Carex Group 4

• See list of 1 species in 1a
  Section Gracilis

  1a. Perigynia pubescent, with an evident, bidentate beak ca. 1 mm long
• See list of 30 species in 1b
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  1b. Perigynia glabrous (though minutely papillose in several species), beakless or with a short, ± entire beak 0.1–0.4 mm long (with an obscurely bidentate beak 0.2–0.8 mm long in Carex saxatilis)
  • See list of 2 species in 2a
    Section Bicolores

    2a. Perigynia white or gold-orange, biconvex in cross-section; lowest bract of carpellate spikes with a prolonged, closed sheath usually longer than 4 mm
  • See list of 28 species in 2b
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    2b. Perigynia green to brown to black, planoconvex to biconvex in cross-section; lowest bract of carpellate spikes lacking a sheath or the sheath shorter than 3 mm
    • See list of 14 species in 3a
      Section Phacocystis

      3a. Style deciduous from achene in fruit; leaf sheaths with no, or very few, septate partitions; perigynia often minutely papillose, with a short, inconspicuous beak 0.1–0.4 mm long
    • See list of 14 species in 3b
      Section Vesicariae

      3b. Style persistent on achene in fruit; leaf sheaths with septate partitions; perigynia smooth, with a distinct beak 0.2–0.8 mm long (in part)

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