Northwest of the city of Kangding; Zheduo Shan mountain range on road north of Kangding Airport toward Yala Xiang. Boulder fields and ledges, shrub thickets of dwarf (< 0.5 m tall) Rhododendron and meadow-like areas interspersed between thickets, boulders and rock outcrops. 4410-4420 m. elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Hui Ll, Tao Yang

Notes

In gravel beside seldom-used, unpaved road in an area unlikely to be grazed, hence the intact leaves. Inflorescence purple.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Carex

Specific Epithet

lepidochlamys

Authorship

(F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li) S.R.Zhang

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#252,246 of 335,497

Top 76%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Kobresia cuneata Kük.

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy