Carex cruenta
{{Short description|Species of sedge}}
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| authority = Nees
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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.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299313-1|title=Carex cruenta Nees |access-date=6 September 2022 |publisher=Kew Science – Plants of the World Online}}
Description
The {{cvt|30|to|100|cm}} tall sedge has a creeping rhizome covered in grey-brown fibrous scales. The erect culms are {{cvt|20|to|75|cm}} 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 {{cvt|3|to|4|mm}} in width.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000345784|title=Carex cruenta Nees|accessdate=7 September 2022|publisher=The World Flora Online}} The type specimen was collected by Nathaniel Wallich in an area of alpine meadow in the Kumaon division of Uttar Pradesh in India.{{cite web|url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/9910613|title=Carex cruenta Nees|accessdate=7 September 2022|work=Tropicos|publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |year=2022}} It has one synonym; Carex heterolepis as described by Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1888.
Distribution
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Category:Plants described in 1834
Category:Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
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