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March 2019

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genus

Carex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. 2: 972 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000006709.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 2: 972. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Carex:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Carex var. leutzii	(Kneuck.) Rouy	Fl. France 13: 475 1912	—	wfo-0000839050
Carex var. pseudofulva	(Fernald) B.Boivin	Naturaliste Canad. 94: 523 1967	—	wfo-0000348326
Carex ablita	Steud.	–	—	wfo-0001220358
Carex aequalis	Notø	Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 61: 223 1924		wfo-0000344235
Carex akiensis	K.Okamoto	Bull. Okayama Coll. Sci. 1: 53 1965		wfo-0000344259
Carex albescens	F. Nyl.	Spic. Pl. Fenn. 2: 90 90 1844	—	wfo-0001034776
Carex albirostris	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 78 1908		wfo-0000344286
Carex alluvialis	Schube	Jahresber. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult. 86(2): 51 1909		wfo-0000344316
Carex alopecuroides	D. Don	Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 43 43 1825	—	wfo-0001302337
Carex altaica	Gorodkov	Žurn. Russk. Bot. Obač. Akad. Nauk 15: 183 183 1930	—	wfo-0001302020
Carex anselmii	Sennen	Treb. Mus. Ci. Nat. Barcelona 15(1): 37 1931		wfo-0000344455
Carex appeliana	Zahn	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 40: 364 1890		wfo-0000344479
Carex archata	Boot.	–	—	wfo-0001220369
Carex arctophila	Nyl. ex Fr.	Summa Veg. Scand. 561 561 1849	—	wfo-0001033188
Carex argyrantha	Tuck. ex Dewey	Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2 29(87): 346 346 1860		wfo-0001301617
Carex aristata subsp. orostachys	(C.A. Mey.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. 38(IV. 20): 753 753 1909	—	wfo-0001033403
Carex balbii	Schkuhr ex Balb.	Cat. Stirp. Hort. Acad. Taur. 21 21 1813		wfo-0001301748
Carex biconvexis	Michx.	Unknown 1803	—	wfo-0000344897
Carex bicostata	Olney	Car. Bar. Am. 9 1871		wfo-0000344898
Carex bifida	Roth ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. 1: 155 1821		wfo-0000344904
Carex binensis	Franch.	Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris VIII, 7: 28 1895		wfo-0000344931
Carex bolanderi	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 296 1919 publ. 1920		wfo-0000344980
Carex bordabensis	Litv.	Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 7: 100 1910		wfo-0000345018
Carex boscii	Willd. ex Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 3: 812 1826		wfo-0000345032
Carex botasgdensis	Kük.	Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.s. n.f., 5: 19 19 1893		wfo-0001033428
Carex brachyantherum	Trautv. & C.A. Mey.	–	—	wfo-0001301750
Carex brevicaulis	Mack.	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 547 1913		wfo-0000345067
Carex breviglumis	Le Gall	Fl. Morbihan 658 1852		wfo-0000345097
Carex brueggeri	K.Richt.	Pl. Eur. 1: 170 1890		wfo-0000345146
Carex bufonia	Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.	Fl. Ross. 4: 320 1852		wfo-0000345176
Carex burjatorum	Korotky	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 293 1914	—	wfo-0000345193
Carex camptoglochim	Krecz.	–	—	wfo-0001302242
Carex caricina var. leptocarpus	(C.B. Clarke) N. Ghildyal & U. Bhattacharyya	J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 7(3): 602 602 1985	—	wfo-0001301749
