Carex rupestris, called the curly sedge and rock sedge (names it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to temperate and subarctic North America, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, and Asia.[2] It prefers to grow on rocky ledges.[3]
| Carex rupestris | |
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| On a mountainside in the Czech Republic | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. rupestris
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex rupestris | |
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List
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Subtaxa edit
The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]
- Carex rupestris subsp. altimontana T.V.Ebel
- Carex rupestris subsp. rupestris
References edit
- ^ Fl. Pedem. 2: 264 (1785)
- ^ a b c "Carex rupestris All". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Chlebicki, Andrzej (2014). "Biogeographic relationships between fungi and selected glacial relict plants". Monographiae Botanicae. 90: 1–230. doi:10.5586/mb.2002.001.