Phaestoglochin

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Second part is apparently γλωχῑ́ν or γλωχίς”)

Proper noun

Phaestoglochin

1. A taxonomic section within the family Cyperaceae – Carex sect. Phaestoglochin.

Hypernyms

• (section): Poales - order; Cyperaceae - family; Cyperoideae - subfamily; Cariceae - tribe; Carex - genus

Hyponyms

• (section): Carex aggregata (glomerate sedge), Carex appalachica (Appalachian sedge), Carex arkansana (Arkansas sedge), Carex austrina (southern sedge), Carex cephaloidea (thinleaf sedge), Carex cephalophora (oval-leaf sedge), Carex divulsa (grassland sedge), Carex gravida (heavy sedge), Carex hoodii (Hood's sedge), Carex hookeriana (Hooker's sedge), Carex leavenworthii (Leavenworth's sedge), Carex mesochorea (midland sedge), Carex muehlenbergii (Muehlenberg's sedge), Carex muricata (Schiede's sedge), Carex occidentalis (western sedge), Carex perdentata (sand sedge), Carex radiata (eastern star sedge), Carex retroflexa (reflexed sedge), Carex rosea (rosy sedge), Carex socialis (low woodland sedge), Carex sparganioides (bur-reed sedge), Carex spicata (prickly sedge), Carex texensis (Texas sedge), Carex tumulicola (splitawn sedge), Carex vallicola valley sedge) - species

References

• Carex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Phaestoglochin at Flora of North America