Carex porrecta
Carex porrecta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Subgenus: | Carex subg. Vigneastra |
Section: | Carex sect. Polystachyae |
Species: | C. porrecta
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Binomial name | |
Carex porrecta |
Carex porrecta is a plant species known from Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. It is found in humid forests at elevations of 1,600–2,600 metres (5,200–8,500 ft).[1][2][3][4]
The epithet porrecta refers to the prolonged, outcurved beak on the
Achenes are triangular in cross section, up to 2.5 mm long, often with a distinctive indentation on each side.[5][6]
References
- ^ Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador, Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 75: i–viii, 1–1181.
- ^ Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 55: 1–584.
- ^ Gómez-Laurito, J. 2003. Cyperaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 458–551.
- ^ Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas.
- JSTOR 3392052.
- ^ "Field Museum Amostras de Herbário da Neotrópica". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-02-24.