Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Carex umbricola
Cyperaceae Juss.
Carex umbricola K.L.Wilson , legitimate, scientific
Global Carex Group (2015), Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 37 APC [nom. nov.]
replaced synonym: Uncinia riparia R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Carex riparia (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg.
  • APC Comment: Treated as Uncinia riparia in Tas.
  • APC Dist.: Vic, Tas
  • Etymology: "From the Latin umbra, shade, and -cola, the Latin for a dweller, referring to the shady habitat preferred by this species."
  • Comment: nom. nov., non Carex riparia Curtis (1783).