Carex tasmanica

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

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "Carex tasmanica Kük". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Curly Sedge". Grasslands: Biodiversity of South-Eastern Australia. Department of Education and Training, State of Victoria. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ 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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[302551-1-1] "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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