Carex sect. Macrocephalae

Carex sect. Macrocephalae
Carex kobomugi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: C. subg. Vignea
Section: C. sect. Macrocephalae
Kük.
Species

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]

References

  1. "Macrocephalae Kük.". Cyperaceae. eMonocot. Retrieved 1 February 2016.


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