''Carex diminuta'' is a
tussock-forming species of perennial
sedge
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...
in the family
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
. It is native to parts of China.
The species was first formally described by the botanist
Johann Otto Boeckeler
Johann Otto Boeckeler (12 August 18035 March 1899) was a German apothecary- botanist of Oldenburg. He specialized in the plant family Cyperaceae (sedges), of which, he was the binomial authority of many species.
He is commemorated with the genus ...
in 1890 as a part of the work ''Beitráge zur Kenntniss der Cyperaceen''.
See also
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List of ''Carex'' species
References
diminuta
Taxa named by Johann Otto Boeckeler
Plants described in 1890
Flora of China
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