Carex
Carex halleriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Cyperaceae Genus: Carex

Carex (L., 1753) is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (although other, related species are also called sedges, those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges). It is the most extensive genus of the family. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Ernst Haeckels presentation of a three-kingdom system (Plantae, Protista, Animalia) in his 1866 Generelle Morphologie der Organismen. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering... Phylum (plural: phyla) is a taxon used in the classification of animals, adopted from the Greek phylai the clan-based voting groups in Greek city-states. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Orders Base Monocots: Acorus Alismatales Asparagales Dioscoreales Liliales Pandanales Family Petrosaviaceae Commelinids: Arecales Commelinales Poales Zingiberales Family Dasypogonaceae Monocotyledons or monocots are a group of flowering plants usually ranked as a class and once called the Monocotyledoneae. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Families (APG) Anarthriaceae Bromeliaceae Centrolepidaceae Cyperaceae Ecdeiocoleaceae Eriocaulaceae Flagellariaceae Hydatellaceae Joinvilleaceae Juncaceae Mayacaceae Poaceae Rapateaceae Restionaceae Sparganiaceae Thurniaceae Typhaceae Xyridaceae The Poales is a cosmopolitan order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Genera See text The Family Cyperaceae, or the Sedge family, is a taxon of monocot flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Genera See text The Family Cyperaceae, or the Sedge family, is a taxon of monocot flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. ... Genera See text The family Cyperaceae, or the Sedge family, is a taxon of monocot flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes. ...

The genus was established by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753. Estimates of the number of species vary from about 1100 to almost 2000 [1]. They are distributed all over the world, but predominantly found in temperate regions. Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as ▶ (help· info), and in English usually under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), the name with which his publications were signed, was a Swedish botanist and physician who laid the foundations for the modern scheme... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Most (but not all) sedges are found in marshes, where they can be the dominant vegetation. Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants, and is, by far, the most abundant biotic element of the biosphere. ...

Species

Genus Carex In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ...

• Carex acuta L.
• Carex arenaria L.
• Carex asturica Boiss.
• Carex binervis Sm.
• Carex brevicollis DC.
• Carex camposii Boiss. et Reuter
• Carex capillaris L.
• Carex caryophyllea Latourrette
• Carex curvula Al.
• Carex davalliana Sm.
• Carex demissa Hornern.
• Carex depauperata Curtis ex With.
• Carex despressa Link
• Carex digitata L.
• Carex distachya Desf.
• Carex distans L.
• Carex disticha Hudson
• Carex divisa Hudson
• Carex divulsa Stokes
• Carex durieui Steudel
• Carex echinata Murray
• Carex elata All.
• Carex ericetorum Pollich
• Carex extensa Good.
• Carex ferruginea Scop.
• Carex filiformis L.
• Carex flacca Schieber
• Carex flava L.
• Carex hallerana Amo
• Carex hirta L.
• Carex hispida Willd.
• Carex hordeistichos Vill.
• Carex hostiana DC.
• Carex humilis Leysser
• Carex lachenalii Schkuhr
• Carex laevigata Sm.
• Carex liparocarpos Gaudin
• Carex macrostylon Lapeyr.
• Carex mairii Cosson et Germ.
• Carex montana L.
• Carex muricata L.
• Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
• Carex oedipostyla Duval-Jouve
• Carex ornithopoda Willd.
• Carex otrubae Podp.
• Carex ovalis Gooden
• Carex pallescens L.
• Carex panicea L.
• Carex paniculata L.
• Carex parviflora Host.
• Carex pendula Hudson
• Carex pilulifera L.
• Carex praecox Schreber
• Carex pulicaris L.
• Carex pseudocyperus L.
• Carex punctata Gaudin
• Carex pyrenaica Wahlenb.
• Carex remota L.
• Carex riparia Curtis
• Carex rostrata Stokes
• Carex sempervirens Vill.
• Carex serotina Mérat
• Carex spicata Hudson
• Carex strigosa Hudson
• Carex sylvatica Hudson
• Carex umbrosa Host
• Carex vesicaria L.
• Carex vulpina L.