Common name
English: Greater pond sedge
German: Ufer-Segge
Mandarin: 泽生薹草 (ze sheng tai cao)
Portuguese: Junção
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Cyperaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Carex (2)
Epithet: riparia Curt. (1)
Synonyms: Carex exaltata Peterm., Trasus riparius (Curtis) Gray
exaltata => highest, most eminent
riparia => of or belonging to the bank of a river
riparius => of or belonging to the bank of a river
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green
External links
Check for Carex riparia at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [997] Carex riparia - Plants For A Future
- [1714] Carex riparia - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz