''Carex donnell-smithii'' is a

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-forming species of perennial sedge 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 Mexico and Central America.

Description

The sedge has stout culms with a length of which have a purpley hue toward the base of the plant. It has many stiff, glabrous and leathery leaves with blades that are wide. The compound inflorescences are in length that are found in groups in pairs of groups of four.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by the botanist

Liberty Hyde Bailey Liberty Hyde Bailey (March 15, 1858 – December 25, 1954) was an American horticulturist and reformer of rural life. He was cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science.Makers of American Botany, Harry Baker Humphrey, Ronald Press ...

in 1889 as a part of ''Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club''. The type specimen was collected in the

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are of

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. It has two

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; * ''Carex jovis'' described by Charles Baron Clarke in 1908 * ''Carex pittieri''

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 1896.

Distribution

It is found in seasonally dry tropical biome from southern Mexico in the north down through much of Central America to Panama in the south.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15569827 donnell-smithii Taxa named by Liberty Hyde Bailey Plants described in 1889 Flora of Mexico Flora of Costa Rica Flora of Guatemala Flora of Honduras Flora of Nicaragua Flora of Panama