Carex sect. Macrocephalae is a section of the genus Carex, containing two species. Both are coastal species of sandy areas beside the northern Pacific Ocean – Carex kobomugi from Taiwan to northern China and Japan (and as an invasive species in the north-eastern United States), and Carex macrocephala from northern China to Oregon.[1]
Carex sect. Macrocephalae | |
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Carex kobomugi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Subgenus: | Carex subg. Vignea |
Section: | Carex sect. Macrocephalae Kük. |
Species | |
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References
edit- ^ "Macrocephalae Kük". Cyperaceae. eMonocot. Retrieved 1 February 2016.