1. Carex sect. Japonicae Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 38(IV. 20): 252. 1909.
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Authors: Shuren Zhang & Tetsuo Koyama
Plants small. Involucral bracts leafy, without sheaths. Inflorescence spicate, single, with many densely arranged spikes. Spikes arising from utriculiform cladoprophylls; cladoprophyll with 1 developed female flower inside.
One species: China, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam.
Lower Taxon
