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Carex sect. Ovales Kunth
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taxon name: Carex sect. Ovales
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publication: FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
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taxon status: accepted
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Carex sect. Ovales
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Kunth
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accepted
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2097
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herb
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North America
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Mexico
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West Indies
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Bermuda
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Central America
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South America
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Eurasia
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Plants usually densely cespitose, rarely colonial, short-rhizomatous.
Property / taxon description fragment: Plants usually densely cespitose, rarely colonial, short-rhizomatous. / rank
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Culms brown at base.
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Leaves: basal sheaths somewhat fibrous;
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blades V-shaped in cross-section when young, smooth, sometimes minutely papillose.
Property / taxon description fragment: blades V-shaped in cross-section when young, smooth, sometimes minutely papillose. / rank
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Inflorescences racemose, with 2–20+ spikes, 1–1.5 times as long as wide in fruit;
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proximal bracts scalelike or bristlelike, rarely leaflike, not more than 5 cm, not more than 2 times as long as inflorescences, sheathless;
Property / taxon description fragment: proximal bracts scalelike or bristlelike, rarely leaflike, not more than 5 cm, not more than 2 times as long as inflorescences, sheathless; / rank
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lateral spikes gynecandrous or pistillate, sessile, not prophyllate;
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terminal spikes gynecandrous.
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Proximal pistillate scales with apex obtuse to acuminate or awned.
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Perigynia erect to spreading, veined or veinless on both faces, sometimes stipitate, linear to orbiculate, flat to planoconvex, base tapering to rounded, margins winged or rarely narrowly ridged, entire, apex tapering to rounded to beak, smooth or, rarely, papillose;
Property / taxon description fragment: Perigynia erect to spreading, veined or veinless on both faces, sometimes stipitate, linear to orbiculate, flat to planoconvex, base tapering to rounded, margins winged or rarely narrowly ridged, entire, apex tapering to rounded to beak, smooth or, rarely, papillose; / rank
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Property / taxon description fragment: Perigynia erect to spreading, veined or veinless on both faces, sometimes stipitate, linear to orbiculate, flat to planoconvex, base tapering to rounded, margins winged or rarely narrowly ridged, entire, apex tapering to rounded to beak, smooth or, rarely, papillose; / reference
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beak with abaxial suture, margins entire, apex bidentatate.
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Stigmas 2.
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Achenes biconvex, smaller than bodies of perigynia, with short apiculus formed by persistent base of style;
Property / taxon description fragment: Achenes biconvex, smaller than bodies of perigynia, with short apiculus formed by persistent base of style; / rank
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style deciduous, base not enlarged.
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morphology statement value: short-rhizomatous
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morphology statement value: 2+ times as long as inflorescences
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morphology statement value to: acuminate or awned
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Latest revision as of 12:38, 24 June 2022

Carex sect. Ovales is a taxon with the rank section within the genus Carex
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Carex sect. Ovales Kunth
Carex sect. Ovales is a taxon with the rank section within the genus Carex

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    taxon/id/Carex sect. Ovales Kunth
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    Carex sect. Ovales Kunth
    Carex sect. Ovales
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    North America
    Mexico
    West Indies
    Bermuda
    Central America
    South America
    Eurasia
    Plants usually densely cespitose, rarely colonial, short-rhizomatous.
    Culms brown at base.
    Leaves: basal sheaths somewhat fibrous;
    blades V-shaped in cross-section when young, smooth, sometimes minutely papillose.
    Inflorescences racemose, with 2–20+ spikes, 1–1.5 times as long as wide in fruit;
    proximal bracts scalelike or bristlelike, rarely leaflike, not more than 5 cm, not more than 2 times as long as inflorescences, sheathless;
    lateral spikes gynecandrous or pistillate, sessile, not prophyllate;
    terminal spikes gynecandrous.
    Proximal pistillate scales with apex obtuse to acuminate or awned.
    Perigynia erect to spreading, veined or veinless on both faces, sometimes stipitate, linear to orbiculate, flat to planoconvex, base tapering to rounded, margins winged or rarely narrowly ridged, entire, apex tapering to rounded to beak, smooth or, rarely, papillose;
    beak with abaxial suture, margins entire, apex bidentatate.
    Achenes biconvex, smaller than bodies of perigynia, with short apiculus formed by persistent base of style;
    style deciduous, base not enlarged.