Carex nubigena

Primary tabs

Carex nubigena

Description

Leaves subbasal, shorter to longer than the stems, rigid, canaliculate to conduplicate, with scabrid margins, 1.5-3 mm wide. Inflorescence pyramidal to oblong, head-like or spike-like, 1-3(-5) cm by 7-13 mm.

Distribution

Asia-Temperate: China South-Central (Yunnan present), Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present), Ceylon present, Diëng plateau present, Himalaya present, Hupeh present, Jang present, Japan present, Mt Kawi present, S. India present, Southern America: Argentina Northeast (Formosa present), Tengger-Semeru present
From Ceylon, S. India and the Himalaya to China (Hupeh, Yunnan), Formosa and Japan; in Malesia: Java (Central: Dieng Plateau; East: Mt Kawi, Tengger-Semeru&Jang).
Distr. map in .

Notes

The immature collection LAE 65208 from New Guinea (W. slope of Mt Kenive, 9° 10' S and 147° 45' E) might possibly be referred to this species. — (Noot.).

Citation

D. Don 1936 – In: Hochr., Candollea 6: 430
Ohwi 1936 – In: Mem. Coll. Sc. Kyoto Imp. Un.: 247
Nees 1834 – In: Wight, Contr.: 120
Clarke 1894 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 702
Miq. 1856 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 347
Boeck. 1875 – In: Linnaea: 90
Koyama 1959 – In: Bot. Mag. Tokyo: 302
Kern 1968 – In: Back. & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 3: 494
Boeck. 1875 – In: Linnaea: 57
Boott 1858: p. 1. – In: Ill.: t. 2
D. Don 1904 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 5
Kuk. 1909 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 145
Kunth 1837 – In: En.: 385
Steud. 1855 – In: Syn.: 189
Nelmes 1951 – In: Reinwardtia: 434
Steen. 1972: Mt Fl. Java: pl. 14-1
Back. 1949 – In: Bekn. Fl. Java, (em. ed.): fam. 246, p. 60