Carex hordeistichos, called barley sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to northwest Africa, southern, central and eastern Europe, and western Asia as far as Iran and Kazakhstan.[2] Its chromosome number is 2n=58, with numerous variants reported.[3]

Carex hordeistichos
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. hordeistichos
Binomial name
Carex hordeistichos
Synonyms[2]
  • Carex hordeiformis Wahlenb.
  • Carex lerchenfeldiana Schur

References

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  1. ^ Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné: 18 (1779)
  2. ^ a b "Carex hordeistichos Vill". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ^ Rotreklová, Olga; Bureš, Petr; Řepka, Radomír; Grulich, Vít; Šmarda, Petr; Hralová, Ivana; Zedek, František; Koutecký, Tomáš (2011). "Chromosome numbers of Carex". Preslia. 83 (1): 25–58. Retrieved 16 January 2021.