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	Carex hostiana DC.

Fam.: Cyperaceae / Sedge Fam.

Genus: Carex L.

Authors:
	DC.:	Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle (1778 - 1841), Swiss botanist
	L.:	Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Carex:	carere = missing (seeds are missing at the upper male spike of many species)
	hostiana:	Nicolaus Thomas Host (1761 - 1834), Austrian physician and botanist (HOST)

Fig. 1: Carex hostiana / Tawny Sedge
D Offenburg 22.5.2020

Fig. 2: Carex hostiana / Tawny Sedge
D Offenburg 22.5.2020

Fig. 3: Carex hostiana / Tawny Sedge
D Offenburg 22.5.2020

Fig. 4: Carex hostiana / Tawny Sedge
D Offenburg 22.5.2020

Fig. 5: Carex hostiana / Tawny Sedge
D Kempten 22.5.2009

Fig. 6: Carex hostiana / Tawny Sedge
D Kempten 22.5.2009

Fig. 7: Carex hostiana / Tawny Sedge
D Kempten 22.5.2009

Fig. 8: Carex hostiana / Tawny Sedge
IRL County Galway, Lough Corrib 17.6.2012

Fig. 9: Carex hostiana / Tawny Sedge
IRL County Galway, Lough Corrib 17.6.2012

Fig. 10: Carex hostiana / Tawny Sedge
IRL County Galway, Lough Corrib 17.6.2012

Carex hostiana ? / Tawny Sedge, F Jura, Bannans 5.5.2023

Fig. 11: Carex hostiana ? / Tawny Sedge (horse pasture on former hill-moor)
F Jura, Bannans 5.5.2023

Fig. 12: Carex hostiana ? / Tawny Sedge (horse pasture on former hill-moor)
F Jura, Bannans 5.5.2023

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