Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

First published in Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 242 (1810)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to S. China and New Zealand. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the subtropical or tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Myanmar, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Norfolk Is., Philippines, Queensland, South Australia, Sulawesi, Tasmania, Victoria, Vietnam

Introduced into:

Mississippi

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Majure, L.C. & Bryson, C.T. (2008). Carex breviculmis (Cyperaceae), new to the flora of north America. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 1381-1387.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Majure, L.C. & Bryson, C.T. (2008). Carex breviculmis (Cyperaceae), new to the flora of north America. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 1381-1387.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 18, 1902 Robertson, J.G. [568] Australia K000961168 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002800840 Yes
Wright, C. [S.n.] Japan K001615045 No
Faurie, U.J. [7933] Japan K000960813 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000999010 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [28023] Malaysia K000291259 Type Yes
Morrow, J. [13] Japan K000960811 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wright, C. [45] Japan K000960808 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilford, C. [709] Korea, South K000960812 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002800842 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002800836 Yes
Wright, C. [S.n.] Japan K002941006 No
Bunge, A.A., von [s.n.] China K000960809 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002800839 Yes
s.coll. [30] K002800843 Yes
Faurie, U.J. [2523] Japan K000960805 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002800841 Yes
Faurie, U.J. [4325] Japan K000960806 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wright, C. [364] Japan K000960807 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faurie, U.J. [89] Japan K000960815 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gunn, R.C. [s.n.] Australia K000961167 Unknown Type Material Yes
Faurie, U.J. [3984] Japan K000960814 Unknown Type Material Yes
Halse, R. [4566] United States K002800844 Yes
Royle, J.F. [152] India K000999008 Unknown Type Material Yes
Langsdorff, G.H., von [s.n.] Japan K000960810 Type Yes
Brown, R. [6084] Australia K000961166 Unknown Type Material Yes
Munro [2428] India K000999009 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images