Carex sect. Remotae in Flora of China @ efloras.org

64. Carex sect. Remotae C. B. Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 3. 1904.

薮薹草组 sou tai cao zu

Involucral bracts leaflike, rather long, surpassing inflorescence. Spikes gynaecandrous, distantly alternate on an elongate rachis, forming loosely spicate inflorescence. Utricles plano-convex, thinly membranous, rather narrowly winged above, not spongy.

Five species: N Africa, Asia, Europe; three species (one endemic) in China.

1 Utricles ovate to broadly ovate, nerveless or faintly 1- or 2-veined abaxially. 514 C. ovatispiculata

+ Utricles lanceolate-ovate, veined (2)

2 (1) Spikes ovate-globose, 4-6 mm. 515 C. remotiuscula

+ Spikes oblong, 5-15 mm. 516 C. rochebrunii

Lower Taxa

Carex ovatispiculata F. T. Wang & Y. L. Chang ex S. Yun Liang
Carex remotiuscula Wahlenberg
Carex rochebrunii Franchet & Savatier