Carex castriferrei	Waisb.	Magyar Bot. Lapok 4: 75 1905		wfo-0000345390
Carex catalaunica	Sennen	Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 1917: 236, 182 1917		wfo-0000345391
Carex cernua	Raeusch.	Nomencl. Bot. ed. 3: 270 1797		wfo-0000345428
Carex christii	Boeckeler	Bot. Centralbl. 42: 134 1890		wfo-0000345534
Carex ciliatifructus	Ohwi	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 297 1932		wfo-0000345552
Carex conspicua	Boott ex C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 82 1908		wfo-0000345688
Carex costellata	Britton	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22(5): 223 223 1895	—	wfo-0001235838
Carex crawei	Dewey	Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2 2(5): 246–247 246 1846	—	wfo-0001301619
Carex crustacea	Nelmes	Kew Bull. 1: 11 1946		wfo-0000345788
Carex cuatrecasasii	Sennen	Treb. Mus. Ci. Nat. Barcelona 15(1): 37 1931		wfo-0000345800
Carex cylindricus	Chapm.	Bot. Gaz. 3: 18 18 1877	—	wfo-0001272579
Carex cyouensis	X.Y. Mao & Y.C. Yang	Fl. Intramongol. 8: 347, pl. 38, 1–5 347 1985	—	wfo-0001248175
Carex dandoensis	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 31: 287 1956		wfo-0000345883
Carex descendens	Kük.	–	—	wfo-0001302031
Carex diffusus	Vahl	–	—	wfo-0001220277
Carex dissimilis	J.F.Gmel.	Syst. Nat. 2: 144 1791		wfo-0000346110
Carex drymophila	Turcz. ex Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 238 238 1855	—	wfo-0001301611
Carex dubia	Missbach & E.H.L.Krause	Deutschl. Fl. ed. 2, 2: 142 1900		wfo-0000346245
Carex duerrnbergeri	Ritzb.	Oesterr. Bot. Z. 41: 246 1891	—	wfo-0000346255
Carex echinocloe	Huds.	–	—	wfo-0001302122
Carex eloyi	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 88 1908		wfo-0000346382
Carex engleriana	H.Lév. & Vaniot	Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 10: 274 1901		wfo-0000346410
Carex enontekiensis	Montell	Memoranda Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 18: 94 1943	—	wfo-0000804801
Carex enshuensis	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 30: 134 1955		wfo-0000346413
Carex equadorica	Kük.	–	—	wfo-0001301636
Carex erythraea	Schrad.	Linnaea 11(Lit.): 87 1837		wfo-0000346446
Carex exaltata	Kit.	Linnaea 32: 322 1863		wfo-0000346471
Carex flavescens	Host	Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: 53 1809		wfo-0000346725
Carex fuegiana	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 296 1919 publ. 1920		wfo-0000346837
Carex fujidae	Kudô	–	—	wfo-0001302037
Carex furusei	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 30: 135 1955		wfo-0000346873
Carex geihokuensis	K.Okamoto	Bull. Okayama Coll. Sci. 1: 51 1965		wfo-0000346955
Carex ghristii	Boeckeler	Bot. Centralbl. 42: 134 134 1890	—	wfo-0001033429
Carex goroi	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 30: 133 1955		wfo-0000347141
Carex goyozanensis	M.Kikuchi & Mochizuki	J. Geobot. 18: 73 1970		wfo-0000347145
Carex gracilenta	Boott ex Strachey	Cat. Pl. Kumaon 73 73 1854	—	wfo-0001302338
Carex gracilis f. amblyepis	(Peterm.) Asch. & Graebn.	Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(2): 94 94 1902	—	wfo-0001286503
Carex groenlandica	Lange	Consp. Fl. Groenland. ed. 2: 144 1890	—	wfo-0000347245
Carex gypsophila	Reznicek & S. González	–	—	wfo-0001033190
Carex halei	L.H.Bailey ex C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 87 1908		wfo-0000347292
