Carex

Latin cārex (“reed, sedge”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – true sedges.
2. A taxonomic section within the family Cyperaceae – Carex sect. Carex.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Cyperaceae - family; Cyperoideae - subfamily; Cariceae - tribe
• (section in Carex): Poales - order; Cyperaceae - family; Cyperoideae - subfamily; Cariceae - tribe

• (genus): Carex subg. Carex, Carex subg. Psyllophora, Carex subg. Vignea, Carex subg. Vigneastra - subgenera
  • Carex sect. Acrocystis, Carex sect. Albae, Carex sect. Ammoglochin, Carex sect. Anomalae, Carex sect. Aulocystis, Carex sect. Bicolores, Carex sect. Capituligerae, Carex sect. Carex, Carex sect. Careyanae, Carex sect. Ceratocystis, Carex sect. Chlorostachyae, Carex sect. Chordorrhizae, Carex sect. Circinatae, Carex sect. Clandestinae, Carex sect. Collinsiae, Carex sect. Cyperoideae, Carex sect. Deweyanae, Carex sect. Dispermae, Carex sect. Divisae, Carex sect. Dornera, Carex sect. Filifoliae, Carex sect. Firmiculmes, Carex sect. Foetidae, Carex sect. Glareosae, Carex sect. Glaucescentes, Carex sect. Granulares, Carex sect. Griseae, Carex sect. Hallerianae, Carex sect. Heleoglochin, Carex sect. Hirtifoliae, Carex sect. Hispidae, Carex sect. Holarrhenae, Carex sect. Hymenochlaenae, Carex sect. Inflatae, Carex sect. Lamprochlaenae, Carex sect. Laxiflorae, Carex sect. Leptocephalae, Carex sect. Leuchoglochin, Carex sect. Limosae, Carex sect. Longicaules, Carex sect. Lupulinae, Carex sect. Macrocephalae, Carex sect. Mitratae, Carex sect. Multiflorae, Carex sect. Nardinae, Carex sect. Obtusatae, Carex sect. Ovales, Carex sect. Paludosae, Carex sect. Paniceae, Carex sect. Phacocystis, Carex sect. Phaestoglochin, Carex sect. Phyllostachyae, Carex sect. Physoglochin, Carex sect. Pictae, Carex sect. Porocystis, Carex sect. Racemosae, Carex sect. Rhynchocystis, Carex sect. Rostrales, Carex sect. Rupestres, Carex sect. Schiedeanae, Carex sect. Scirpinae, Carex sect. Scitae, Carex sect. Shortianae, Carex sect. Spirostachyae, Carex sect. Squarrosae, Carex sect. Stellulatae, Carex sect. Thuringiaca, Carex sect. Triquetrae, Carex sect. Vesicariae, Carex sect. Vulpinae - sections
    • Carex hirta (hairy sedge) - type species; Carex acuta (acute sage), Carex arenaria (sand sedge), Carex bicknellii (Bicknell’s sedge), Carex brevior (shortbeak sedge), Carex canescens (silvery sedge), Carex chordorrhiza (string sedge), Carex conjuncta (soft fox sedge), Carex ericetorum (rare spring-sedge), Carex flacca (glaucous sedge), Carex castanea (chestnut sedge), Carex cephalophora (oval-headed sedge), Carex crinita (long-hair sedge, fringed sedge), Carex echinata (star sedge), Carex elongata (elongated sedge), Carex enurnea (bristleleaf sedge), Carex geminata (cutty grass), Carex glaucodea (blue wood sedge), Carex gracillima (graceful sedge), Carex inops (longstolon sedge), Carex lasiocarpa (slender sedge), Carex limosa (mud sedge), Carex lurida (sallow sedge), Carex nigra (common sedge), Carex occidentalis (western sedge), Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania sedge), Carex plantaginea (plantainleaf sedge), Carex platyphylla (broadleaf sedge), Carex praticola (northern meadow sedge), Carex riparia (greater pond sedge), Carex stricta (tussock sedge), Carex tumulicola (splitawn sedge), Carex typhina (cat-tail sedge), Carex vesicaria (blister sedge), Carex vulpina (fox sedge), Carex woodii (pretty sedge) - selected other species; for more species, see List of Carex species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (section): Carex atherodes (wheat sedge), Carex hirta (hairy sedge), Carex laeviconica (smoothcone sedge), Carex sylvatica (European woodland sedge), Carex rostrata (bottle sedge), Carex sheldonii (Sheldon's sedge), Carex trichocarpa (hairyfruit sedge) - species

• Vesicarex

• Carex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Carex on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Carex at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Carex at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Carex at USDA Plants database
• Carex at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Carex at Tropicos
• Carex at World Register of Marine Species