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Genus of grass-like plants
Kobresia is a genus of plants in the
sedge family . They are sometimes called bog sedges . These perennial sedges are quite similar to
Carex species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of
Europe ,
Asia and
North America , with many species native to the
Himalayas .
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Species
Kobresia burangensis Y.C.Yang – Tibet
Kobresia capillifolia (Decne.) C.B.Clarke – Central Asia, Himalayas, Tuva region of Siberia, Mongolia, central and western China including Tibet and Xinjiang
Kobresia cercostachys (Franch.) C.B.Clarke – Eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan
Kobresia condensata (Kük.) S.R.Zhang & Noltie – Sichuan, Yunnan
Kobresia cuneata Kük – Tibet to central China
Kobresia curticeps (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan
Kobresia curvirostris (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Thailand
Kobresia duthiei C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India
Kobresia esbirajbhandarii Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal
Kobresia esenbeckii (Kunth) Noltie – Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India, Myanmar
Kobresia falcata F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li – Sichuan, Gansu
Kobresia filicina (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India
Kobresia filifolia (Turcz.) C.B.Clarke – Siberia, Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Shanxi
Kobresia fissiglumis C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India
Kobresia fragilis C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Sikkim
Kobresia gammiei C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet
Kobresia gandakiensis Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal, Sikkim
Kobresia graminifolia C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
Kobresia harae Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal
Kobresia hohxilensis R.F.Huang in S.G.Wu & Z.J.Feng – Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet
Kobresia humilis (C.A.Mey. ex Trautv.) Serg. in V.L.Komarov – Caucasus, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Himalayas, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia
Kobresia inflata P.C.Li in S.Y.Jin & Y.L.Chen – Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan
Kobresia kanaii Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal
Kobresia kansuensis Kük – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
Kobresia karakorumensis Dickoré – Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Tibet, Xinjiang
Kobresia kobresioidea (Kük.) J.Kern – Sumatra
Kobresia kuekenthaliana Hand.-Mazz. – Sichuan
Kobresia laxa Nees in R.Wight – Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Tibet, Bhutan
Kobresia littledalei C.B.Clarke – Sichuan, Tibet
Kobresia loliacea F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li – Tibet, Yunnan
Kobresia macrantha Boeckeler – Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Nepal, Tibet
Kobresia macrolepis Meinsh. – Caucasus
Kobresia mallae Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal
Kobresia myosuroides (Vill.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al. – northern and central Europe and Asia from Spain and Iceland to Korea and the Kuril Islands, including Siberia, China, Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, etc.; also Greenland, Alaska, much of Canada and the mountains of the Western United States
Kobresia nepalensis (Nees) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Himalayas from Pakistan to Bhutan; Tibet, Yunnan
Kobresia nitens C.B.Clarke – Pakistan, Nepal, northern India
Kobresia prainii Kük – Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan
Kobresia pusilla N.A.Ivanova – Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet
Kobresia pygmaea (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – much of China; Himalayas from Pakistan to Myanmar
Kobresia rcsrivastavae Jana – Uttarakhand
Kobresia robusta Maxim. – Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet
Kobresia royleana (Nees) Boeckeler – Central Asia, Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan Afghanistan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Kobresia sanguinea (Boott) Raymond – Pakistan, Kashmir
Kobresia schoenoides (C.A.Mey.) Steud – Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, Himalayas, China
Kobresia setschwanensis Hand.-Mazz. – Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
Kobresia sibirica (Turcz.) Boeckeler – Arctic Russia, Mongolia, Alaska, Arctic Canada, British Columbia, Colorado, Wyoming
Kobresia sikkimensis Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Sikkim, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam
Kobresia simpliciuscula (Wahlenb.) Mack. – northern and central Europe from Britain and Spain to Kamchatka; Alaska, Greenland, much of Canada, mountains of western United States
Kobresia smirnovii N.A.Ivanova – Altai, Kazakhstan, Mongolia
Kobresia squamiformis Y.C.Yang – Sikkim, Tibet, Gansu
Kobresia tibetica Maxim. – Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan
Kobresia tunicata Hand.-Mazz. – Sichuan, Yunnan
Kobresia uncinioides (Boott) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, Yunnan
Kobresia vaginosa C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan
Kobresia vidua (Boott ex C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan
Kobresia woodii Noltie – Bhutan, Tibet
Kobresia yadongensis Y.C.Yang – Tibet
Kobresia yangii S.R.Zhang – Sichuan
References
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Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 269, 嵩草属 song cao shu, Kobresia Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4: 205. 1805.
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Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 252, Kobresia Willdenow, Sp. Pl. 4(1): 205. 1805.
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H.J. Noltie (1993). Notes relating to the Flora of Bhutan: XIX. Kobresia (Cyperaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 50, pp 39-50 .
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10.1017/S0960428600000640 .
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Flora of Pakistan, V. 206 Page 177, Kobresia Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 205. 1805; C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 694. 1894.
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