Carex remota

Carex remota
	Ripening seedhead
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; L.
Synonyms
	List Caricina remota (L.) St.-Lag.; Diemisa remota (L.) Raf.; Vignea remota (L.) Rchb.; ;

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,^[a] C. otrubae, C. paniculata, and C. spicata.^[5]

Description

Remote sedge forms grass-like clumps up to 75 cm tall by 30 cm in diameter. The stems are green, trigonous (i.e. triangular in section) and faintly serrated above the top leaf (which is, technically, the peduncle). The leaves are 30–60 cm long, v-shaped and upright, turning flat and drooping towards the tips, bright green and finely serrated. The inflorescence consists of 4–10 sessile spikes which corkscrew up the stem, typically about 5 mm long and very pale green.^[6]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted:^[2]

Carex remota subsp. remota
Carex remota subsp. stewartii Kukkonen

In its typical habitat

Notes

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

References

^ Fl. Angl.: 24 (1754)
^ ^a ^b ^c "Carex remota L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
^ 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.
^ Barbara Wilson; Carex Working Group (February 2008). "The Carex leporina/ovalis/leporina name problem". www.carexworkinggroup.com. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ 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.
^ Jermy, A.C.; Simpson, D.A; Foley, M.J.Y.; Porter, M.S (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. London: Botanical Society of the British Isles. ISBN 978-0-901158-35-2.