Carex sect. Shortianae (L. H. Bailey) Mackenzie in N. L. Britton et al. (Q542)

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Carex sect. Shortianae is a taxon with the rank section within the genus Carex
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Carex sect. Shortianae (L. H. Bailey) Mackenzie in N. L. Britton et al.
Carex sect. Shortianae is a taxon with the rank section within the genus Carex

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    taxon/id/Carex sect. Shortianae (L.H. Bailey) Mackenzie
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    Carex sect. Shortianae (L.H. Bailey) Mackenzie
    Carex sect. Shortianae
    (L.H. Bailey) Mackenzie
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Carex sect. Shortianae
    e North America
    Plants cespitose, short-rhizomatous.
    Culms brown at base.
    Leaves: basal sheaths fibrous;
    blades with 2 lateral-veins on adaxial side more prominent than midvein, M-shaped in cross-section when young, widest leaves not more than 10 mm, glabrous.
    Inflorescences racemose, with (3–) 4–6 spikes;
    proximal bracts leaflike, sheathless or very short-sheathing;
    lateral spikes pistillate or gynecandrous with few staminate flowers, pedunculate, prophyllate;
    terminal spike gynecandrous.
    Proximal pistillate scales with apex acute or mucronate.
    Perigynia rigidly spreading, veinless on faces but with 2 strong marginal veins, stipitate, transversely wrinkled, very broadly obovate, compressedtrigonous in cross-section, base cuneate, apex rounded, abruptly beaked, glabrous;
    beak bent, to 0.2 mm, orifice entire or emarginate.
    Achenes concavely trigonous, smaller than and loosely enclosed by bodies of perigynia;