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.
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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
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Plants cespitose, short-rhizomatous.
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Culms brown at base.
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Leaves: basal sheaths fibrous;
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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.
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Inflorescences racemose, with (3–) 4–6 spikes;
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proximal bracts leaflike, sheathless or very short-sheathing;
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lateral spikes pistillate or gynecandrous with few staminate flowers, pedunculate, prophyllate;
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terminal spike gynecandrous.
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Proximal pistillate scales with apex acute or mucronate.
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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;
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beak bent, to 0.2 mm, orifice entire or emarginate.
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Achenes concavely trigonous, smaller than and loosely enclosed by bodies of perigynia;
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