Carex remota

Carex remota, the remote sedge, is a species in the genus Carex, native to Europe, the Atlas Mountains in Africa, and western Asia.[2] It is a riparian forest specialist.[3] It is known as one of the most frequently hybridizing species of Carex, forming hybrids with C. appropinquata, C. arenaria, C. brizoides, C. canescens, C. divulsa, C. echinata, C. elongata, C. leporina,[lower-alpha 1] C. otrubae, C. paniculata, and C. spicata.[5]

Carex remota
Ripening seedhead
Tussocks at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. remota
Binomial name
Carex remota
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Caricina remota (L.) St.-Lag.
    • Diemisa remota (L.) Raf.
    • Vignea remota (L.) Rchb.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Carex remota subsp. remota
  • Carex remota subsp. stewartii Kukkonen
  • In its typical habitat

Notes
  1. C. leporina is often called by the synonym, a nom. illeg., Carex ovalis.[4]

References
  1. Fl. Angl.: 24 (1754)
  2. "Carex remota L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. Uria-Diez, J.; Gazol, A.; Ibanez, R. (2014). "Drivers of a riparian forest specialist (Carex remota, Cyperaceae): It is not only a matter of soil moisture". American Journal of Botany. 101 (8): 1286–1292. doi:10.3732/ajb.1300443. PMID 25143468.
  4. Barbara Wilson; Carex Working Group (February 2008). "The Carex leporina/ovalis/leporina name problem". www.carexworkinggroup.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  5. Hendrichs, M.; Michalski, S.; Begerow, D.; Oberwinkler, F.; Hellwig, F. H. (2004). "Phylogenetic relationships in Carex, subgenus Vignea (Cyperaceae), based on ITS sequences". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 246 (1–2): 109–125. doi:10.1007/s00606-004-0127-1. S2CID 19528871.
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