{"id":1329066,"date":"2012-08-31T04:53:54","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T04:53:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T06:57:34","slug":"carex-cruenta","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/carex-cruenta\/","title":{"rendered":"Carex cruenta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carex<\/i> cruenta<\/i> Nees, Contr. Bot. India 128 1834<\/i>. (Syn: Carex<\/i> heterolepis<\/i> Boeckeler<\/span><\/a> [Illegitimate]);<\/div>\n
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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week :: Cyperaceae \u00bb Carex cruenta along Hemakund – Ghangaria trail :: 03 AUG 12 – 0101 :: DV01<\/a> :\u00a0 2 images. 5 posts by 4 authors.<\/div>\n
Cyperaceae<\/i><\/span>
\nCarex cruenta<\/i> Nees<\/div>\n
KAR-eks<\/b> — classic Latin name<\/span> … Dave’s Botanary<\/u><\/span><\/a>
\nkroo-EN-tuh<\/b> — bloody, gory colors<\/span> … Dave’s Botanary<\/u><\/span><\/a>
\ncommonly known as<\/b>: blood-coloured sedge
\nDistribution<\/b>: Himalayas (s China, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim)
\n<\/span>References<\/b>: Flora of China<\/u><\/span><\/a> \u2022 <\/span>Flora of Pakistan<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Nice Photo Sir. I have this species and I will upload it soon.<\/p>\n

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VoF Week :: DV :: 03 AUG 12 – 0101 :: Carex cruenta along Hemakund – Ghangaria trail:<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Carex cruenta<\/i> Nees … (family: Cyperaceae<\/i>)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Grass for ID from Paddar valley 002:\u00a0Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors.<\/p>\n

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Kindly Identify this species<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Location: Paddar valley J&K<\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude: 4000-5000 m asl<\/span><\/div>\n
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Date: 8th August 2011<\/p>\n

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Carex<\/i> sp. <\/span>Cyperaceae<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Carex<\/i> is a large and difficult genus.\u00a0 I photographed 3 Carex<\/i> in my own village in the UK this year and have only, so far, been able to name one of them.\u00a0 There is a guide to Carex<\/i> published by the BSBI which I had a copy of at one time but was damaged and discarded; I do not currently have the budget to by an up-dated version.\u00a0 Without it I will struggle (with help) to name the other two<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the UK we are blessed with The Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI)\u00a0which has a Panel of Referees and Specialists available to have material sent to them to identify.\u00a0 There are a number of specialists available to accept specimens (either pressed and dried or in some cases fresh) with certain\u00a0ones with particular expertise in particular groups or aggregates.\u00a0 In all cases mature fruits and underground parts should be sent.\u00a0 I doubt if many of them would be able or willing to attempt to name specimens on the basis of photos alone particular those not of greater close-ups or mature fruits than shown in these images. As to the suggestion of Carex cruenta<\/i>.\u00a0Stewart lists this as common in N.Pakistan and Kashmir @ 2400-4200m on high passes and meadows<\/span><\/span> so that tallies. Needs further inspection.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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Flora of Uttarakhand- Grass3 for Id- JM<\/a> : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (<\/span>4<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wild\u00a0Grass<\/span> captured on <\/span><\/span>13\/8\/10<\/span><\/span> during the trek from Ghangaria (around 11,000 ft.) to Hemkunt Sahib (around 14000 ft.).<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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it is not a grass but some <\/span>cyperaceae<\/i> member<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Could it be some Luzula<\/i>??<\/p>\n

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Luzula spicata<\/i>?<\/p>\n

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Luzula spicata<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thanks,\u00a0… A link<\/a> for pictures of Luzula spicata<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Can it be <\/span>Carex cruenta<\/i> Nees<\/span><\/u><\/a>\u00a0as per the illustration at<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.plantillustrations.<\/span>org\/illustration.php?id_illustration=181089&SID=0&mobile=0&code_category_taxon=9&size=1<\/a>\u00a0?<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is neither a grass (family Poaceae<\/i>, previously Gramineae<\/i>) nor a Luzula<\/i> (family Juncaceae<\/i>).\u00a0 Luzula spicata<\/i> is common on high meadows and passes in Kashmir @ 3900-5200m but the plant photographed above is certainly not this.\u00a0 See a pressed specimen collected by Jacquemont preserved at Kew: <\/span>http:\/\/apps.kew.org\/herbcat\/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000307561<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 There are a number of images of this species (known as the ‘Spiked Woodrush’ in the UK<\/span><\/div>\n
on the internet such as: Link<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from New England.\u00a0 Cannot find any records of it being found in Uttarakhand or Nepal.<\/span><\/div>\n
It appears to be a sedge to me (family Cyperaceae<\/i>) with the suggestion of C.cruenta<\/i> being worth checking out further<\/span> – the images of the herbarium specimens at Kew seem similar to this. Stewart recorded this as common on high passes and meadows<\/span> in Kashmir @ 2400-4200m including Ladakh, so I have an additional reason to look into this further, which I shall do\u00a0so.\u00a0It is recorded from Kashmir to Sikikim (and Tibet) @ 4000-5600m.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The images are not in close-up, so if there are closely-related sedges then we may not be able to tell them apart with confidence (Carex<\/i> is a large and difficult genus).\u00a0 However, the habit of the plant is clear enough.<\/p>\n

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I have just checked the Edinburgh Herbarium site. This has a number of images of this species- with the considerable advantage over the Kew Herbarium site that the scans are of much higher resolution, so provided one downloads the TIFF images at high resolution, one can zoom in to see much closer.\u00a0 The problem now is that the photos above do not show close-up of the spikelets so one cannot match with confidence.\u00a0 The specimens at Edinburgh are certainly close to the plant photographed but I cannot identify with certainty.\u00a0 Perhaps a Carex<\/i> specialist can?\u00a0 See: Link<\/a>.<\/div>\n
What a pity more herbaria do not scan in specimens at higher resolutions.\u00a0 But one must be understanding and patient as establishments like Kew have millions of specimens and only a small number of staff available to undertake the scanning.\u00a0 But it has to be said that low resolution scans are of strictly limited value.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The greater the detail which can be seen, the better the understanding of species and genera.\u00a0 The same applies to photos – the more close-ups, in focus, the more information which is provided (as along as different parts of the part are photographed), though images of the overall habit and habit of a plant are of use\/valuable.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Kalatope grasses id al200311b<\/a>: Location Kalatope, Chamba dist<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I think it is sedge and not a grass<\/p>\n

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Its a grass, but it difficult to id with these photos<\/p>\n

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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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[6636],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1329066","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-carex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1329066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1329066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1329066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1329066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1329066"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1329066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}