Biology:Carex dioica

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Carex dioica
Carex dioica weiblein.jpeg
A female individual's inflorescence
Carex dioica maennlein.jpeg
A male individual's inflorescence
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. dioica
Binomial name
Carex dioica
Synonyms[2]

Carex dioica, the dioecious sedge (a name it shares with Carex sterilis), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Iceland, the Faroes, Svalbard, nearly all of Europe, western Siberia, and the Altai.[2][3] It prefers to live in calcareous fens.[4]

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 972 (1753)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Carex dioica L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:330925-2. 
  3. "Carex dioica dioecious sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/3076/i-Carex-dioica-i/Details. Retrieved 7 January 2021. 
  4. Proctor, M. C. F.; Bradshaw, M. E. (2013). "Scanning electron micrographs of leaves of British Carex species, 1. Introduction and some common sedges". New Journal of Botany 3 (3): 197–204. doi:10.1179/2042349713Y.0000000029. 

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