''Carex colchica'' is a species of
perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
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 ...
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Synonyms
* ''Carex arenaria'' var. ''castanea''
Boott
* ''Carex arenaria'' var. ''colchica''
(J.Gay) Christ
* ''Carex arenaria'' subsp. ''colchica''
(J.Gay) Nyman
* ''Carex arenaria'' subsp. ''ligerica''
(J.Gay) Bonnier & Layens
* ''Carex colchica'' subsp. ''ligerica''
(J.Gay) T.V.Egorova
* ''Carex ligerica''
J.Gay
* ''Carex ligerica'' f. ''capitata''
Lackow. & Paul
* ''Carex ligerina''
Boreau
* ''Carex schoenoides''
Schrank
* ''Carex schreberi'' subsp.'' ligerica''
(J.Gay) Almq.
* ''Vignea colchica''
(J.Gay) Soják
* ''Vignea ligerica''
(J.Gay) Soják
References
* J.Gay, ''Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot.'', II, 10: 303 (1838)
Encyclopedia of Life entryeMonocot entryThe Plant List entry
colchica
Flora of Europe
Flora of Asia
Plants described in 1838
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