Carex dioica

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]

Carex dioica
A female individual's inflorescence
A male individual's inflorescence
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
List
    • Carex casteriana Heer ex Boott
    • Carex chlamydea Norman
    • Carex dioiscostrongyla St.-Lag.
    • Carex laevis Hoppe
    • Carex linnaeana Host
    • Carex linnaei Degl.
    • Carex metteniana (O.Lang) C.B.Lehm. ex Schur
    • Carex nigricans Dewey
    • Caricinella laevis (Heuff.) St.-Lag.
    • Maukschia laevis Heuff.
    • Physiglochis dioica (L.) Raf.
    • Psyllophora dioica (L.) Schur
    • Vignea dioica (L.) Rchb.

References
  1. Sp. Pl.: 972 (1753)
  2. "Carex dioica L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. "Carex dioica dioecious sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. 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. S2CID 84280400.


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