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2. Carex subsect. Ferrugineae Tuckerman ex Kükenthal in Engler, Pflanzenr. 38(IV. 20): 559. 1909.

锈色薹草亚组 xiu se tai cao ya zu

Culms slender. Involucral bracts leaflike, sheathing. Spikes 3-9(-12); upper 1-3 male; remaining spikes female, ovate or cylindric, lower ones with long peduncles, usually pendent. Female glumes brown or purple-red. Utricles hispidulous, finely veined or nerveless, margins scabrous; stigmas 2 or 3.

About 38 species: Asia, Europe, North America; 24 species (17 endemic) in China.


1 Stigmas 2, rarely 3   (2)
+ Stigmas 3   (3)
       
2 (1) Female glumes red-brown, margins narrowly white hyaline; utricles red-brown above, pale stramineous below.   201 C. przewalskii
+ Female glumes pale brown, margins broadly white hyaline; utricles stramineous-green.   202 C. yajiangensis
       
3 (1) Utricles ca. 2 mm.   203 C. limprichtiana
+ Utricles 3.5-7 mm   (4)
       
4 (3) Rhizome stoloniferous   (5)
+ Rhizome without stolons   (9)
       
5 (4) Female spikes densely many flowered   (6)
+ Female spikes loosely flowered   (7)
       
6 (5) Female glumes obovate, ciliate on upper margins; terminal spike with long peduncle, remote from next lateral spike.   204 C. chrysolepis
+ Female glumes ovate-oblong, not ciliate on upper margins; terminal spike with short peduncle, near next lateral spike.   205 C. drepanorhyncha
       
7 (5) All spikes androgynous, narrowly cylindric.   206 C. karlongensis
+ Terminal spike male, lateral spikes female, narrowly oblong   (8)
       
8 (7) Utricles glabrous; female spikes oblong, 10-20 × 5-8 mm.   207 C. tatsiensis
+ Utricles densely hispid; female spikes narrowly cylindric, 25-45 × ca. 5 mm.   208 C. brachyathera
       
9 (4) Utricles trigonous   (10)
+ Utricles compressed trigonous   (12)
       
10 (9) Leaves longer than culm, with purple-red sheaths at base.   209 C. purpureovagina
+ Leaves shorter than culm, with dark brown sheaths at base   (11)
       
11 (10) Peduncles 15-21 cm; utricles obovate-oblong, 4.2-4.5 mm.   210 C. ridongensis
+ Peduncles 2.5-5.5(-13) cm; utricles narrowly elliptic, ca. 4 mm.   211 C. setosa
       
12 (9) Utricles with green or pale green margins   (13)
+ Utricles without green or pale green margins   (14)
       
13 (12) Plants slender, 10-25 cm tall; leaf blades ca. 1 mm wide.   212 C. hirtelloides
+ Plants slightly stiff, 25-70 cm tall; leaf blades 1.5-3 mm wide.   213 C. haematostoma
       
14 (12) Female glumes with ciliate upper margins   (15)
+ Female glumes not ciliate on upper margins   (16)
       
15 (14) Utricles with curved beak.   214 C. fulvorubescens
+ Utricles with short beak.   215 C. makinoensis
       
16 (14) Utricles with short beak or beakless   (17)
+ Utricles with long beak   (20)
       
17 (16) Utricles hispid above   (18)
+ Utricles wholly hispid   (19)
       
18 (17) Upper 2-4 spikes male; style scabrous.   220 C. heshuonensis
+ Upper 7-11 spikes male; style glabrous.   221 C. graminiculmis
       
19 (17) Terminal spike gynaecandrous or male, upper 1 or 2 lateral spikes subsessile, near terminal spike.   223 C. siroumensis
+ Terminal spike male or with few female flowers at base, lateral spikes pedunculate, spaced.   224 C. cranaocarpa
       
20 (16) Style scabrous or pubescent   (21)
+ Style glabrous   (22)
       
21 (20) Basal sheaths disintegrating into reticulate fibers; utricles oblong- elliptic with erect long beak; style scabrous.   222 C. plectobasis
+ Basal sheaths disintegrating into parallel fibers; utricles lanceolate- trigonous with curved very long beak; style pubescent.   217 C. scabrirostris
       
22 (20) Female spikes sessile, erect; leaf blades plicate, ca. 1 mm wide.   218 C. kunlunsanensis
+ Female spikes with peduncles 3-6 cm, pendent; leaf blades flat, 3-6 mm wide   (23)
       
23 (22) Spikes 5-8; female spikes narrowly linear.   219 C. regeliana
+ Spikes 3-5; female spikes ovate to oblong-obovate.   216 C. stenocarpa


 

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