Carex

genus of plants

Carex is a huge genus of more than 2,000 species of sedge.[1]

Carex halleriana

They are grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges. Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, but those of genus Carex may be called true sedges. Carex has most species in the family.

All species of Carex are perennial.[2]

References change

  1. Andrew L. Hipp (2007). "Nonuniform processes of chromosome evolution in sedges (Carex: Cyperaceae)" (PDF). Evolution. 61 (9): 2175–2194. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00183.x. PMID 17767589. S2CID 19514206. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  2. Robert H. Mohlenbrock; Paul Wayne Nelson (1999). "Introduction". Sedges: Carex. Volume 14 of The Illustrated flora of Illinois. Southern Illinois University Press. pp. 3–7. ISBN 978-0-8093-2074-5.