Contributors .................................................. vii
Introduction ................................................... ix
Acknowledgments ................................................ xi
Frosted Curls to Tiger Nuts: Ethnobotany of Cyperaceae
David A.Simpson .............................................. 1
The Significance of Cyperaceae as Weeds
Charles T.Bryson and Richard Carter ......................... 15
Diversity, Endemism, and Phytogeography of North American
Coastal Plain Sedges
Bruce A.Sorrie ............................................. 103
Carex (Cyperaceae) of the Kisatchie National Forest,
Louisiana, U.S.A.
Philip E.Hyatt ............................................. 119
Description of the Population, Canopy Cover, and
Associated Vegetation of the Globally Rare Sedge
Carex polymorpha (Cyperaceae) in Nescopeck State
Park, Pennsylvania
Jamie L.Horvath, Timothy A.Block, and
Ann Fowler Rhoads .......................................... 133
Segregation of Sedge Species (Cyperaceae) Along
Environmental Gradients in Fens of the Schefferville
Region, Northern Quebec
Anna Dabros and Marcia J.Waterway .......................... 145
The Carex Flora of Quebec-Labrador North of 54°N
Jacques Cayouette .......................................... 163
Allozyme Variation in the Genus Carex l5 Years
Later: 1986-2001
Leo P.Bruederle, Stephen L.Yarbrough,
and Shannon D.Fehlberg ..................................... 187
Phylogeny and Patterns of Convergence in Carex Sect.
Ovales (Cyperaceae): Evidence from ITS and 5.8S Sequences
Andrew L. Hipp ............................................. 197
East vs. West: Monophyletic Clades Within the Paraphyletic
Carex acuta Complex, Section Phacocystis (Cyperaceae)
Julie A.Dragon and David S.Barrington ...................... 215
Carex Sect. Phyllostachyae: The Value of a
Multidisciplinary Approach in Conducting
Systematics Studies in Sedges
Bruce A.Ford, Robert F.C.Naczi, and Julian R.Starr ......... 227
Phylogeny of the Unispicate Taxa in Cyperaceae Tribe
Cariceae II: The Limits of Uncinia
Julian R.Starr, Stephen A.Harris, and David A.Simpson ...... 243
Towards a Revision of the Genus Pleurostachys (Cyperaceae):
Preliminary Results
William Wayt Thomas and Marccus Alves ...................... 269
Cladistic Analysis in Rhynchospora Sect. Pluriflorae
(Cyperaceae)
Ana Claudia Araujo, William Wayt Thomas, and
Hilda M.Longhi-Wagner ...................................... 279
Taxonomic Index ............................................... 289
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