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true sedges
Carex
Carex is a vast genus of almost 2,000 species of grassy plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the Cyperaceae family 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 as caricology.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Carex subg. Carex
subgenusCarex
Carex subg. Vignea
subgenusVignea
Carex subg. Uncinia
subgenusUncinia
Carex subg. Euthyceras
subgenusEuthyceras
Carex subg. Psyllophorae
subgenusPsyllophorae
Carex subg. Siderosticta
subgenusSiderosticta
Carex schlagintweitiana
speciesCarex schlagintweitiana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Carex in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48571.