Carex hostiana DC.

CYPERACEAE

- Sedge family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Carex hostiana DC.

Nomencl. ref.: Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 88 (1813)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Host sedge

Italian name: Carice di Host

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Carex fulvescens Mack.
= Carex hornschuchiana Hoppe
= Carex hostiana DC. var. laurentiana Fernald & Wiegand

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Carex hostiana DC. var. laurentiana Fernald & Wiegand

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:

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Gallery:

Carex hostiana
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Carex hostiana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Prealpi carniche, Valcellina, nei pressi del lago di Barcis, PN, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)

Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
CAN (LB, NF, QC), FRA (SPM)

Distributional map for Carex hostiana DC.
Map for Carex hostiana DC.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Carex howei Mack. [89]
2) Carex howei Mack. var. capillacea (L.H. Bailey) Fernald [141]
3) Carex ignota Dewey [123]
4) Carex incurva Lightf. [237]
5) Carex interior L.H. Bailey [412]
6) Carex involuta (Bab.) Syme [137]
7) Carex krausei Boeckeler [293]
8) Carex laricina Mack. ex Bright [124]
9) Carex laxiflora Lam. var. latifolia Boott [123]
10) Carex leporina auct. non L. [160]

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