Carex lanceolata

Carex lanceolata
Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. lanceolata
Binomial name
Carex lanceolata Boott[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Carex charkeviczii A.E.Kozhevn. Carex delicatula C.B.Clarke Carex foliabunda A.E.Kozhevn. Carex karafutoana Ohwi Carex lanceolata var. pseudolanceolata (V.I.Krecz.) Vorosch. Carex lancibracteata A.E.Kozhevn. Carex longisquamata Meinsh. ex Kom. Carex neokukenthaliana H.Lév. & Vaniot Carex neosachalinensis A.E.Kozhevn. Carex paucimascula H.Lév. & Vaniot Carex prevernalis Kitag. Carex pseudolanceolata V.I.Krecz. Carex subpediformis (Kük.) Sutô & Suzuki Carex vorobjevii A.E.Kozhevn. Carex yesoensis Koidz.

Carex lanceolata is a species of sedge (genus Carex), native to the eastern half of China, Mongolia, eastern Siberia, Korea, Sakhalin, and Japan.^[2] Its seeds are dispersed by ants.^[3]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted:^[2]

• Carex lanceolata var. lanceolata
• Carex lanceolata var. laxa Ohwi
• Carex lanceolata var. subpediformis Kük.

References

1. M.C.Perry, Narr. Exped. China Japan 2: 326 (1857)
2. "Carex lanceolata Boott". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
3. Tanaka, Koki; Tokuda, Makoto (2020). "Negative correlation between dispersal investment and canopy openness among populations of the ant-dispersed sedge, Carex lanceolata". Plant Ecology. 221 (11): 1105–1115. doi:10.1007/s11258-020-01065-6. S2CID 221019572.