Cyperaceae
Carex
Carex conferta

Carex conferta var. conferta

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Ethiopia to E. Tropical Africa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda

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. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 9, 2006 Hepper, F.N.; Townsend, C.C.; Field, D.V. [4868] Kenya K000333656 Yes
Feb 9, 2006 Hedberg, O. [2007] Kenya K000333657 Yes
Jan 25, 1985 Fries, C.E. [1330] Kenya K000333653 Yes
Jan 25, 1985 Hedberg, O. [1935] Kenya K000333652 Yes
Jan 25, 1985 Townsend, C.C. [2317] Kenya K000333654 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [2220] Kenya K000333655 Yes
Fries [1564] Kenya K000333658 Yes

Sources

  • 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