The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Enum.Pl. 2: 379 (1837)

Type citation

Chile [V Región de Valparaíso, Prov. Valparaíso] "In fossis paludos, prope Concon, Octbr." [1837], Poeppig Coll. pl. Chil. 249 (lectotype designated by Wheeler & Muñoz-Schick, 2007) BM.

Synonyms

• Carex illustranda Steud.

References

• Kunth (1837)

  Kunth, C.S. 1837. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 2

• Wheeler & Muñoz-Schick (2007)

  Wheeler, G. A. and Muñoz-Schick, M. 2007. Carex bracteosa (Cyperaceae) from Chile and its lectotypification. Noticiario Mensual, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Chile) 358: 17-21.

• Muñoz-Schüler et al (2024)

  Muñoz-Schüler, P , García-Moro, P , Márquez-Corro, J I , Penneckamp,, D , Sanz-Arnal, M , Martín-Bravo, S and Jiménez-Mejías, P 2024. The Genus Carex (Cyperaceae) in Chile: A General Update of Its Knowledge, With an Identification Key. Gayana Botánica 80(2):103-132.

Regions

Valparaíso, Metropolitana, Del General Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, Maule, Biobío, Araucanía and Los Lagos

Habitat

Mediterranean, Coastal matorral, Central plain steppe, Mountain matorral & sclerophyllous forest and Wetlands

Distribution and habitat

A common species occuring from sea level to 750 m in the western foothills of the Andes westward to the coast. It mainly grows in grasslands but it also occurs in ravines and on the banks of slow-moving streams and even in sand dunes (Muñoz-Schick, 2007)

Descriptions

• Wheeler & Muñoz-Schick (2007)

Habit

Perennial 20-40 cm tall. Fruits mature from October to February.