Genus Carex L.


Summary
Genus number:
2083
Last updated:
3 March 2010
Family:
Cyperaceae
Subfamily:
Cyperoideae
Tribe:
Cariceae
Accession count:

917 (632  active, 396  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


Synonyms
Probable synonym(s)

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Embryo drawing

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References:
  1. Barrie, F. R. 2006. Report of the General Committee: 9. Taxon 55:796. Note: conservation deemed unnecessary
  2. Brummitt, R. K. 1995. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 43. Taxon 44:611-612. Note: conservation proposal recommended
  3. Dunlop, D. A. & G. E. Crow. 1999. The taxonomy of Carex section Scirpinae (Cyperaceae). Rhodora 101:163-199.
  4. Global Carex Group. 2015. Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179:1-42.
  5. Hendrichs, M. et al. 2004. Carex, subgenus Carex (Cyperaceae) - A phylogenetic approach using ITS sequences. Pl. Syst. Evol. 246:89-107.
  6. Hendrichs, M. et al. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships in Carex, subgenus Vignea (Cyperaceae), based on ITS sequences. Pl. Syst. Evol. 246:109-125.
  7. Jarvis, C. E. 1991. Seventy-two proposals for the conservation of types of selected Linnaean generic names, the report of Subcommittee 3C on the lectotypification of Linnaean generic names. Taxon 41:552-583. Note: subcommittee on Linnaean generic names proposal for conservation
  8. Jones, T. M., ed. Carex interactive identification key (on-line resource).
  9. Nicolson, D. H. 1999. Report of the General Committee: 8. Taxon 48:373-374. Note: action on Linnaean generic names deferred
  10. Roalson, E. H. et al. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships in Cariceae (Cyperaceae) based on ITS (nrDNA) and trnT-L-F (cpDNA) region sequences: Assessment of subgeneric and sectional relationships in Carex with emphasis on section Acrocystis. Syst. Bot. 26:318-341. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  11. Starr, J. R. et al. 2004. Phylogeny of the unispicate taxa in Cyperaceae tribe Cariceae I: Generic relationships and evolutionary scenarios. Syst. Bot. 29:528-544. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=2083. Accessed 14 April 2026.