Carex sect. Griseae (L. H. Bailey) Kükenthal in H. G. A. Engler (Q213)

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Carex sect. Griseae is a taxon with the rank section within the genus Carex
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Carex sect. Griseae (L. H. Bailey) Kükenthal in H. G. A. Engler
Carex sect. Griseae is a taxon with the rank section within the genus Carex

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    taxon/id/Carex sect. Griseae (L.H. Bailey) Kükenthal
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    Carex sect. Griseae (L.H. Bailey) Kükenthal
    Carex sect. Griseae
    (L.H. Bailey) Kükenthal
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    North America
    Mexico
    Plants cespitose or not, short to long rhizomatous.
    Culms brown or purple at base.
    Leaves: basal sheaths not fibrous;
    blades M-shaped in cross-section when young, adaxial side of blade with 2 lateral-veins more prominent than midvein, widest blades not more than 6 mm, glabrous or sheaths hispidulous.
    Inflorescences racemose, with (1–) 3–6 spikes;
    proximal nonbasal bracts leaflike, long sheathing;
    lateral spikes pistillate or rarely androgynous, sometimes 1–2 basal, pedunculate, prophyllate;
    terminal spike staminate.
    Proximal pistillate scales with apex rough-awned, awn to 8.3 mm.
    Perigynia ascending, yellowbrown to dark-brown when mature, distinctly impressed veined, ovoid or obovoid to narrowly elliptic, rounded-trigonous or round in cross-section, base tapering or rounded, apex rounded or somewhat tapering, abruptly contracted to beak or beakless, glabrous;
    beak straight or excurved, 0–1.3 mm, orifice entire.
    Achenes trigonous, smaller than bodies of perigynia;