Carex subg. Vignea

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

See also

List of Carex species

References

Carex

Plant subgenera