Carex dioica

Carex dioica
	A female individual's inflorescence
	A male individual's inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. dioica
Binomial name
	Carex dioica; L.
Synonyms
	List Carex casteriana Heer ex Boott; Carex chlamydea Norman; Carex dioiscostrongyla St.-Lag.; Carex laevis Hoppe; Carex linnaeana Host; Carex linnaei Degl.; Carex metteniana (O.Lang) C.B.Lehm. ex Schur; Carex nigricans Dewey; Caricinella laevis (Heuff.) St.-Lag.; Maukschia laevis Heuff.; Physiglochis dioica (L.) Raf.; Psyllophora dioica (L.) Schur; Vignea dioica (L.) Rchb.; ;

Carex dioica, the dioecious sedge (a name it shares with Carex sterilis), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Iceland, the Faroes, Svalbard, nearly all of Europe, western Siberia, and the Altai.^[2]^[3] It prefers to live in calcareous fens.^[4]

References

^ Sp. Pl.: 972 (1753)
^ ^a ^b "Carex dioica L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ "Carex dioica dioecious sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
^ Proctor, M. C. F.; Bradshaw, M. E. (2013). "Scanning electron micrographs of leaves of British Carex species, 1. Introduction and some common sedges". New Journal of Botany. 3 (3): 197–204. doi:10.1179/2042349713Y.0000000029. S2CID 84280400.

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[1] Sp. Pl.: 972 (1753)

[330925-2-2] "Carex dioica L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[3] "Carex dioica dioecious sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 7 January 2021.

[1_of_2030_Google_Scholar_Hits-4] Proctor, M. C. F.; Bradshaw, M. E. (2013). "Scanning electron micrographs of leaves of British Carex species, 1. Introduction and some common sedges". New Journal of Botany. 3 (3): 197–204. doi:10.1179/2042349713Y.0000000029. S2CID 84280400.

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Carex dioica

A female individual's inflorescence

A male individual's inflorescence
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. dioica
Binomial name
*Carex dioica* L.^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
List Carex casteriana Heer ex Boott Carex chlamydea Norman Carex dioiscostrongyla St.-Lag. Carex laevis Hoppe Carex linnaeana Host Carex linnaei Degl. Carex metteniana (O.Lang) C.B.Lehm. ex Schur Carex nigricans Dewey Caricinella laevis (Heuff.) St.-Lag. Maukschia laevis Heuff. Physiglochis dioica (L.) Raf. Psyllophora dioica (L.) Schur Vignea dioica (L.) Rchb.