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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.
Carex rorulenta is a carpet-forming plant, distinguished from other Carex species because of its short stems and thin leaves. Leaves are dark green and pubescent. Leaves are dark green and pubescent. The flowers are unobtrusive, and appear at the ends of a filiform leaf-stalk. [ 2 ]
The genus Carex, the sedges, is one of the largest genera of flowering plants, containing of over 2000 species, according to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. [1] In May 2015, the Global Carex Group argued for a broader circumscription of Carex , which added all the species formerly classified in Cymophyllus (1 species), Kobresia (c. 60 species ...
Carex brevicollis is a species of sedge (genus Carex), found in Spain, France, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the former Yugoslavia, Anatolia, the north Caucasus, and the Transcaucasus. [2] It prefers to grow in calcareous mountain grasslands. [3]
Carex sempervirens, called the evergreen sedge, is a species of tussock-forming flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to the mountains of Europe. [2] It is common in nutrient-limited grasslands above and below the treeline.
Carex maritima, called the curved sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, with a bipolar distribution in mountains and cold regions. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It dispersed in the Pleistocene from the northern to the southern hemisphere.
Carex aematorhyncha is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, native to South America. [1] It was first formally named in 1854 in the sixth volume of Flora chilena. [2] [3] Two are varieties are accepted: [1] Carex aematorhyncha var. aematorhyncha Desv. Carex aematorhyncha var. corralensis (Phil.) Kük.
Carex canescens L. (syn. C. cinerea Poll.;C. curta Gooden.) is a perennial species of plants in the family Cyperaceae growing in damp forests and wetlands.It is widespread across much of Europe, [1] Asia, Australia, New Guinea, North America, Greenland [2] and southern South America.