African Plant Database


Carex cognata Kunth var. cognata
Family : CYPERACEAE
Information on the genus : Carex
 
 
Status
Status for SA : autonym unused (present)
Status for TA : autonym unused (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Carex cognata var. drakensbergensis (C.B. Clarke) Kük.
 Carex drakensbergensis C.B. Clarke (1898)
 Carex cognata Kunth (1837)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Carex congolensis Turrill (1912)
=Carex cognata var. congolensis (Turrill) Lye (1983)
=Carex acutatiformis H.E. Hess (1935)
=Carex pseudosphaerogyna Nelmes (1937)
=*Carex retrorsa Nees (1836)
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : perennial-Herb, Helophyte, Cyperoid- Ht 0.35 - 0.8 m. Alt: 10 - 2000 m. Distribution: BOT, LES, NAM, EC, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NW, WC, SWZ

Bibliography for Southern Africa :
  • Strelitzia 2: 39 (1995).
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
 
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Record n°37202
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