Editing Cyperaceae (section)

== Features ==
Members of this family are characterised by the formation of [[daucus|dauciform]] (carrot-like) roots that are an alteration in root morphology that researchers regard as analogous to [[cluster root]]s in [[Proteaceae]], which help uptake of nutrients such as [[phosphorus]] from poor soil.<ref>
{{Cite journal |last1= Shane |first1= Michael W. |last2= Cawthray |first2= Gregory R. |last3= Cramer |first3= Michael D. |last4= Kuo |first4= John |last5= Lambers |first5= Hans |date= 2006 |title= Specialized 'dauciform' roots of Cyperaceae are structurally distinct, but functionally analogous with 'cluster' roots |url= https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01574.x |journal= Plant, Cell & Environment |language=en |volume=29 |issue=10 |pages=1989–1999 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01574.x |pmid= 16930324 |bibcode= 2006PCEnv..29.1989S |issn=0140-7791|url-access= subscription }}</ref> Like other members of the order Poales, sedges are mostly [[Anemophily|wind-pollinated]], but there are exceptions. ''[[Cyperus niveus]]'' and ''[[Cyperus sphaerocephalus]],'' both with accordingly more conspicuous flowers, are insect-pollinated.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wragg |first1=Peter D. |last2=Johnson |first2=Steven D. |date=September 2011 |title=Transition from wind pollination to insect pollination in sedges: experimental evidence and functional traits |url=https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03762.x |journal=New Phytologist |language=en |volume=191 |issue=4 |pages=1128–1140 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03762.x |pmid=21585389 |bibcode=2011NewPh.191.1128W |issn=0028-646X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>