Carex atrata | |
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Botanical illustration, with Carex atrofusca on the left and Carex atrata on the right. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. atrata
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Binomial name | |
Carex atrata | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Carex atrata, called black alpine sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Greenland, [3] Iceland, and most of Europe, plus scattered locations across temperate Asia, including Anatolia, Siberia and the Himalaya, as far as Taiwan and Japan. [4] [2] Its chromosome number is 2n=52, with some variants reported, e.g. n2=54 for Greenland material. [3] [5]
The following subspecies are currently accepted: [2]
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