Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex filicina Nees

First published in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 123 (1834), nom. cons.
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China to Tropical Asia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1977 Giulianetti, A.; English, A.C. [s.n.] Papua New Guinea K000291291 Type Yes
Jun 1, 1977 Haviland, G.D. [1402] Malaysia K000291245 Holotype Yes
Jan 1, 1973 Boden-Kloss, C. [s.n.] Papua New Guinea K000291292 Type Yes
Dec 11, 1930 Wight, R. [1916] India K000729791 Type Yes
May 1, 1906 Merrill, E.D. [4743] Philippines K001615043 No
May 1, 1906 Merrill, E.D. [4513] Philippines K002806621 No
Jun 15, 1900 Inayal [20278] Pakistan K000729801 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [82] K000729794 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [998] India K000998886 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [1916] K000729792 Unknown Type Material Yes
Farille, M.A. [81-645] Nepal K001612173 Yes
Royle, J.F. [82] K000729800 Unknown Type Material Yes
Don, D. [s.n.] Nepal K000998890 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wight, R. [1293] India K000998887 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [82] K000729796 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [82] K000729797 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [82] K000729798 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [82] K000729799 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [16] India K000998891 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [82] K000729802 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [1290] K000998884 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [3400] K000729795 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hohenacker, R.F. [629] India K000998885 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [90] K000729803 Unknown Type Material Yes
Watt, G. [6728] India K000998889 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [82] K000729793 Unknown Type Material Yes
Watt, G. [6728] India K000998888 Unknown Type Material Yes
Exell, A.W. [257] Sao Tome and Principe Carex leptocarpa K002095366 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0