Carex tasmanica

Carex tasmanica, called curly sedge (a name its shares with a few other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Victoria and Tasmania states in Australia.[1] It gets its common name from the distinctive helical spirals its leaves form when they dry out.[2] Considered a threatened species, none of its populations are in a protected area.[3]

Carex tasmanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. tasmanica
Binomial name
Carex tasmanica
Synonyms[1]
  • Carex richmondii Boott ex C.B.Clarke
  • Echinochlaenia tasmanica (Kük.) Fedde & J.Schust.

References
  1. "Carex tasmanica Kük". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. "Curly Sedge". Grasslands: Biodiversity of South-Eastern Australia. Department of Education and Training, State of Victoria. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. Gilfedder, L.; Kirkpatrick, JB (1996). "The distribution, ecology and management of two rare Tasmanian sedges - Schoenus absconditus Kuk. and Carex tasmanica Kuk". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 130: 31–40. doi:10.26749/rstpp.130.1.31.


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