Carex hausmannii	Tapp. ex Kalela	Ann. Bot. Soc. Zool.-Bot. Fenn. "Vanamo" 19(3): 57 1944	—	wfo-0000347355
Carex haussknechtii	Podp.	Unknown 1929	—	wfo-0000811068
Carex henryi	C.B. Clarke ex Franch.	Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 3, 8: 243 243 1896	—	wfo-0001228995
Carex hermaphroditica	J.F. Gmel.	Syst. Nat. 2: 139 139 1791	—	wfo-0001301773
Carex hians	Steud.	Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 236 1855		wfo-0000347432
Carex hirtiformis	Dalla Torre & Sarnth.	Fl. Tirol 6(2): 380 1906		wfo-0000347476
Carex hispida	Willd.	–	—	wfo-0001301614
Carex hobkodensis	Franch.	Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris VIII, 7: 28 1895		wfo-0000347497
Carex hokariensis	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 31: 288 1956		wfo-0000347502
Carex hooker-grayi	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 85 1908		wfo-0000347517
Carex hylaca	R. Knapp	Oberhess. Naturwiss. Z. 44: 120 120 1978	—	wfo-0001236655
Carex hymenina	Nees ex Boott	Ill. Carex 1: 67 1858		wfo-0000347600
Carex inaensis	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 30: 133 1955		wfo-0000347651
Carex indagata	Torges & Hausskn.	Mitt. Geogr. Ges. <Thuringen> Jena 9: 26 26 1891	—	wfo-0001033430
Carex innocua	Wallr.	Erst. Beitr. Fl. Hercyn. 299 1840		wfo-0000347718
Carex insolita	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 30: 135 1955		wfo-0000347730
Carex interjecta	Reznicek	Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 19: 110 1993		wfo-0000347743
Carex isomadensis	Simonk. ex K. Richt.	Pl. Eur. 1: 1 1890		wfo-0001033409
Carex jankae	Gand.	Contr. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid. 1: 30 1883		wfo-0000347832
Carex karashidaniensis	Akiyama	J. Jap. Bot. 13: 652 1937		wfo-0000347894
Carex knieskernii	Dewey	Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2 2(5): 247 247 1846		wfo-0001246876
Carex komarovii	V.I.Krecz.	Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 7: 33 1937		wfo-0000347968
Carex kurilensis	Ohwi	–	—	wfo-0001302044
Carex lanescens	J. Fellm.	Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 8: 283 283 1835		wfo-0001033410
Carex lanosa	Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.	Fl. Ross. 4: 320 1852	—	wfo-0000348110
Carex leutzii	Kneuck.	Excurs.-Fl. Baden ed. 5: 68 1891		wfo-0000348324
Carex lidii	Flatberg	Norweg. J. Bot. 19: 93 1972		wfo-0000348338
Carex litwinowii	Kük.	–	—	wfo-0001302046
Carex lixtalea	Wahlenb.	–	—	wfo-0001220448
Carex lonchosacca	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 77 1908		wfo-0000348431
Carex longibracteata	Hornem.	Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 881 1815		wfo-0000348441
Carex lucorum	Willd. ex Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 380 380 1822		wfo-0001301615
Carex lyonii	Kurtz	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 419 1894		wfo-0000348562
Carex macrophylla	K.Schum.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 381 1901		wfo-0000348617
Carex macrostachyos	Link	J. Bot. (Schrader) 2: 811 1799		wfo-0000348627
Carex maidenii	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 392 1900		wfo-0000348662
Carex mairii	Coss. & Germ.	–	—	wfo-0001221482
Carex malanshanensis	R.F. Huang	Biol. & Human Physiol. Hoh Xil Region 1996: 105 105 1996		wfo-0001246438
Carex marcida	J.F.Gmel.	Syst. Nat. 2: 146 1791	—	wfo-0000348703
