Cutting (cladium)
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Rush edge ( Cladium mariscus ) |
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The cutting ( Cladium ) are a genus of plants within the sour grass family (Cyperaceae). This genus, which is widespread worldwide, has about three species, of which only the rush edge ( Cladium mariscus ) is native to Central Europe.
description
Cladium species grow as perennial herbaceous plants . The long, grass-like leaves have a very sharp, finely serrated leaf edge that can easily injure humans and animals; hence the German common name cutting for the genus is derived. The multi-branched inflorescences are on 1 to 3 meter high stems.
distribution
The cutting edges are distributed worldwide in the tropical to temperate zones. The rush edge ( Cladium mariscus ) is native to practically all of Europe, but is also found on other continents - in other subspecies of this species, some of which were also regarded as separate species. The subspecies Cladium mariscus subsp. californicum native to the southwestern United States and Mexico , the subspecies Cladium mariscus subsp. jamaicense in tropical America, for example in the Everglades in Florida .
Systematics
The genus Cladium was established in 1756 by Patrick Browne in The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts , p. 114.
The system of the genre is viewed as controversial; it includes one to four species, but sometimes up to 60 species have been distinguished. Here is the list of species according to the Kew Checklist of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew :
- Cladium costatum Steyerm. : The home is the southern Venezuela to the Roraima massif of Guayana.
- Cladium mariscoides (Muhl.) Torr. : The home is Canada and the USA.
- Rush edge ( Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl) : It occurs in Eurasia, America, North Africa, Australia and the south-western Pacific. It comprises four subspecies.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Cladium. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved April 19, 2020.
