Carex cuprina (Heuff.) A. Kern. (syn. Carex otrubae Podp.)

Taxonomy: Fam. Cyperaceae// Genus: Carex// Species: Carex cuprina (Heuff.) A. Kern.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater in Tutin et al. (1980) as Carex cuprina (Heuff.) A. Kern., Publ. Fac. Sci. Univ. Masaryk 12: 15 (1922). The accepted name in The Euro+Med Plantbase (source: Jiménez-Mejías & Luceño, 2011+) is Carex cuprina (Heuff.) A. Kern. in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 13: 566. 1863.

Distribution: Native to Macaronesia, Europe, from the Mediterranean to Pakistan and Xinjiang according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Wet habitats – streams, river banks.

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Late spring to early summer: MAY, JUN.

*Carex cuprina* – habit. Osogovo – near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Carex cuprina* – inflorescence with utricles. Osogovo – near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Carex cuprina* – stems with leaves. Osogovo – near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – ligule. Osogovo – near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – leaf sheath. Osogovo – near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – stem. Osogovo – near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – basal sheaths. Osogovo – near village of Beli, 02.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – habit. Osogovo – region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – inflorescence. Osogovo – region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – stems with inflorescence and leaves. Osogovo – region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – leaves. Osogovo – region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – stem. Osogovo – region between the villages of Pantelej and Rajchani, 20.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski..

*Carex cuprina* – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Carex cuprina* – inflorescence. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Carex cuprina* – spikelets with developed female flowers. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Carex cuprina* – spikelets with developing urticles and male flowers on top of spikelet. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Carex cuprina* – inflorescence with developing urticles and male flowers on top of spikelet. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Carex cuprina* – spikelets with developing urticles. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Carex cuprina* – leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Carex cuprina* – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, “Shtalkovicka” River near village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Carex cuprina. Jiménez-Mejías, P. & Luceño, M. (2011+): Cyperaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8764fbbe-f5ad-4d36-96b3-b20a7d403904 [Accessed 03.08.2022].

Carex otrubae Podp. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:301371-1 [Accessed 03.08.2022].

Carex L. Chater, A. O. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 290 – 323.

Last update: 27.12.2023.

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