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Carex subfusca
	In Maui
	Close-up of seedhead
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. subfusca
Binomial name
	Carex subfusca; W.Boott
Synonyms
	List Carex festiva var. gracilis Olney; Carex flaviceps Kük.; Carex macloviana f. bracteata (Kük.) Kük.; Carex macloviana var. bracteata Kük.; Carex macloviana var. gracilis (Olney) Kük.; Carex macloviana var. subfusca (W.Boott) Kük.; Carex macloviana subsp. subfusca (W.Boott) T.Koyama; Carex pachystachya var. gracilis (Olney) Mack.; Carex stenoptera Mack.; Carex teneriformis Mack.; ;

Carex subfusca, variously called the rusty slender sedge, rusty sedge, or brown sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to the Hawaiian Islands, the western United States, and Baja California.^[1]^[2] It is surmised that it came to Hawaii by being deposited by a bird (epizoochory).^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Carex subfusca W.Boott". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
^ "Carex subfusca W. Boott". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
^ Price, Jonathan P.; Wagner, Warren L. (2018). "Origins of the Hawaiian flora: Phylogenies and biogeography reveal patterns of long‐distance dispersal". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 56 (6): 600–620. doi:10.1111/jse.12465. S2CID 91492313.

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[POWO_310203-2-1] "Carex subfusca W.Boott". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

[CASU6-2] "Carex subfusca W. Boott". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2023.

[3] Price, Jonathan P.; Wagner, Warren L. (2018). "Origins of the Hawaiian flora: Phylogenies and biogeography reveal patterns of long‐distance dispersal". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 56 (6): 600–620. doi:10.1111/jse.12465. S2CID 91492313.

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