Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex bonplandii Kunth

First published in Enum. Pl. 2: 380 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to S. Tropical American Mountains. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Panamá, Peru, Venezuela

Recorded in error in:

Arizona

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • 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.
  • Hammel, B.E. & al. (2003). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 2: 1-694. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Espejo Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1997). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 5: 1-98. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Rink, G. & Licher, M. (2015). Cyperaceae. Sedge family. Part 1: Family description, key to the genera, and Carex L.. Canotia 11: 1-97. Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2008 Gandot [s.n.] Colombia K000584613 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Couthouy [2] K000584612 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Jameson [172] Bolivia K000584616 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Jameson [172] Colombia K000584617 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Mathews [s.n.] Peru K000584623 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Lechler [2560] Peru K000584619 Isosyntype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Purdie, W. [s.n.] Colombia K000584624 Isolectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Lechler [2603] Peru K000584618 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Purdie, W. [s.n.] Colombia K000584625 Lectotype Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Lechler, W. [2603] Peru K000584621 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Lechler, W. [2560] Peru K000584620 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Purdie [s.n.] Colombia K000584627 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2008 Bang, M. [s.n.] Bolivia K000584615 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1993 Bonpland [s.n.] Peru K000584622 Type Yes
Mar 22, 1898 Purdie [s.n.] Colombia K000584628 Type Yes
Mar 22, 1898 Spruce, R. [5901 A] K000584611 Type Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [16023] Bolivia K001319241 Yes
{St. G. Beck} [11848] Bolivia K002800085 No
Cazalet, P.C.D.; Pennington, T.D. [5577] Ecuador K002800087 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [57515] Venezuela K002800081 Yes
Stergios, B.; Dorr, L.J.; Wurdack, K.J.; Niño, S.M. [20700] Venezuela K002800084 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [10203] Bolivia K001319234 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [18575] Bolivia K001319243 Yes
Mandon, G. [1429] Bolivia K002800086 No
Cazalet, P.C.D.; Pennington, T.D. [5580] Ecuador K002800089 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L.; Brant, A.E. [5324] Colombia K002800079 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [9341`] Bolivia K001319255 Yes
Hutchison, P.C.; Wright, J.K. [5696] Peru K002800197 Yes
Triana, J. [367] Colombia K002800080 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Colombia K002800076 Yes
[illegibl [2022] Colombia K002800069 Yes
Pennell, F.W. [2081] Colombia K002800078 Yes
Pennell, F.W.; Hazen, T.E. [9954] Colombia K002800071 Yes
Wurdack, J.J. [1769] Peru K002800198 Yes
von Sneidern, K. [2086] Colombia K002800073 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L. [19064] Ecuador K002800090 Yes
[Seuor Triaua] [49] Colombia K002800077 Yes
Fosberg, F.R. [19678] Colombia K002800075 No
Wood, J.R.I.; Mercado, M. [20855] Bolivia K001319224 Yes
[Senor Triaua] [48] Colombia K002800072 Yes
Pennell, F.W. [2582] Colombia K002800070 Yes
Spruce, R. [5901] Ecuador K000584614 Type Yes
Lloyd, J.R.; Marshall, J.K. [51] Peru K002800196 Yes
s.coll. [3127] Ecuador K002800088 Yes
Pennell, F.W. [2031] Colombia K002800074 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0