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BIOTA (living things) |
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Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
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PLANTAE (plants) |
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SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants) |
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
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LILIIDAE (monocotyledonous flowering plants) |
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POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes) |
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CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges) |
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Cyperaceae is also a member of: |
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Herbaceous Plants (via Liliidae) |
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Macrophytes (via Spermatophyta) |
BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
Subtaxa
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| Species | Blysmus compressus (L.) Panzer ex Link (Flat-sedge) | 7 | 1 | ||
| Species | Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla (Sea Club-rush) | 2 | 6 | ||
| Genus | Carex (sedges) | 32 | 126 | 218 | 8 |
| Species | Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl (Great Fen-sedge) | 12 | |||
| Genus | Eleocharis (spike-rushes) | 4 | 18 | 36 | 3 |
| Species | Eleogiton fluitans (L.) Link (Floating Club-rush) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Genus | Eriophorum (cottongrasses) | 4 | 39 | 2 | |
| Species | Isolepis cernua (Vahl) Roemer & Schultes (Slender Club-rush) | 10 | |||
| Species | Isolepis setacea (L.) R.Br. (Bristle Club-rush) | 2 | 16 | ||
| Genus | Rhynchospora (a beak-sedges) | 1 | 9 | ||
| Genus | Schoenoplectus (club-rushes) | 3 | |||
| Species | Schoenoplectus lacustris (L.) Palla (Common Club-rush) | 1 | |||
| Species | Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla (Sharp Club-rush) | 1 | |||
| Species | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.Gmelin) Palla (Grey Club-rush) | 1 | |||
| Species | Schoenus nigricans L. (Black Bog-rush) | 10 | |||
| Species | Scirpus sylvaticus L. (Wood Club-rush) | 6 | 6 | ||
| Genus | Trichophorum (deergrasses) | 2 | 24 | 11 | 1 |
| Informal | (Scirpus s.l.) | 12 | 29 | 40 | 5 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Fitter, R., Fitter, A. & Farrer, A., 1984 | Grasses, Sedges, Rushes & Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe |
| Jermy A.C., Chater, A.O. & David, R.W., 1982 (Key includes Carex and similar spp) | Sedges of the British Isles |
| Jermy A.C., Simpson, D.A., Foley, M.J.Y. & Porter, M.S., 2007 | Sedges of the British Isles |
| Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. | Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest |
| Phillips, R., 1980 | Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Rose, F., 1989 | Colour Identification Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and north-western Europe |
| Stokoe, W.J., 1942 | The Observer's Book of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 7 general literature references to CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
CYPERACEAE may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
PLANTAE (plants) |
SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants) |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
LILIIDAE (monocotyledonous flowering plants) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 884 feeding and other relationships of CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
