Carex vulpina, the true fox sedge, is a species in the genus Carex, native to Europe and western Asia.[2] It is difficult to distinguish it from its close relative Carex otrubae, false fox sedge.[3]
Carex vulpina | |
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At the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. vulpina
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Binomial name | |
Carex vulpina | |
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References
edit- ^ Sp. Pl.: 973 (1753)
- ^ a b "Carex vulpina L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Smith, Colin; Ashton, Paul A. (2006). "Distinction between the sedges Carex vulpina L. and C. otrubae Podp. and the potential for identification of hybrids". Watsonia. 26: 15–25. Retrieved 18 December 2020.