JIN Xiao-Feng和ZHENG Chao-Zong编著的《TAXONOMY of Carex sect.Rhomboidales（Cyperaceae）》是一部薹草属菱形果薹草组分类研究的专著，是著者在广泛文献查阅、标本采集、整理和鉴定基础上，结合叶片解剖结构、叶表皮微形态、果囊和瘦果微形态，对菱形果薹草组的世界性修订。专著主要分成以下几个部分：（一）薹草属及菱形果薹草组的分类简史；（二）叶片解剖结构及其系统学意义；（三）叶表皮微形态特征及其系统学意义；（四）果囊微形态特征及其系统学意义；（五）瘦果微形态特征及其系统学意义；（六）分类修订；（七）现代分布格局。

1 Brief Taxonomic History of Carex Sect. Rhomboidales

 1.1 Introduction

 1.2 Brief taxonomic history of Care: sect. Rhomboidales before Kokenthal （1909）

 1.3 Brief taxonomic history of Carex sect. Rhomboidales since Kflkenthal （1909）

 1.4 Commentary on the taxonomic systems of Carex sect. Rhomboidales

2 Achene Micromorphology and Its Systematic Implications

 Summary

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Materials and methods

 2.3 Results

 2.4 Discussion

 Appendix 21

3 Perigynium Micromorphology and Its Systematic Implications

 Summary

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 Materials and methods

 3.3 Results

 3.4 Discussion

 Appendix 31

4 Leaf Anatomy and Its Taxonomic Implications

 Summary

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Materials and methods

 4.3 Results

 4.4 Discussion

 Appendix 41

5 Morphological Characters and Variations

 Summary

 5.1 Habit

 5.2 Rhizomes

 5.3 Culms

 5.4 Leaves

 5.5 Involucral bracts

 5.6 Inflorescence

 5.7 Scales

 5.8 Perigynia

 5.9 Achenes

6 Taxonomic Treatment

 Summary

 6.1 Materials and methods

 6.2 Taxonomic synopsis

 6.3 Descriptions of species

References

Index to Visited Herbaria or with Specimens on Loan

Index to Scientific Names