Caricoideae

plant subfamily

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characteristics

  • Spikes of sedge (Carex pendula).
    In Cyperaceae: Evolution and classification

    The Caricoideae, the next largest subfamily, has 2,100 species dispersed among only 5 genera and is characterized by unisexual flowers with the female in single-flowered spikelets enclosed by a bract. The subfamily Sclerioideae has about 14 genera and 300 species; its flowers also are unisexual, but…

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