Cladium

Bins cutting ( Cladium mariscus )

The cutting ( Cladium ) are a genus within the family of Sedge family ( Cyperaceae ). In this world -spread genus there are about three species, of which only the bins cutting ( 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 where humans and animals can easily hurt; therefore, the German common name for the genus is derived from cutting. The much- branched inflorescences stand at 1-3 meter high stems.

Dissemination

The cutting edges are distributed in tropical to temperate zones worldwide. The bins cutting ( Cladium mariscus ) is practically native throughout Europe, but is - in other subspecies of this kind, some of which were considered as separate species - also on the other continents. For example, 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.

System

The genus Cladium was established in 1756 by Patrick Browne in The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts, pp. 114.

The systematics of the genus is considered controversial; it includes one to four species, but in some cases up to 60 species were distinguished. Here is the list of types according to the Kew Checklist of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew:

• Cladium costatum Steyerm.
• Cladium mariscoides ( Muhl. ) Torr.
• Bins cutting ( Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl ): it contains four subspecies.