Crimson Seeded Sedge; . Carex baccans is a native species to temperate and tropical Asia. It is distributed from China to East Asia to […]