Carex dioica

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Carex dioica
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A female individual's inflorescence
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A male individual's inflorescence
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. dioica
Binomial name
Carex dioica
Synonyms [2]
List
    • Carex casterianaHeer ex Boott
    • Carex chlamydeaNorman
    • Carex dioiscostrongylaSt.-Lag.
    • Carex laevisHoppe
    • Carex linnaeanaHost
    • Carex linnaeiDegl.
    • Carex metteniana(O.Lang) C.B.Lehm. ex Schur
    • Carex nigricansDewey
    • Caricinella laevis(Heuff.) St.-Lag.
    • Maukschia laevisHeuff.
    • Physiglochis dioica(L.) Raf.
    • Psyllophora dioica(L.) Schur
    • Vignea dioica(L.) Rchb.

Carex dioica, the dioecious sedge (a name it shares with Carex sterilis ), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex , native to Iceland, the Faroes, Svalbard, nearly all of Europe, western Siberia, and the Altai. [2] [3] It prefers to live in calcareous fens. [4]

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References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 972 (1753)
  2. 1 2 "Carex dioica L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. "Carex dioica dioecious sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. Proctor, M. C. F.; Bradshaw, M. E. (2013). "Scanning electron micrographs of leaves of British Carex species, 1. Introduction and some common sedges". New Journal of Botany. 3 (3): 197–204. doi:10.1179/2042349713Y.0000000029. S2CID   84280400.