Carex dioica

Carex dioica
A female individual's inflorescence
A male individual's inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. dioica
Binomial name
Carex dioica L. [1]
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]

References

1. Sp. Pl.: 972 (1753)
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.