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Carex
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Common Names
Sedges or "True" Sedges to differentiate them from other members of Cyperaceae.
Latin Synonyms
Linnaean Rank
Genus
Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy
| Cyperaceae | |
| Bulboschoenus | |
| Bulbostylis | |
| Carex | |
| Cladium | |
| Cyperus | |
| Eleocharis | |
| Eriophorum | |
| Fimbristylis | |
| Fuirena | |
| Kyllinga | |
| Mariscus | |
| Rhynchospora | |
| Schoenoplectus | |
| Scirpus | |
| Scleria | |
| Trichophorum | |
Explanation of phylogenetic trees
Lineage
Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura, Eukaryota, Bikonta, Archaeplastida, Plantae, Streptobionta, Embryophyta, Tracheophyta, Euphyllophytina, Spermatophyta, Angiospermae,--, Cyperaceae
Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy
| Carex | |
| C. nigricans | |
| C. pauciflora | |
| C. anthoxanthea | |
| C. nardina | |
| C. miacrocephala | |
| C. stipata | |
| C. macloviana | |
| C. aenea | |
| C. disperma | |
| C. canescens | |
| C. deweyana | |
| C. laeviculmis | |
| C. aurea | |
| C. enanderi | |
| C. kelloggii | |
| C. sitchensis | |
| C. obnupta | |
| C. lyngbyei | |
| C. rossii | |
| C. mertensii | |
| C. stylosa | |
| C. pluriflora | |
| C. macrochaeta | |
| C. livida | |
| C. viridula | |
| C. rostrata | |
Explanation of phylogenetic trees
Morphology
Members of Carex have their ovary and fruit (achene) enclosed in a membranous sac (the perigynium) in the axil of a single sclae-like bract.
Distribution
Ecology
Evolution
Development
Ethnobotany
Population
Notes and Comments
References
Literature
Pojar and MacKinnon. Plants of the pacific northwest. 1994. Lone Pine Publishing.
Information on the Internet
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