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Genus:
Carex
Life
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Poales > Family: Cyperaceae
About 2000 species (cosmopolitan), with 20 species native to southern Africa and four naturalised.
In addition, two species (Carex morrowii and Carex
oshimensis) are cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Carex acocksii
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Carex aethiopica |
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Carex austro-africana |
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Carex burchelliana |
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Carex clavata |
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Carex cognata |
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Carex conferta
[= Carex lycurus]
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Carex echinochloe
[= Carex nyasensis]
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Carex ecklonii |
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Carex glomerabilis |
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Carex killickii |
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Carex macrophyllidion
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Carex monotropa |
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Carex mossii |
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Carex petitiana
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Carex rhodesiaca
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Carex spicato-paniculata |
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Carex subinflata |
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Carex tricholepis
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Carex zuluensis |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Carex acutiformis |
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Carex divisa |
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Carex ovalis |
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Carex sylvatica |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Carex morrowii
Native to Japan. |
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Carex oshimensis |
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