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Carex is a vast genus of over 2,000 species [2] of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus Carex may be called true sedges, and it is the most species-rich genus in the family. The study of Carex is known ...
Carex ligulata is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. [2] Carex ligulata is native to Asia from India to Japan. [ 2 ] It grows in a variety of habitats, including grasslands, forests, mountain slopes, and riparian areas.
A. Carex × abitibiana; Carex aboriginum; Carex abrupta; Carex abscondita; Carex acaulis; Carex accrescens; Carex acidicola; Carex acocksii; Carex acuta; Carex acutata
Carex curvula, the Alpine sedge (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the Pyrenees, the ...
Carex bicolor is a tufted perennial sedge growing to a height of about 7 to 12 cm (3 to 5 in). The grass-like leaves are mostly basal, greyish-green with blades up to 60 mm (2.4 in) long and 1 mm (0.04 in) wide, linear, strongly keeled, with parallel veins and long pointed tips.
Utricles are yellowish, much longer and broader than glume, ovate when young, and strongly inflated globose or elliptic at maturity, 1–1.5 × 0.5–1 cm, membranous, yellowish orange or brownish veined, with a rounded base and an apex contracted into a short beak. Flowers and fruits between April and May. [3]
Carex bulbostylis, known as the false hair sedge, is a species of sedge native to the southcentral and southeastern United States. [2] It was first formally named by Kenneth Mackenzie in 1915. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is also known as the eastern narrowleaf sedge , [ 2 ] thick style sedge , [ 2 ] and globose sedge .
Carex ledongensis is a species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae. [1] Found in the tropical monsoon rainforests of Hainan Island , China, it was described as a new species in 2020. It shares similarities with the species Carex pseudotristachya but exhibits distinct characteristics that set it apart.