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Carex (English)
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laîche (English)
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Worldwide
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Herbs, perennial, cespitose or not, rhizomatous, rarely stoloniferous.
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Culms usually trigonous, sometimes round.
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Leaves basal and cauline, sometimes all basal;
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ligules present;
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blades flat, V-shaped, or M-shaped in cross-section, rarely filiform, involute, or rounded, commonly less than 20 mm wide, if flat then with distinct midvein.
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Inflorescences terminal, consisting of spikelets borne in spikes arranged in spikes, racemes, or panicles;
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bracts subtending spikes leaflike or scalelike;
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bracts subtending spikelets scalelike, very rarely leaflike.
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Spikelets 1-flowered;
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scales 0–1.
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Flowers unisexual;
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staminate flowers without scales;
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pistillate flowers with 1 scale with fused margins (perigynium) enclosing flower, open only at apex;
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perianth absent;
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stamens 1–3;
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styles deciduous or variously persistent, linear, 2–3 (–4) -fid.
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x = 10.
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Carex is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Cariceae
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Carex Linnaeus
Carex is a taxon with the rank genus within the tribe Cariceae

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    taxon/id/Carex Linnaeus
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    Carex Linnaeus
    Carex
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Carex (English)
    laîche (English)
    Herbs, perennial, cespitose or not, rhizomatous, rarely stoloniferous.
    Culms usually trigonous, sometimes round.
    Leaves basal and cauline, sometimes all basal;
    blades flat, V-shaped, or M-shaped in cross-section, rarely filiform, involute, or rounded, commonly less than 20 mm wide, if flat then with distinct midvein.
    Inflorescences terminal, consisting of spikelets borne in spikes arranged in spikes, racemes, or panicles;
    bracts subtending spikes leaflike or scalelike;
    bracts subtending spikelets scalelike, very rarely leaflike.
    Spikelets 1-flowered;
    Flowers unisexual;
    staminate flowers without scales;
    pistillate flowers with 1 scale with fused margins (perigynium) enclosing flower, open only at apex;
    styles deciduous or variously persistent, linear, 2–3 (–4) -fid.