| Carex sect. Ovales | |
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| Carex leporina (= "C. ovalis") | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Subgenus: | Carex subg. Vignea |
| Section: | Carex sect. Ovales Kunth |
Carex sect. Ovales is a section of the genus Carex, containing around 85 species of sedge.[1] It is the most diverse section of the genus in North America, containing 72 species:[1]
- Carex abrupta
- Carex adusta
- Carex alata
- Carex albolutescens
- Carex amplectens
- Carex arapahoensis
- Carex argyrantha
- Carex athrostachya
- Carex bebbii
- Carex bicknellii
- Carex brevior
- Carex constanceana
- Carex crawfordii
- Carex cristatella
- Carex cumulata
- Carex davyi
- Carex ebenea
- Carex egglestonii
- Carex festucacea
- Carex feta
- Carex foenea
- Carex fracta
- Carex gracilior
- Carex harfordii
- Carex haydeniana
- Carex hormathodes
- Carex hyalina
- Carex illota
- Carex integra
- Carex leporina
- Carex leporinella
- Carex longii
- Carex macloviana
- Carex mariposana
- Carex merritt-fernaldii
- Carex microptera
- Carex missouriensis
- Carex molesta
- Carex molestiformis
- Carex multicostata
- Carex muskingumensis
- Carex normalis
- Carex opaca
- Carex oronensis
- Carex ovalis, (nom. illeg. synonym for C. leporina L. and C. scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd.)
- Carex ozarkana
- Carex pachystachya
- Carex petasata
- Carex phaeocephala
- Carex praticola
- Carex preslii
- Carex projecta
- Carex proposita
- Carex reniformis
- Carex scoparia
- Carex shinnersii
- Carex silicea
- Carex specifica
- Carex stenoptila
- Carex straminea
- Carex straminiformis
- Carex subbracteata
- Carex suberecta
- Carex subfusca
- Carex tahoensis
- Carex tenera
- Carex tetrastachya
- Carex tincta
- Carex tribuloides
- Carex unilateralis
- Carex vexans
- Carex wootonii
- Carex xerantica
- ^ a b Joy Mastrogiuseppe; Paul E. Rothrock; A. C. Dibble; A. A. Reznicek (2002). "Carex Linnaeus sect. Ovales Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 394. 1837". Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae. Flora of North America North of Mexico. Vol. 23. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515207-4.