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48. Carex sect. Rarae C. B. Clarke in J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 6: 711. 1894.
单穗薹草组 dan sui tai cao zu
Authors: Yancheng Tang, Shuren Zhang & Tetsuo Koyama
Inflorescence 1-spiked, terminal, androgynous, rather densely flowered, spherical to oblong, rarely slightly cylindric, bractless at base. Utricles broadly ovate, oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic to ovate-oblong, membranous, estipitate, rarely shortly stipitate, nearly beakless to shortly beaked (rarely up to 1 mm), orifice toothless or minutely 2-toothed. Stigmas 3.
Seventeen species: Asia, Australia, Pacific islands (New Zealand); nine species (four endemic) in China.
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Male part of spike developed, longer than to equaling female part, sometimes a little shorter than female part at flowering, but overtopping next lower utricle at maturity |
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Male part of spike less developed, much shorter than female part, not overtopping next lower utricle at maturity |
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2 (1) |
Female glumes mucronate at apex; utricles ovate-elliptic, ca. 3 mm, tapering above to a beak ca. 1 mm. |
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465 C. litorhyncha |
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Female glumes obtuse at apex; utricles broadly ovate, elliptic-ovate, or lanceolate-ovate, 1.5-3 mm, tapering above to a beak less than 1 mm |
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3 (2) |
Utricles broadly ovate to elliptic-ovate, 1.5-2.5 mm. |
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466 C. rara |
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Utricles lanceolate-ovate, 2.5-3 mm. |
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467 C. capillacea |
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4 (1) |
Stipe of utricle ca. 0.8 mm. |
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468 C. stipitiutriculata |
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Utricle estipitate (only C. uda with very short stipe) |
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5 (4) |
Utricles oblong-lanceolate, 3.5-4 mm |
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Utricles broadly ovate or elliptic to ovate-oblong, 2-3 mm |
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6 (5) |
Leaf blades 2-3 mm wide; utricles horizontally patent or reflexed at maturity. |
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469 C. uda |
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Leaf blades ca. 0.3 mm wide, hairlike; utricles suberect at maturity. |
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470 C. austro-occidentalis |
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7 (5) |
Utricles nearly beakless. |
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471 C. dahurica |
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Utricles shortly beaked |
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8 (7) |
Leaf blades flat, 1-1.5 mm wide; utricles 2.5-3 mm. |
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472 C. onoei |
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Leaf blades hairlike, 0.5-0.8 mm wide; utricles ca. 2 mm. |
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473 C. kirinensis |
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