Carex aematorhyncha

Carex aematorhyncha (common name: blood beak sedge)^[1] is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to South America.^[2] It was first formally named in 1854 in the sixth volume of Flora Chilena.^[3][4]

Carex aematorhyncha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. aematorhyncha
Binomial name
Carex aematorhyncha Desv.
Synonyms
List Carex filiformis subsp. aematorhyncha (Desv.) Kük.' Carex filiformis var. aematorhyncha(Desv.) W.Boott Carex aematorhyncha var. corralensis (Phil.) Kük. Carex campyloxys Steud. Carex corralensis Phil. Carex filiformis var. gracilis Kurtz ex Kük. Carex potamostauros Steud.

Two varieties are accepted:^[2]

• Carex aematorhyncha var. aematorhyncha Desv.
• Carex aematorhyncha var. corralensis (Phil.) Kük.

Distribution and habitat

The species is endemic to Central and southern Chile to the Falkland Islands.^[5]