Carex mastnyana	Otruba & Podp.	Sched. Fl. Exs. Bohem. 6: 21 1931	—	wfo-0000348737
Carex megalandra	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 295 1919 publ. 1920		wfo-0000348769
Carex melanostylis	Desv.	Fl. Chil. 6: t. 73 1854		wfo-0000348795
Carex mesomorpha	Gand.	Contr. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid. 1: 30 1883		wfo-0000348822
Carex microsacca	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 83 1908		wfo-0000348864
Carex mihashii	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 31: 288 1956		wfo-0000348882
Carex mixta	Corb.	Nouv. Fl. Normandie 607 1894	—	wfo-0000348938
Carex naegelii	Brügger ex Sennholz	Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 37: 72 1887		wfo-0000349139
Carex nardifollia	Wahlenb.	Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 1803: 165 165 1803		wfo-0001033135
Carex nebrodensis	Lojac.	Fl. Sicul. 3: 231 1909		wfo-0000349178
Carex nenningiana	Opiz	Seznam 103 1852	—	wfo-0000349205
Carex neonelmesii	Raymond	Naturaliste Canad. 82: 158 1955		wfo-0000349217
Carex nigricans	Kit.	Linnaea 32: 320 1863		wfo-0000349291
Carex nitens	Phil.	Anales Univ. Chile 1873: 557 1873		wfo-0000349311
Carex oblata	L.H. Bailey	–	—	wfo-0001242585
Carex oblonga	J.F.Gmel.	Syst. Nat. 2: 146 1791		wfo-0000349406
Carex obtusa	Kit.	Linnaea 32: 319 1863		wfo-0000349417
Carex olneyi	Boott	Ill.Gen. Carex 15–16, pl. 42 15 1858	—	wfo-0001301701
Carex pachyandra	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 82 1908		wfo-0000349645
Carex pauliana	F.W.Schultz	Flora 37 : 471 1854	—	wfo-0000811086
Carex pendulina	Lojac.	Fl. Sicul. 3: 224 1909		wfo-0000349904
Carex petrae-fu	F.Murr	Progr. K. K. Oberrealschule Insbr. 57 1891	—	wfo-0000349975
Carex phacodes	C.B. Clarke	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 303 303 1909	—	wfo-0001253433
Carex physochynchia	Steud.	–	—	wfo-0001220271
Carex pieperiana	Junge	Verh. Naturwiss. Vereins Hamburg III, 12: 18 1904	—	wfo-0000350043
Carex pinguipes	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 85 1908		wfo-0000350084
Carex platycarpos	Rchb.	Handb. Gewächsk. ed. 2 3: 1656 1830	—	wfo-0000350115
Carex polygama	J.F.Gmel.	Syst. Nat. 2: 145 1791		wfo-0000350163
Carex polyphylla	Kar. & Kir.	Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 859 1841		wfo-0000350172
Carex prairea	Dewey	Class-book Bot. 414 414 1845		wfo-0001301621
Carex prolifera	Kit.	Linnaea 32: 320 1863		wfo-0000350282
Carex pseudoaphanolepis	Ohwi	Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 11(5): 512 1936		wfo-0000350311
Carex pseudodiandra	Waisb.	Magyar Bot. Lapok 4: 60, 72 1905		wfo-0000350343
Carex pseudofulva	Fernald	Rhodora 35: 231 1933		wfo-0000350354
Carex pseudohelvola	Kihlm.	Meddeland. Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 71 71 1888-1891	—	wfo-0001301702
Carex pseudomacrogyna	Kük.	Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 28: 220 1929		wfo-0000350374
Carex pseudosphaemgyna	Nelmes	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1937: 473 473 1937	—	wfo-0001033423
Carex pseudothunbergii	Akiyama	J. Jap. Bot. 16: 100 1940		wfo-0000350391
Carex psilochloa	Wall.	Numer. List 3534 1831		wfo-0000350398
Carex ragnoldsii	Deer	–	—	wfo-0001302113
Carex ramosa	Schkuhr	Beschr. Riedgras. 2: 40, t. Pppp, f. 204 40 1806		wfo-0001301747
Carex rigidioides	Gorodkov	–	—	wfo-0001302058
Carex rosa	Schukuhr ex Willd.	–	—	wfo-0001301754
