Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex × descendens Kük.

First published in Öfvers. Finska Vetensk.-Soc. Förh. 45(8): 6 (1903)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is Siberia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome. The hybrid formula is C. austrojacutensis × C. media.

Distribution

Native to:

Yakutiya

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.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Shekhovtsova, I.N. (2010). A new species of the genus Carex (Cyperaceae) from Sakha (Yakutia) republic and the taxonomical status of C. descendens. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 95: 978-982.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Shekhovtsova, I.N. (2010). A new species of the genus Carex (Cyperaceae) from Sakha (Yakutia) republic and the taxonomical status of C. descendens. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 95: 978-982.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

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 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