Carex sect. Ovales explained

Carex sect. Ovales is a section of the genus Carex, containing around 85 species of sedge.^[1] It is the most diverse section of the genus in North America, containing 72 species:^[1]

• Carex abrupta
• Carex adusta
• Carex alata
• Carex albolutescens
• Carex amplectens
• Carex arapahoensis
• Carex argyrantha
• Carex athrostachya
• Carex bebbii
• Carex bicknellii
• Carex brevior
• Carex constanceana
• Carex crawfordii
• Carex cristatella
• Carex cumulata
• Carex davyi
• Carex ebenea
• Carex egglestonii
• Carex festucacea
• Carex feta
• Carex foenea
• Carex fracta
• Carex gracilior
• Carex harfordii
• Carex haydeniana
• Carex hormathodes
• Carex hyalina
• Carex illota
• Carex integra
• Carex leporina
• Carex leporinella
• Carex longii
• Carex macloviana
• Carex mariposana
• Carex merritt-fernaldii
• Carex microptera
• Carex missouriensis
• Carex molesta
• Carex molestiformis
• Carex multicostata
• Carex muskingumensis
• Carex normalis
• Carex opaca
• Carex oronensis
• Carex ovalis, (nom. illeg. synonym and)
• Carex ozarkana
• Carex pachystachya
• Carex petasata
• Carex phaeocephala
• Carex praticola
• Carex preslii
• Carex projecta
• Carex proposita
• Carex reniformis
• Carex scoparia
• Carex shinnersii
• Carex silicea
• Carex specifica
• Carex stenoptila
• Carex straminea
• Carex straminiformis
• Carex subbracteata
• Carex suberecta
• Carex subfusca
• Carex tahoensis
• Carex tenera
• Carex tetrastachya
• Carex tincta
• Carex tribuloides
• Carex unilateralis
• Carex vexans
• Carex wootonii
• Carex xerantica

Notes and References

1. Book: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae . Carex Linnaeus sect. Ovales Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 394. 1837 . . 23 . Joy Mastrogiuseppe . Paul E. Rothrock . A. C. Dibble . A. A. Reznicek . 2002 . . 978-0-19-515207-4.