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Carex
Carex halleriana
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Faimily: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
L.
Teep species
Carex hirta
Diversity
c. 1800 species
Global distribution o Carex (green)

Carex is a muckle genus wi mair nor 1500 species o girselik plants[2] in the faimily Cyperaceae. Its members ar for ordinar kent as sedges. Ither members o the Cyperaceae faimily are cried sedges an aw, however those o genus Carex mey be cried "true" sedges, an it is the maist species-rich genus in the faimily. The study o Carex is kent as caricology.

References

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  1. Ilkka Kukkonen & Heikki Toivonen (1988). J. M. Bernard (ed.). "CAREX, Trebon, Czechoslovakia, 13–23 June 1984". Aquatic Botany. 30 (1–2): 5–22. doi:10.1016/0304-3770(88)90003-4. |chapter= ignored (help)
  2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.

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