Kobresia

Japanese: Kobresia
Kobresia

... The Carex genus is the largest genus in the Cyperaceae family, with approximately 1,800 species known worldwide, with the greatest number in Asia and North America, and fewer in Africa and South America. Primitive sedges and the even more primitive genus Kobresia , closely related to Carex, are commonly found in the Himalayas, southern China, and Southeast Asia, and it is believed that sedges originated in these areas. C. morrowii Boott is a beautiful, common sedge endemic to Japan, and grows mainly in mountain forests on the Pacific coast from Fukushima Prefecture west to Kyushu. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kobresia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… スゲ属Carexはカヤツリグサ科の中では最大の属で,世界中に約1800種も知られ,アジアと北アメリカに最も種が多く,アフリカと南アメリカに少ない。原始的な形をしたスゲと,スゲ属に近縁でさらに原始的なヒゲハリスゲ属Kobresiaがヒマラヤ山地,中国南部と東南アジアに多く見られ,スゲの起源はこのあたりにあると見られる。 カンスゲC.morrowii Boottは,美しく,最も普通の形をした日本特産のスゲで,福島県以西,九州までの主として太平洋側の山林に生える。…

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