Carex_maritima

<i>Carex maritima</i>

Carex maritima

Species of plant

Carex maritima, called the curved sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, with a bipolar distribution in mountains and cold regions.[2][3] It dispersed in the Pleistocene from the northern to the southern hemisphere.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Fl. Norveg. 2: 131 (1776)
  2. [2]
    "Carex maritima Gunnerus". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Carex maritima Gunnerus curved sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. [4]
    Villaverde, Tamara; Escudero, Marcial; Luceño, Modesto; Martín-Bravo, Santiago (2015). "Long-distance dispersal during the middle-late Pleistocene explains the bipolar disjunction of Carex maritima (Cyperaceae)". Journal of Biogeography. 42 (10): 1820–1831. doi:10.1111/jbi.12559. hdl:10261/168322. S2CID 85651793.


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