''Carex breviculmis'', called the Asian shortstem sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''
Carex'', native to Asia from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, north as far as
Khabarovsk Krai
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, and Malesia, New Guinea, Australia,
Norfolk Island
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and New Zealand.
It has been introduced to the US state of Mississippi.
Typically found in forests, it is quite shade tolerant.
Subtaxa
The following varieties are currently accepted:
*''Carex breviculmis'' var. ''breviculmis''
*''Carex breviculmis'' var. ''discoidea''
(Boott) Boott – Japan
*''Carex breviculmis'' var. ''fibrillosa''
(Franch. & Sav.) Matsum. & Hayata – China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan
*''Carex breviculmis'' var. ''montivaga''
(S.T.Blake) Noot. – New Guinea
*''Carex breviculmis'' var. ''perciliata''
Kük. – Malesia to New Guinea
*''Carex breviculmis'' var. ''puberula''
(Boott) Makino – Japan
References
breviculmis
Plants described in 1810
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