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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 praecox, the spring sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Europe, western Asia, and Mongolia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Its diploid chromosome number is 2n=58, with some uncertainty.
A. Carex × abitibiana; Carex aboriginum; Carex abrupta; Carex abscondita; Carex acaulis; Carex accrescens; Carex acidicola; Carex acocksii; Carex acuta; Carex acutata
Carex hordeistichos, called barley sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to northwest Africa, southern, central and eastern Europe, and western Asia as far as Iran and Kazakhstan. [2] Its chromosome number is 2n=58, with numerous variants reported. [3]
Each perigynia will be on average 1.7–2.7 mm long and 1.2–1.7 mm wide, forming a bottle shape towards the open apex. [5] In Carex this is termed a "beak" and can be seen drastically tapering in C. arctogena compared to the perigynia's otherwise reasonably rounded main body. [5]
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.
Carex reznicekii, known as Reznicek's sedge, is a species of Carex native to North America. It is a perennial. [1] Described initially from a New York population, this species was named in 2006 in honor of the botanist Anton Reznicek, a specialist in the genus Carex. [2] [3]