Carex rotoensis	Petrie	Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 56: 9 1926		wfo-0000350827
Carex ruedtii	Kneuck.	Excurs.-Fl. Baden ed. 5: 67 1891		wfo-0000808093
Carex rutilus	Humn.	Cat. Pl. Luxeuil 25 1876	—	wfo-0000350879
Carex saskatchewana	Boeck.	Linnaea 41: 159 159 1877	—	wfo-0001246883
Carex scaberrima	Scheele	Linnaea 22: 345 1849		wfo-0000351014
Carex schatzii	Kneuck.	Excurs.-Fl. Baden ed. 5: 67 1891		wfo-0000808094
Carex scordiae	Lojac.	Fl. Sicul. 3: 230 1909		wfo-0000351137
Carex seckeri	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 88 1908		wfo-0000351146
Carex semicrinita	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 70 1908		wfo-0000351159
Carex semicylindrica	Kit.	Linnaea 32: 319 1863		wfo-0000351162
Carex setifolia	Heer	Fl. Schweiz 929 1840		wfo-0000351233
Carex silvatica	Huds.	–	—	wfo-0001301622
Carex skorpili	Velen.	Reliq. Mrkvic. 31 1922		wfo-0000351342
Carex sonderiana	Boott ex C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 86 1908		wfo-0000351363
Carex songarica	Schrank	Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg 19(23): 355 355 1842	—	wfo-0001280972
Carex spathulata	Becc.	Fl. Brit. India 6: 559 1893	—	wfo-0000351415
Carex squamigera	V.I. Krecz. & Luchnik	–	—	wfo-0001302060
Carex standleyi	Steyerm.	–	—	wfo-0001301638
Carex stansalina	Lepage	Naturaliste Canad. 83: 150 1956		wfo-0000351495
Carex stichensis	Prescott	–	—	wfo-0001302316
Carex strictiformis	Mack.	–	—	wfo-0001301639
Carex stygia	Fr.	–		wfo-0001301763
Carex subdecolorans	Nyár.	Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Roman. 11: 842 1966	—	wfo-0000351687
Carex subreducta	Lepage	Naturaliste Canad. 83: 135 1956		wfo-0000351725
Carex substans	Lepage	Naturaliste Canad. 83: 152 1956		wfo-0000351739
Carex sullivantii	Boott	Trans. Linn. Soc. London 20(1): 116 116 1846	—	wfo-0001301704
Carex sybpediformis	Sut. & Suzuki	–	—	wfo-0001229002
Carex tato	Chang	Clav. Pl. Chin. Bor.-Orient. 520, pl. 189, f. 5 520 1959	—	wfo-0001274527
Carex tenuirostris	Boeckeler	Flora 63: 456 1880		wfo-0000351905
Carex teramotoi	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 30: 134 1955		wfo-0000351924
Carex ternaria	J.F.Gmel.	Syst. Nat. 2: 145 1791	—	wfo-0000834598
Carex thuringia	Willd.	Sp. Pl. 4: 250 250 1805	—	wfo-0001263102
Carex toshironis	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 31: 287 1956		wfo-0000352046
Carex triceps	Schrank	Baier. Fl. 1: 287 1789		wfo-0000352086
Carex trichodes	Steud. ex Boeck.	–	—	wfo-0001301792
Carex truncatula	Kit.	Linnaea 32: 318 1863		wfo-0000352156
Carex tschonoskii	V.I.Krecz.	Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 7: 32 1937		wfo-0000352161
Carex tuckermanii	Dewey	Amer. J. Sci. Arts 49(1): 48, pl. Ff, f. 117 48 1845		wfo-0001301870
Carex ulaviformis	Hoppe	Deutschl. Fl. 61 1833		wfo-0000352221
Carex vanvleckii	Schwein.	Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1(1): 69 69 1824		wfo-0001239252
Carex varica	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 69 1908		wfo-0000352348
Carex vesiciformis	Peterm.	Flora 27: 339 1844		wfo-0000352442
Carex viadrina	Schube	Jahresber. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult. 86(2): 51 1909		wfo-0000352454
Carex xenostachya	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 31: 286 1956		wfo-0000352729
Carex xyphium	Kom.	–	—	wfo-0001302063
Carex zallichiana	Prescott ex Nees	Contr. Bot. India 129 1834	—	wfo-0000352764