Pale Galingale, Cyperus eragrostis, in Sedge family, #Cyperaceae. Growing outside office I have worked in for over a decade, New Cross, SE London. Rhizomatic. It's a tough perennial, introduced -- from west coast of the Americas and the Caribbean. Probvably counts as invasive though it's slow-spreading. Triangular stems and tough, v-shaped leaves. #WildflowerHour #botany

#Cyperaceae and the inverse relationship between range and chromosome size.

#Rhynchospora is the group worked on. No native ones on NZ though.

https://academic.oup.com/aob/article-abstract/130/7/999/6808968

Sea Club-Rush, Bolboschoenus maritimus, in the Sedge family, #Cyperaceae, in flower, Rochester, UK. The stem is triangular. There are bits of accessible saltmarsh by the esplanade. Sea Beet and Sea Arrowgrass, Sea Purslane, other #halophytes. Interesting to compare this old #saltmarsh with the restored/created saltmarsh inlets in the colossal development site known as Rochester Riverside -- which are 'to be looked at' not 'to get your feet wet looking for plants'. #botany #WildFlowerHour

Just published: review of Paul Rothrock's Sedges of Indiana and the Adjacent States: The Carex species. Vol. 2.

I really like this book. I'm biased, as a sedge enthusiast and contributor of an essay on chromosome evolution. But Paul's book is masterful, richly illustrated with Paul's photos, with great keys and beautiful text. Read the review, buy the book, support plant biodiversity research and Paul's ongoing work.

#sedges #carex #fieldnotes #cyperaceae #midwest

https://journals.brit.org/jbrit/article/download/1272/1270

Fungi of the #Entorrhiza group causing mysterious root galls on #sedges (#Cyperaceae) and the rush family (#Juncaceae). What is the evolution and ecology of these fungi?

After microscopy of spores and DNA analyses from fresh material and herbaria all over the world, we could describe the new genus #Juncorrhiza exclusively associated with members of the rush family as well as the three new and beautiful species Entorrhiza fuirenae, Juncorrhiza maritima and Juncorrhiza oxycarpi.

▶️ https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s13127-018-0384-4

#biodiversity