The bold-italic parts are diagnostic descriptions, generated with the aid of Intkey (Dallwitz et al. 1993). They distinguish each taxon in at least two respects from every other taxon. Authors have chosen additional characters to appear in bold-italic, on the basis of their diagnostic value.
• Carex (Dill.) L. • Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. var. stans (Drej.) Boott • Carex atrofusca Schk. • Carex bicolor All. • Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein subsp. bigelowii • Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein subsp. lugens (Holm) Egorova • Carex capillaris L. • Carex capitata Sol. • Carex chordorrhiza Ehrh. ex L.f. • Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr • Carex glacialis Mackenzie • Carex glareosa Wahlenb. • Carex gynocrates Wormsk. ex Drej. • Carex holostoma Drej. • Carex lachenalii Schkuhr • Carex lugens Holm • Carex macloviana d'Urv. • Carex marina subsp. marina Dewey • Carex maritima Gunn. • Carex membranacea Hook. • Carex microglochin Wahlenb. • Carex nardina Fr. • Carex norvegica Retz • Carex obtusata Liljeb. • Carex petricosa Dew. • Carex physocarpa J. & K. Presl • Carex rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm. • Carex rufina Drej. • Carex rupestris All. • Carex saxatilis L. • Carex scirpoidea Michx. • Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem. • Carex supina Willd. ex Wahlenb. subsp. spaniocarpa (Steud.) Hultén • Carex ursina Dewey • Carex vaginata Tausch • Carex williamsii Britt. • Carex amblyorhyncha Krecz. • Carex arctogena H. Smith
• Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
• Eriophorum L. • Eriophorum angustifolium subsp. angustifolium Honck. • Eriophorum angustifolium subsp. triste (T. Fries) Hultén • Eriophorum brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A. Meyer • Eriophorum callitrix Cham. ex C.A. May. • Eriophorum chamissonis C.A. Meyer • Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe • Eriophorum vaginatum L. s.l. • Eriophorum triste (Th. Fr.) Hadac
• Kobresia Willd. • Kobresia myosuroides (Vill.) Fiori & Paol. • Kobresia sibirica (Turcz. ex Ledeb.) Boeck. • Kobresia simpliciuscula (Wahlenb.) Mack.
• Trichophorum caespitosum (L.) Hartman
Cite this publication as: Aiken, S.G., Boles, R.L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1999. ‘Cyperaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval.’ Version: 6th November 2000. http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/. Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1995, 2000) should also be cited (see References).
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