Carex_donnell-smithii
Carex donnell-smithii
Species of plant
Carex donnell-smithii is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Mexico and Central America.[1]
| Carex donnell-smithii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. donnell-smithii |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex donnell-smithii | |
The sedge has stout culms with a length of 30 to 100 cm (12 to 39 in) which have a purple hue toward the base of the plant. It has many stiff, glabrous and leathery leaves with blades that are 3 to 10 mm (0.12 to 0.39 in) wide. The compound inflorescences are 20 to 60 mm (0.79 to 2.36 in) in length that are found in groups in pairs of groups of four.[2]
The species was first described by the botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1889 as a part of Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club. The type specimen was collected in the Alta Verapaz are of Guatemala.[3] It has two synonyms;
- Carex jovis described by Charles Baron Clarke in 1908
- Carex pittieri Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1896.[1]
It is found in seasonally dry tropical biome from southern Mexico in the north down through much of Central America to Panama in the south.[1]
- "Carex donnell-smithii L.H.Bailey". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- "Carex donnell-smithii L.H.Bailey". World Flora Online. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- "Carex donnell-smithii L.H.Bailey". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 4 November 2022.