Carex melanostachya, called the Great Plains sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to central Europe to western Asia, and introduced to the central US.[2] Its chromosome number is 2n=54, with some uncertainty.[3]

Carex melanostachya
In Vienna, Austria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. melanostachya
Binomial name
Carex melanostachya
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Carex bicuspidata Regel ex V.I.Krecz.
    • Carex bornmulleri Kük.
    • Carex juncoides J.Presl & C.Presl
    • Carex ledebourii Boiss. & Buhse
    • Carex nutans Host
    • Carex ripariiformis Litv.
    • Carex sulcata Schur
    • Vignea juncoides (J.Presl & C.Presl) Opiz

References

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  1. ^ Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 299 (1805)
  2. ^ a b "Carex melanostachya M.Bieb. ex Willd". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 15 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 15 January 2021.