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Carex subg. Carex

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Subgenus of sedges

Carex subg. Carex
Carex riparia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Carex
Type species
Carex hirta
L.

Carex subg. Carex is a subgenus of the sedge genus Carex. It is the largest of the four traditionally recognised subgenera, containing around 1400 of the 2000 species in the genus. Its members are characterised by the presence of one or more exclusively male (staminate) terminal spikes, quite dissimilar in appearance from the lateral female (pistillate) spikes below. In most species, the female flowers have three stigmas, but a few species, including Carex nigra, have female flowers with only two stigmas.

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References

  1. Julian R. Starr; Stephen A. Harris; David A. Simpson (2008). "Phylogeny of the unispicate taxa in Cyperaceae Tribe Cariceae II: the limits of Uncinia". In Robert F. C. Naczi; Bruce A. Ford (eds.). Sedges: Uses, Diversity, and Systematics of the Cyperaceae (PDF). Monographs in Systematic Botany. Vol. 180. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. ISBN 9781930723726. Archived from the original (PDF proof) on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  2. ^ A. C. Jermy; D. A. Simpson; M. J. Y. Foley; M. S. Porter (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. BSBI Handbook No. 1 (3rd ed.). Botanical Society of the British Isles. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-901158-35-2.
Taxon identifiers
Carex subg. Carex


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