TABLE 7 in A Comparative Study of the Inflorescence in the Genus Carex (Cyperaceae)

TABLE 7. Characteristics of the inflorescences of the Core Unispicate Clade. All measurement in mm. P = Paracladium, L = Length, Ps = Pseudospike. Inflorescence shape: O = oblong, Oe = Obongelongated, Oo = Oblong-ovate, L = linear. Pseudospike type: A = Androgynous, Um = Male unisexual. If more than one species has been studied within a section, just the name of the first is given SectionsCapituligeraeCircinataeCurvulaeDorneraFirmiculmesInflataeLeptocephalaeLeucoglochinLongespicateNardinaeObtusataePhyllostachyaePsyllophoraRupestresStudied speciesC. capitataC. circinataC. curvulaC. nigricansC. geyeriC. breweriC. leptaleaC. microglochinC. monostachyaC. nardinaC. obtusata.C. backiiC. macrostylaC. rupestrisInflorescence shapeOoLO, OoO, OoOOLO, OoLOoOeOLOLength7 – 10 (7.9 ± 1.1)20– 25 (21.3 ± 2.0)11 – 20 (15.6 ± 2.9)10 – 21 (13.9 ± 3.3)15 – 22 (17.8 ± 3.5)15 –20 (17.8 ± 2.0)10– 16 (11.9 ± 2.2)5 – 15 (8.8 ± 3.1)25 – 50 (33.5 ± 7.9)5 – 10 (7.5 ± 1.6)8 – 12 (10.4 ± 1.4)15.5 – 44 (29.5 ± 10.1)13 – 30 (19.6 ± 4.5)15 – 20 (15.8 ± 2.6)Width5.5 – 8 (6.5 ± 0.8)3 – 5 (3.7 ± 0.9)5 – 13 (8.6 ± 2.3)5 – 8 (6.5 ± 1.0)5 – 7 (6.4 ± 0.8)8 – 11 (9.2 ± 1.2)3 – 4 (3.5 ± 0.4)4 – 10 (7.1 ± 2.1)5 –8 (6.6 ± 1.2)4.5 – 7 (5.2 ± 0.8)3 – 6 (4.4 ± 1.0)4 – 7 (5.4 ± 1.1)3 – 7 (5.2 ± 1.3)4 – 5 (4.5 ± 0.5)Max P order--1-----------No. P I--2 – 8-----------First internode L--0.5 – 2.5 (1.8 ± 0.8)-----------First peduncle L--------------Basal bract L--7 – 10 (7.6 ± 1.2)-----------Ps typeAAA, UmAAAAAAAAAAANo. stigmas23 (2)33 (2)3333223323Rachillayes-yes--yes-yes, noyesyesyes-usually not-Perigynium reflexed---yes---yes----yes-