Carex turkestanica

{{Short description|Species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae}}

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• Carex conglobata var. acuta {{small|Litv.}}
• Carex ivanoviae f. subglacialis {{small|Yu.E.Alexeev}}
• Carex nitida var. acuta {{small|(Litv.) O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.}}
• Carex nitida var. aspera {{small|(Boeckeler) Kük.}}
• Carex obesa var. aspera {{small|Boeckeler}}
• Carex orientalis {{small|Meinsh.}}
• Carex turkestanica subsp. beleensis {{small|Zolot.}}
• Carex verae {{small|Ovcz. & Czukav.}}

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Carex turkestanica is a species of true sedge in the family Cyperaceae, native to the Altai, Central Asia (except Turkmenistan), Afghanistan, Pakistan, the western Himalayas, and Xinjiang and Gansu in China.{{cite POWO |id=302776-1 |title=Carex turkestanica Regel |access-date=11 January 2023 }} It is found in a wide variety of mountainous habitats, where it is often co-dominant.{{cite journal |title=Mountain pastures and grasslands in the SW Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan — Floristic patterns, environmental gradients, phytogeography, and grazing impact |year=2011 |last1=Borchardt |first1=Peter |last2=Schickhoff |first2=Udo |last3=Scheitweiler |first3=Sabrina |last4=Kulikov |first4=Maksim |journal=Journal of Mountain Science |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=363–373 |doi=10.1007/s11629-011-2121-8 |s2cid=128402271 }}