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''Kobresia'' is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called bog sedges. These perennial sedges are quite similar to '' Carex'' species in appearance. The genus is widespread across much of Europe,
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/ref>Flora of Pakistan, V. 206 Page 177, ''Kobresia'' Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 205. 1805; C.B.Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 694. 1894.
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Species

*'' Kobresia burangensis'' Y.C.Yang – Tibet *'' Kobresia capillifolia'' (Decne.) C.B.Clarke – Central Asia, Himalayas, Tuva region of Siberia, Mongolia, central and western China including Tibet and Xinjiang *'' Kobresia cercostachys'' (Franch.) C.B.Clarke – Eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia condensata'' (Kük.) S.R.Zhang & Noltie – Sichuan, Yunnan *'' Kobresia cuneata'' Kük – Tibet to central China *'' Kobresia curticeps'' (C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan *'' Kobresia curvirostris'' (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Thailand *'' Kobresia duthiei'' C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India *'' Kobresia esbirajbhandarii'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *'' Kobresia esenbeckii'' (Kunth) Noltie – Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India, Myanmar *'' Kobresia falcata'' F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li – Sichuan, Gansu *'' Kobresia filicina'' (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India *'' Kobresia filifolia'' (Turcz.) C.B.Clarke – Siberia, Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Shanxi *'' Kobresia fissiglumis'' C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, northern and eastern India *'' Kobresia fragilis'' C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Sikkim *'' Kobresia gammiei'' C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet *'' Kobresia gandakiensis'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal, Sikkim *'' Kobresia graminifolia'' C.B.Clarke – Nepal, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia harae'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *'' Kobresia hohxilensis'' R.F.Huang in S.G.Wu & Z.J.Feng – Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet *'' Kobresia humilis'' (C.A.Mey. ex Trautv.) Serg. in V.L.Komarov – Caucasus, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Himalayas, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia *'' Kobresia inflata'' P.C.Li in S.Y.Jin & Y.L.Chen – Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia kanaii'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *'' Kobresia kansuensis'' Kük – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan *'' Kobresia karakorumensis'' Dickoré – Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Tibet, Xinjiang *'' Kobresia kobresioidea'' (Kük.) J.Kern – Sumatra *'' Kobresia kuekenthaliana'' Hand.-Mazz. – Sichuan *'' Kobresia laxa'' Nees in R.Wight – Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Tibet, Bhutan *'' Kobresia littledalei'' C.B.Clarke – Sichuan, Tibet *'' Kobresia loliacea'' F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li – Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia macrantha'' Boeckeler – Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Nepal, Tibet *'' Kobresia macrolepis'' Meinsh. – Caucasus *'' Kobresia mallae'' Rajbh. & H.Ohba – Nepal *'' Kobresia myosuroides'' (Vill.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al. – northern and central Europe and Asia from Spain and Iceland to Korea and the Kuril Islands, including Siberia, China, Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, etc.; also Greenland, Alaska, much of Canada and the mountains of the Western United States *'' Kobresia nepalensis'' (Nees) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Himalayas from Pakistan to Bhutan; Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia nitens'' C.B.Clarke – Pakistan, Nepal, northern India *'' Kobresia prainii'' Kük – Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan *'' Kobresia pusilla'' N.A.Ivanova – Gansu, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet *'' Kobresia pygmaea'' (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – much of China; Himalayas from Pakistan to Myanmar *'' Kobresia rcsrivastavae'' Jana – Uttarakhand *'' Kobresia robusta'' Maxim. – Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet *'' Kobresia royleana'' (Nees) Boeckeler – Central Asia, Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan Afghanistan, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand *'' Kobresia sanguinea'' (Boott) Raymond – Pakistan, Kashmir *'' Kobresia schoenoides'' (C.A.Mey.) Steud – Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia, Himalayas, China *'' Kobresia setschwanensis'' Hand.-Mazz. – Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia sibirica'' (Turcz.) Boeckeler – Arctic Russia, Mongolia, Alaska, Arctic Canada, British Columbia, Colorado, Wyoming *'' Kobresia sikkimensis'' Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Sikkim, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam *'' Kobresia simpliciuscula'' (Wahlenb.) Mack. – northern and central Europe from Britain and Spain to Kamchatka; Alaska, Greenland, much of Canada, mountains of western United States *'' Kobresia smirnovii'' N.A.Ivanova – Altai, Kazakhstan, Mongolia *'' Kobresia squamiformis'' Y.C.Yang – Sikkim, Tibet, Gansu *'' Kobresia tibetica'' Maxim. – Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan *'' Kobresia tunicata'' Hand.-Mazz. – Sichuan, Yunnan *'' Kobresia uncinioides'' (Boott) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia vaginosa'' C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan *'' Kobresia vidua'' (Boott ex C.B.Clarke) Kük. in H.G.A.Engler – Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, Yunnan, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan *'' Kobresia woodii'' Noltie – Bhutan, Tibet *'' Kobresia yadongensis'' Y.C.Yang – Tibet *'' Kobresia yangii'' S.R.Zhang – Sichuan


References


External links


Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants ProfileFlora of Pakistan
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