Carex baccans

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Cyperaceae
Subfamilia: Cyperoideae
Tribus: Cariceae
Genus: Carex
Species: Carex baccans
Name

Carex baccans Nees in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 122 (1834).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Carex baccans f. normalis Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 747 (1891), not validly publ.
Heterotypic
Carex curvirostris Kunze, Suppl. Riedgräs.: 79 (1841).
Carex recurvirostra Kunze, Suppl. Riedgräs.: 79 (1841).
Carex javanica Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 1: 43 (1888).
Carex baccans f. aurantiaca Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 747 (1891).
Carex baccans f. nigra Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 747 (1891).
Carex baccans f. recurvirostris Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 747 (1891).
Carex baccans var. siccifructus C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 723 (1894).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in R. Wight 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 122.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Carex baccans in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Dec 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Carex baccans. Published online. Accessed: Dec 14 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Carex baccans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Dec 2019.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Vernacular names
English: Crimson Seeded Sedge
中文: 紅果薹

Carex baccans, the crimson-seeded sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, with a widespread distribution in subtropical and tropical Asia; most of the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, most of Malesia (except Borneo), and on to New Guinea.[1][2] An endophytic bacteria species, Glycomyces endophyticus, has been isolated from its roots.[3]
References

"Carex baccans Nees". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
"Carex baccans (CRXBA)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022. "Authority: Wright"
Qin, S.; Wang, H.-B.; Chen, H.-H.; Zhang, Y.-Q.; Jiang, C.-L.; Xu, L.-H.; Li, W.-J. (2008). "Glycomyces endophyticus sp. nov., an endophytic actinomycete isolated from the root of Carex baccans Nees". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58 (11): 2525–2528. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.2008/000398-0. PMID 18984687.