Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex blinii H.Lév. & Vaniot

First published in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53: 316 (1906)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. China to Indo-China, SW. Korea (Jin-do), Nansei-shotō to Philippines. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, China Southeast, Korea, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aung, Y.L., Aung, M.H., Tan, Y. & Jin, X. (2025). An updated checklist of vascular plants of Myanmar. PhytoKeys 261: 135-364.
  • 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.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aung, Y.L., Aung, M.H., Tan, Y. & Jin, X. (2025). An updated checklist of vascular plants of Myanmar. PhytoKeys 261: 135-364.
  • Cen, J.M., Jin, S.H. & Jin, X.F. (2016). Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China (IV). The identity and revision of sect. Infossae. Guihaia 36: 30-43.
  • Horiuchi, H. (2005). Carex taihokuensis Hayata (Cyperaceae) newly found in Japan and continental China. The Journal of Japanese Botany 80: 187-190.
  • Masaki, T. & al. (2014). A new record of Carex, C. taihokuensis Hayata (Cyperaceae) from Korea. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 44: 6-8.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

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 2026. 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 2026. 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