kobresia

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

kobresia (plural kobresias)

1. (botany) Any member of the genus Kobresia of plants in the sedge family.
   • 2016 January 20, “Effects of Supplementary Feeding on the Breeding Ecology of the Buff-Throated Partridge in a Tibetan Sacred Site, China”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Alpine meadows, primarily composed of Sichuan kobresia (Kobresia setchwanensis) made up a smaller proportion of the tree-line mosaic.