Field Guide of Spanish and Portuguese Sedges (Cyperaceae)

The Field guide of Spanish and Portuguese sedges (Cyperaceae), no 27 in the Collection Monographs of Iberian Botany, is the first complete monograph of the Cyperaceae family for Spain and Portugal. This is the English language version of the book, which is also available in Spanish.

It presents an up-to-date classification including easy-to-use dichotomous keys and numerous data that greatly facilitate the identification of the genera and species of Cyperaceae growing in Spain and Portugal, including the biodiverse archipelagos of the Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira. Diagnostic descriptions of the different taxa are also provided, as well as distribution maps and data on flowering time, edaphic preferences and conservation status, in the cases that have been evaluated.
The genera covered in this work are: Blysmus, Bolboschoenus, Bulbostylis, Carex (incl. Kobresia), Cladium, Cyperus, Eleocharis, Eriophorum, Fimbristylis, Fuirena, Isolepis, Rhynchospora, Schoenoplectiella, Schoenoplectus, Scirpoides, Scirpus and Trichophorum.

Contents

Foreword ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
Acknowledgements ……………………………………………………………………………………10
Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………12
Morphological characterisation ……………………………………………………………………13
Cytogenetics …………………………………………………………………………………………….21
Economic, ethnobotanical and horticultural importance ………………………………….21
Classification …………………………………………………………………………………………….23
Iberian and Macaronesian Cyperaceae ………………………………………………………..25
Aims and structure of this field guide ……………………………………………………………27
Bibliography ……………………………………………………………………………………………..29
Key of genera …………………………………………………………………………………………..30
Key and datasheets of species …………………………………………………………………..34
Appendix I. Terminological glossary …………………………………………………………..580
Index of taxa: species and subspecies ………………………………………………………588