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Species

*'' Kobresia burangensis'' Y.C.Yang – Tibet *'' Kobresia capillifolia'' (Decne.) C.B.Clarke – Central Asia, Himalayas, Tuva region of Siberia, Mongolia, central and western China including Tibet and Xinjiang *''

Kobresia cercostachys ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' (Franch.) C.B.Clarke – Eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan *''

Kobresia condensata ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the Cyperaceae, sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North Am ...

'' (Kük.) S.R.Zhang & Noltie – Sichuan, Yunnan *''

Kobresia cuneata ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' Kük – Tibet to central China *'' Kobresia curticeps'' (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan *'' Kobresia curvirostris'' (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Thailand *'' Kobresia duthiei'' C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India *'' Kobresia esbirajbhandarii'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *''

Kobresia esenbeckii ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' (Kunth) Noltie – Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India, Myanmar *''

Kobresia falcata ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li – Sichuan, Gansu *''

Kobresia filicina ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India *''

Kobresia filifolia ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the Cyperaceae, sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North Am ...

'' (Turcz.) C.B.Clarke – Siberia, Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Shanxi *''

Kobresia fissiglumis ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India *''

Kobresia fragilis ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Sikkim *''

Kobresia gammiei ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet *''

Kobresia gandakiensis ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal, Sikkim *''

Kobresia graminifolia ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan *''

Kobresia harae ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *''

Kobresia hohxilensis ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' R.F.Huang in S.G.Wu & Z.J.Feng – Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet *''

Kobresia humilis ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' (C.A.Mey. ex Trautv.) Serg. in V.L.Komarov – Caucasus, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Himalayas, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia *''

Kobresia inflata ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' P.C.Li in S.Y.Jin & Y.L.Chen – Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan *''

Kobresia kanaii ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *''

Kobresia kansuensis ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the Cyperaceae, sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North Am ...

'' Kük – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan *'' Kobresia karakorumensis'' Dickoré – Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Tibet, Xinjiang *'' Kobresia kobresioidea'' (Kük.) J.Kern – Sumatra *''

Kobresia kuekenthaliana ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the Cyperaceae, sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North Am ...

'' Hand.-Mazz. – Sichuan *'' Kobresia laxa'' Nees in R.Wight – Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Tibet, Bhutan *''

Kobresia littledalei ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' C.B.Clarke – Sichuan, Tibet *'' Kobresia loliacea'' F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li – Tibet, Yunnan *''

Kobresia macrantha ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' Boeckeler – Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Nepal, Tibet *'' Kobresia macrolepis'' Meinsh. – Caucasus *'' Kobresia mallae'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *'' Kobresia myosuroides'' (Vill.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al. – northern and central Europe and Asia from Spain and Iceland to Korea and the Kuril Islands, including Siberia, China, Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, etc.; also Greenland, Alaska, much of Canada and the mountains of the Western United States *''

Kobresia nepalensis ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' (Nees) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Himalayas from Pakistan to Bhutan; Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia nitens'' C.B.Clarke – Pakistan, Nepal, northern India *''

Kobresia prainii ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' Kük – Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan *''

Kobresia pusilla ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' N.A.Ivanova – Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet *''

Kobresia pygmaea ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – much of China; Himalayas from Pakistan to Myanmar *'' Kobresia rcsrivastavae'' Jana – Uttarakhand *''

Kobresia robusta ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' Maxim. – Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet *'' Kobresia royleana'' (Nees) Boeckeler – Central Asia, Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan Afghanistan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand *'' Kobresia sanguinea'' (Boott) Raymond – Pakistan, Kashmir *'' Kobresia schoenoides'' (C.A.Mey.) Steud – Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, Himalayas, China *'' Kobresia setschwanensis'' Hand.-Mazz. – Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan *''

Kobresia sibirica ''Kobresia sibirica'', the Siberian bog sedge, is a plant species known from arctic and alpine tundra in Siberia, the Russian Far East, Alaska, Yukon, the Canadian Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia, Colorado (several counties in ...

'' (Turcz.) Boeckeler – Arctic Russia, Mongolia, Alaska, Arctic Canada, British Columbia, Colorado, Wyoming *'' Kobresia sikkimensis'' Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Sikkim, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam *''

Kobresia simpliciuscula ''Kobresia simpliciuscula'' is a species of cyperaceae, sedge known by the common names false sedge, simple bog sedge and simple kobresia. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.< ...

'' (Wahlenb.) Mack. – northern and central Europe from Britain and Spain to Kamchatka; Alaska, Greenland, much of Canada, mountains of western United States *''

Kobresia smirnovii ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' N.A.Ivanova – Altai, Kazakhstan, Mongolia *'' Kobresia squamiformis'' Y.C.Yang – Sikkim, Tibet, Gansu *'' Kobresia tibetica'' Maxim. – Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan *'' Kobresia tunicata'' Hand.-Mazz. – Sichuan, Yunnan *''

Kobresia uncinioides ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, wit ...

'' (Boott) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, Yunnan *''

Kobresia vaginosa ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the Cyperaceae, sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North Am ...

'' C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan *''

Kobresia vidua ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, with ...

'' (Boott ex C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan *''

Kobresia woodii ''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to ''Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America, wit ...

'' Noltie – Bhutan, Tibet *'' Kobresia yadongensis'' Y.C.Yang – Tibet *'' Kobresia yangii'' S.R.Zhang – Sichuan

References

External links

Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfileFlora of Pakistan
{{Taxonbar, from=Q162916 Cyperaceae Cyperaceae genera