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Carex kobomugi Ohwi

Protologue Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. v. No. 3, 281 (1930).IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (79).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (79).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (32).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (32).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (29).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (29).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (42).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (42).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (80).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (80).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (40).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (40).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (36).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (36).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (38).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (38).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (37).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (37).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (30).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (30).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (35).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (35).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (41).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (41).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (31).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (31).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (33).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (33).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (43).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (43).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (34).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (34).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (39).JPG

Carex macrocephala var. kobomugi--Japan. Hokkaido. Toyotomi-cho. 4 Aug 2016. DSC01106 (39).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Occurrences

D. Boufford 43938

August 4, 2016

Location

Japan, Hokkaido, Hokkaido (Teshio, Toyosato)

44.769583, 142.058083

Location Remarks

Highway 40, c. 5 km south of Teshio-Nakagawa, near km 154. 37 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Beach dune sand.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Carex

Specific Epithet

kobomugi

Authorship

Ohwi

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.5

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

#295,216 of 335,497

Top 88%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Carex macrocephala subsp. kobomugi (Ohwi) Miyabe & Kudo

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy