Spring rushes
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The spring rushes ( Blysmus , singular: spring rushes) are a genus of plants that belongs to the sour grass family ( Cyperaceae ). In the past, they were also placed in the larger genus of cornices ( Scirpus ).
description
The spring rushes are perennial plants with a leafy stalk and a terminal inflorescence consisting of sessile spikelets arranged in two rows. The spikelets are multi-flowered, their husks are arranged in a spiral. The flower has 3 stamens and 2 stigmas . The fruits are lentil-like nuts.
Systematics
Four species are known in this genus:
- Compressed spring rush ( Blysmus compressus (L.) Panz. Ex Link ): It occurs with two subspecies and two varieties from Europe to the Himalayas.
- Blysm mongolicola Kitag. : The home is Mongolia.
- Red spring rush ( Blysmus rufus (Huds.) Link ): It occurs from Europe to Mongolia and in sub-Arctic America to Canada.
- Blysmus sinocompressus Tang & FT Wang : It occurs in three varieties from Mongolia to China.
literature
- Wolfram Schultze Motel: Scirpus . In: Gustav Hegi : Illustrated flora of Central Europe . Volume II, Part 1: 3rd edition. 1967-1975. Paul Parey, Berlin / Hamburg, ISBN 3-489-54020-4 , pp. 10-42.
- Robert Anthony DeFilipps: Blysmus Panzer . In: Thomas Gaskell Tutin and others: Flora Europaea . Volume 5, Cambridge University Press, 1980, ISBN 0-521-20108-X , p. 280.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Blysmus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved December 4, 2014.
Web links
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