Carex muricata

Carex muricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. muricata
Binomial name
Carex muricata L.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Carex astracanica Willd. ex Kunth Carex divulsa Gaudin [Illegitimate] Carex divulsa subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) K.Richt. Carex intermedia Retz. Carex muricata var. alpina Gaudin Carex muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Celak. Carex muricata var. lamprocarpa Wallr. Carex muricata subsp. muricata Carex muricata var. muricata Carex muricata subsp. orsiniana (Ten.) Nyman Carex orsiniana Ten. Carex pairae subsp. borealis Hyl. Carex pairae var. javanica Nelmes Carex serotina Ten. [Illegitimate] Carex stellulata M.Bieb. [Illegitimate] Carex tenuissima Schur [Illegitimate] Carex tergestina Hoppe ex Boott Carex viridis Spenn. [Illegitimate] Carex vulpina Hohen. [Illegitimate] Caricina muricata (L.) St.-Lag. Vignea altissima Schur Vignea muricata (L.) Rchb. Vignea muricata subsp. lamprocarpa (Wallr.) Soják Vignea tenuissima Schur

Carex muricata, the rough sedge or prickly sedge (a name it shares with other species), is a species of Carex found in Europe and western Asia as far as the Himalayas. It has been introduced elsewhere. Poorly studied, Carex muricata is considered a species aggregate.^[3] The aggregate has been subject to a great deal of taxonomic confusion over the years and has yet to be fully resolved.^[4]

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  Botanical illustration

References

1. Sp. Pl. 2: 974 (1753)
2. "Carex muricata L." The Plant List. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
3. David, R. W. (1976). "Nomenclature of the British taxa of the Carex muricata L. aggregate". Watsonia. 11: 59–65.
4. Molina, Ana; Acedo, Carmen; Llamas, Félix (21 February 2008). "Taxonomy and new taxa of the Carex divulsa aggregate in Eurasia (section Phaestoglochin, Cyperaceae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 156 (3): 385–409. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00760.x.