Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex nubigena D.Don

First published in Philos. Mag. J. 62: 455 (1823)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to Japan and Central & E. Jawa. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Jawa, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 1: 1-606. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • 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.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 1: 1-606. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 1892 Wallich, N. [s.n.] Nepal K000998834 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23378] India K002943327 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [133] K002943325 Yes
Bor, N.L. [12053] India K002943398 Yes
Howard, E.B. [CH 41] Nepal K002943385 Yes
s.coll. [262] China K002219498 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [6068] India K002943346 Yes
Thomson, A.T. [s.n.] K002943320 Yes
Lachen; Hooker, J.D.; Boott, J. [3] K002943374 Yes
Sachdeva, S.K. [4106] India K002943384 Yes
Delavay, P.J.M. (Abbé) [s.n.] China K002219502 Yes
Boott, F. [127] K002943326 Yes
Gamble [4398A] India K002943338 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [132] K002943324 Yes
Rich, H.H. [867] India K002943394 Yes
[Keke] [32] Nepal K002943341 Yes
Saulière, A. [841] India K002943349 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23379] Pakistan K002943403 Yes
Bor's [893] India K002943375 Yes
Furuse, M. [21065] Japan K002219507 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [12086] India K002943353 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K002943382 Yes
Lachen; Hooker, J.D. [3] K001735407 Yes
Bors [611] India K002943371 Yes
Maxwell [s.n.] India K002943360 Yes
{Wight} [4] India K002943355 Yes
Clarke, C.B.; [J.F.Dreihie] [44840] India K002943364 Yes
Thomson, T. [S.n.] India K002943331 Yes
S.coll. [S.n.] India K001615158 Yes
Thomson, T. [583] India K001735403 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [14312] India K002943350 Yes
Royle, J.F. [107] India K000998832 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, J.R. [24912] India K002943392 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [44820] India K002943361 Yes
Wright, C. [s.n.] Japan K000960660 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D.; J.J. [s.n.] India K002943359 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K002943328 Yes
Bor; Ram, K. [20761] China K002943386 Yes
Kingdon-Ward, F. [KW17192] India K002943404 Yes
Bourne [6424] India K002943351 Yes
Pradhan, J. [s.n.] India K002943380 Yes
s.coll. [72] China K002219496 Yes
Boott, F.; Munro [2425] India K002943329 Yes
Bor's [73] India K002943376 Yes
Grierson, A.J.C.; Long, D.G. [4463] Bhutan K002943372 Yes
s.coll. [107] India K002943342 Yes
Dunbar, G.A. [12] Bhutan K002943370 Yes
Bulley, A.K.; Forrest, G. [2837] China K002219499 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [25015] India K002943395 Yes
Bors [258] India K002943383 Yes
[illegible] [23271] India K002943332 Yes
Rashid, A.; Nasir, E.; Stewart, R.R. [23889] India K002943366 Yes
s.coll. [2666] India K001735406 Yes
s.coll. [132] K002943322 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [23137] India K002943402 Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [5] India K002943330 Yes
Boott, F.; Griffen [s.n.] India K002943362 Yes
Bor, N.L. [14106] India K002943399 Yes
Boott, F. [[1115]] India K002943333 Yes
Schilling, A.D. [981] Nepal K002943379 Yes
Smith, K.A.H. [4162] China K002219503 Yes
Bhattacharyya, U.C. [24415] India K002943348 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [1353] India K001735405 Yes
s.coll. [133] K002943321 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [3313] India K002943358 Yes
Bors [64] India K002943377 Yes
Howard, E.B. [BHE 76] Nepal K002943381 Yes
Bourne [1211] India K002943357 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [38227 A] India K002943363 Yes
[illegible] [s.n.] India K002943335 Yes
s.coll. [6068] Bangladesh K001735404 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; [Rám balish] [2089] India K002943400 Yes
s.coll. [6928] China K002219501 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [6207A] India K002943339 Yes
Bourne [5112] India K002943352 Yes
Don, D. [s.n.] Nepal K000998831 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stewart, R.R. [9292] India K002943369 Yes
Thwaites [2395] India K002943405 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [943] India K002943397 Yes
Bor; Ram, K. [20074] China K002943388 Yes
Stewart, R.R. [s.n.] India K002943367 Yes
Wallich, N. [3396] Nepal K000998833 Unknown Type Material Yes
Koyama, T.; Cooray, R. [13510] Sri Lanka K002943407 Yes
Clarke, C.B.; [J. T. Ductnio] [31483] India K002943368 Yes
[illegible] [68] India K002943334 Yes
Steward, A.N. [5244] China K002219505 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [24165] India K002943393 Yes
Griffith [2666] Bhutan K002943343 Yes
s.coll. [1487] China K002219497 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [955] India K002943401 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [200] China K002219504 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] India K002943389 Yes
Bor; Ram, K. [20761] China K002943387 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [944] India K002943396 Yes
Hooker [s.n.] India K002943365 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [127] K002943323 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [s.n.] China K002219508 Yes
Gamble [4470A] India K002943336 Yes
Field, D.I. [257] Nepal K002943378 Yes
Bourne [1435] India K002943356 Yes
Duthie [23271] India K002943340 Yes
Maire, E.E. [587] China K002219506 Yes
Gamble [4441A] India K002943337 Yes
[Voyage de V. Jacquemont] [s.n.] K002943319 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [13994] India K002943391 Yes
{Beddome} [s.n.] India K002943354 Yes
s.coll. [6068] India K002943344 Yes
Drummond, J.R. [24151] India K002943345 Yes
Hooper, S.S.; Saldanha, C. [18118] India K002943347 Yes

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