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59. CAREX sect. FOETIDAE (Tuckerman ex L. H. Bailey) Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 38(IV. 20): 114. 1909.
烈味薹草组 lie wei tai cao zu
Carex [unranked] Foetidae Tuckerman ex L. H. Bailey in Coulter, Man. Bot. Rocky Mt. 390. 1885.
Plants colonial or loosely caespitose, rhizomatous. Involucral bracts glumelike. Spikes androgynous, ovate, congested in densely capitate or spicate inflorescence, inflorescence ovate or oblong. Female glumes ovate or lanceolate, apex acute. Utricles erect to patent, ovate or lanceolate, biconvex or plano-convex, subleathery or membranous, ± conspicuously veined, beak obliquely truncate at orifice. Nutlets loosely enveloped; stigmas 2.
About ten or 11 species: Asia, Europe, North and South America; six species (one endemic) in China.
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Utricles leathery. |
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504 C. duriuscula |
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Utricles papery or membranous |
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Utricles veined |
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Utricles nerveless or faintly veined or ± veined at base |
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Leaf blades setaceous-involute, 1-1.5 mm wide. |
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505 C. reptabunda |
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Leaf blades rather broad, flat, 4-6 mm wide. |
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506 C. pycnostachya |
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Plants taller 10-30 cm tall; leaf blades flat or plicate. |
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507 C. enervis |
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Plants shorter, (2-)3-7 cm tall; leaf blades linear-involute |
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Female glumes ovate or elliptic, castaneous-brown; culms 3-10 cm tall. |
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508 C. pseudofoetida |
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Female glumes lanceolate, pale brown; culms to 2 cm tall. |
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509 C. sagaensis |
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