''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the

sedge family 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'' wi ...

. 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 North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

, with many species native to the Himalayas.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of Pakistan, V. 206 Page 177, ''Kobresia'' Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 205. 1805; C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 694. 1894.
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Species

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Kobresia burangensis ''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, wi ...

'' Y.C.Yang – Tibet *''

Kobresia capillifolia ''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, wi ...

'' (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 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 ...

'' (Franch.) C.B.Clarke – Eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia condensata'' (Kük.) S.R.Zhang & Noltie – Sichuan, Yunnan *'' Kobresia cuneata'' Kük – Tibet to central China *''

Kobresia curticeps ''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, wi ...

'' (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan *''

Kobresia curvirostris ''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, wi ...

'' (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Thailand *''

Kobresia duthiei ''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, wi ...

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

Kobresia esbirajbhandarii ''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, wi ...

'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *'' Kobresia esenbeckii'' (Kunth) Noltie – Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India, Myanmar *'' Kobresia falcata'' F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li – Sichuan, Gansu *''

Kobresia filicina ''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) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India *'' Kobresia filifolia'' (Turcz.) C.B.Clarke – Siberia, Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Shanxi *'' Kobresia fissiglumis'' C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India *'' Kobresia fragilis'' C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Sikkim *'' Kobresia gammiei'' C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet *'' Kobresia gandakiensis'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal, Sikkim *'' Kobresia graminifolia'' C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia harae'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *'' Kobresia hohxilensis'' R.F.Huang in S.G.Wu & Z.J.Feng – Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet *'' Kobresia humilis'' (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'' P.C.Li in S.Y.Jin & Y.L.Chen – Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia kanaii'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *'' Kobresia kansuensis'' Kük – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan *''

Kobresia karakorumensis ''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, wi ...

'' Dickoré – Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Tibet, Xinjiang *''

Kobresia kobresioidea ''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, wi ...

'' (Kük.) J.Kern – Sumatra *'' Kobresia kuekenthaliana'' Hand.-Mazz. – Sichuan *''

Kobresia laxa ''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, wi ...

'' 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, wi ...

'' C.B.Clarke – Sichuan, Tibet *''

Kobresia loliacea ''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 – Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia macrantha'' Boeckeler – Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Nepal, Tibet *''

Kobresia macrolepis ''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 ...

'' Meinsh. – Caucasus *''

Kobresia mallae ''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 myosuroides ''Carex myosuroides'' (syn. ''Kobresia myosuroides''), the mouse-tail bog sedge, is a species of sedge (family ''Cyperaceae'') with a circumboreal distribution. It is the only known sedge to have ectomycorrhizal associations. It is a known host ...

'' (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, wi ...

'' (Nees) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Himalayas from Pakistan to Bhutan; Tibet, Yunnan *''

Kobresia nitens ''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, wi ...

'' C.B.Clarke – Pakistan, Nepal, northern India *'' Kobresia prainii'' Kük – Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan *'' Kobresia pusilla'' N.A.Ivanova – Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet *'' Kobresia pygmaea'' (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – much of China; Himalayas from Pakistan to Myanmar *''

Kobresia rcsrivastavae ''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 ...

'' Jana – Uttarakhand *'' Kobresia robusta'' Maxim. – Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet *''

Kobresia royleana ''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, wi ...

'' (Nees) Boeckeler – Central Asia, Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan Afghanistan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand *''

Kobresia sanguinea ''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, wi ...

'' (Boott) Raymond – Pakistan, Kashmir *''

Kobresia schoenoides ''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, wi ...

'' (C.A.Mey.) Steud – Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, Himalayas, China *'' Kobresia setschwanensis'' Hand.-Mazz. – Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia sibirica'' (Turcz.) Boeckeler – Arctic Russia, Mongolia, Alaska, Arctic Canada, British Columbia, Colorado, Wyoming *''

Kobresia sikkimensis ''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, wi ...

'' Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Sikkim, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam *'' Kobresia simpliciuscula'' (Wahlenb.) Mack. – northern and central Europe from Britain and Spain to Kamchatka; Alaska, Greenland, much of Canada, mountains of western United States *'' Kobresia smirnovii'' N.A.Ivanova – Altai, Kazakhstan, Mongolia *''

Kobresia squamiformis ''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 ...

'' Y.C.Yang – Sikkim, Tibet, Gansu *''

Kobresia tibetica ''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 ...

'' Maxim. – Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan *''

Kobresia tunicata ''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, wi ...

'' Hand.-Mazz. – Sichuan, Yunnan *'' Kobresia uncinioides'' (Boott) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia vaginosa'' C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia vidua'' (Boott ex C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan *'' Kobresia woodii'' Noltie – Bhutan, Tibet *''

Kobresia yadongensis ''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, wi ...

'' Y.C.Yang – Tibet *''

Kobresia yangii ''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, wi ...

'' S.R.Zhang – Sichuan

References

External links

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