Carex subg. Vignea

Carex subg. Vignea
Inflorescences of Carex arenaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: Carex subg. Vignea
(P. Beauv. ex T. Lestib.) Peterm.
Type species
Carex arenaria 

Carex subg. Vignea is a subgenus of the sedge genus Carex, containing around 300 of the 2000 species in the genus. Its members are characterised by having bisexual, sessile spikes, where the female flowers have two stigmas each.

Carex subg. Vignea has been repeatedly found to be monophyletic in molecular phylogenetic analysis, with Carex gibba (which, exceptionally for the section, has three stigmas per female flower) as the sister group to the rest of the subgenus. It contains the following sections:

  • Carex sect. Ammoglochin
  • Carex sect. Baldenses
  • Carex sect. Bracteosae
  • Carex sect. Chordorrhizae
  • Carex sect. Deweyanae
  • Carex sect. Dispermae
  • Carex sect. Divisae
  • Carex sect. Echinochloomorphae
  • Carex sect. Foetidae
  • Carex sect. Gibbae
  • Carex sect. Glareosae
  • Carex sect. Grallatoriae
  • Carex sect. Heleoglochin
  • Carex sect. Holarrhenae
  • Carex sect. Incurvae
  • Carex sect. Inversae
  • Carex sect. Macrocephalae
  • Carex sect. Multiflorae
  • Carex sect. Ovales
  • Carex sect. Phaestoglochin
  • Carex sect. Phleoideae
  • Carex sect. Physodeae
  • Carex sect. Physoglochin
  • Carex sect. Potosinae
  • Carex sect. Remotae
  • Carex sect. Stellulatae
  • Carex sect. Stenorhynchae
  • Carex sect. Thomsonianae
  • Carex sect. Vulpinae
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