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June 2024

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Carex L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 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.

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Synonyms of Carex

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Callistachys	Heuff.	Flora 27: 528 (1844)	wfo-1200034153
Caricina	St.-Lag.	Étude Fl. , éd. 8, 2: 880 (1889)	wfo-1200034282
Froelichia	Wulfen	Fl. Norica Phan. : 729 (1858)	wfo-1200034321
Phyllostachys	Torr.	Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 404 (1836)	wfo-1200034374
Rhynchopera	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 272 (1912)	wfo-1200034385
Agistron	Raf.	Good Book : 28 (1840)	wfo-4000000949
Anithista	Raf.	Good Book : 26 (1840)	wfo-4000002225
Archaeocarex	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 262 (1912)	wfo-4000002877
Bitteria	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 269 (1912)	wfo-4000004688
Blysmocarex	N.A.Ivanova	Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 24: 502 (1939)	wfo-4000004830
Caricinella	St.-Lag.	Étude Fl. , éd. 8, 2: 880 (1889)	wfo-4000006719
Chionanthula	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 275 (1912)	wfo-4000007908
Cobresia	Pers.	Syn. Pl. 2: 534 (1807)	wfo-4000008709
Coleachyron	J.Gay ex Boiss.	Fl. Orient. 5: 408 (1882)	wfo-4000008887
Cryptoglochin	Heuff.	Flora 27: 528 (1844)	wfo-4000009888
Cymophyllus	Mack. ex Britton & A.Br.	Ill. Fl. N. U.S. , ed. 2, 1: 441 (1913)	wfo-4000010389
Dapedostachys	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 265 (1912)	wfo-4000010754
Desmiograstis	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 274 (1912)	wfo-4000011198
Deweya	Raf.	Good Book : 26 (1840)	wfo-4000011256
Diemisa	Raf.	Good Book : 27 (1840)	wfo-4000011680
Diplocarex	Hayata	Icon. Pl. Formosan. 10: 70 (1921)	wfo-4000011957
Dornera	Heuff. ex Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 697 (1866)	wfo-4000012444
Echinochlaenia	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 264 (1912)	wfo-4000012915
Edritria	Raf.	Good Book : 26 (1840)	wfo-4000013032
Elyna	Schrad.	Fl. Germ. 1: 155 (1806)	wfo-4000013271
Facolos	Raf.	Good Book : 26 (1840)	wfo-4000014531
Forexeta	Raf.	Good Book : 28 (1840)	wfo-4000014935
Genersichia	Heuff.	Flora 27(2): 528 (1844)	wfo-4000015479
Hemicarex	Benth.	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 367 (1881)	wfo-4000017355
Holmia	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 262 (1912)	wfo-4000018073
Homalostachys	Boeckeler	Beitr. Cyper. 1: 37 (1888)	wfo-4000018168
Itheta	Raf.	Good Book : 28 (1840)	wfo-4000019365
Kobresia	Willd.	Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 205 (1805)	wfo-4000020102
Kolerma	Raf.	Good Book : 27 (1840)	wfo-4000020148
Kuekenthalia	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 266 (1912)	wfo-4000020255
Lamprochlaenia	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 272 (1912)	wfo-4000020513
Lechleria	Phil.	Linnaea 28: 654. 1858.	wfo-4000020841
Leptostachys	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 147 (1789)	wfo-4000021359
Leptovignea	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 273 (1912)	wfo-4000021383
Leucoglochin	Heuff.	Flora 27: 528 (1844)	wfo-4000021544
Limivasculum	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 268 (1912)	wfo-4000021757
Loncoperis	Raf.	Good Book : 27 (1840)	wfo-4000022162
Loxanisa	Raf.	Good Book : 25 (1840)	wfo-4000022326
Loxotrema	Raf.	Good Book : 25 (1840)	wfo-4000022359
Manochlaenia	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 271 (1912)	wfo-4000023056
Maukschia	Heuff.	Flora 27: 527 (1844)	wfo-4000023357
Neilreichia	Kotula	Spraw. Komis. Fizjogr. 17: 136 (1883)	wfo-4000025504
Neskiza	Raf.	Good Book : 27 (1840)	wfo-4000025970
Olamblis	Raf.	Good Book : 26 (1840)	wfo-4000026690
Olotrema	Raf.	Good Book : 25 (1840)	wfo-4000026780
Onkerma	Raf.	Good Book : 27 (1840)	wfo-4000026875
Osculisa	Raf.	Good Book : 27 (1840)	wfo-4000027365
Physiglochis	Neck.	Elem. Bot. 3: 245 (1790)	wfo-4000029529
Proteocarpus	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 266 (1912)	wfo-4000031251
Pseudocarex	Miq.	Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 146 (1865)	wfo-4000031436
Psyllophora	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 146 (1789)	wfo-4000031855
Schelhammeria	Moench	Suppl. Meth. : 119 (1802)	wfo-4000034301
Schoenoxiphium	Nees	Linnaea 7: 531 (1832)	wfo-4000034546
Temnemis	Raf.	Good Book : 27 (1840)	wfo-4000037741
Thysanocarex	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 274 (1912)	wfo-4000038366
Trasus	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 53 (1821 publ. 1822)	wfo-4000038789
Uncinia	Pers.	Syn. Pl. 2: 534 (1807)	wfo-4000039759
Vesicarex	Steyerm.	Fieldiana, Bot. 28(1): 63 (1951)	wfo-4000040193
Vignantha	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 705 (1866)	wfo-4000040263
Vignea	P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib.	Essai Cypér. : 22 (1819)	wfo-4000040265
Vignidula	Börner	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 275 (1912)	wfo-4000040266
Ammorrhiza	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 146 (1789)	wfo-4000043734
Baeochortus	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 149 (1789)	wfo-4000043735
Caricella	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 146 (1789)	wfo-4000043736
Chordorrhiza	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 148 (1789)	wfo-4000043738
Drymeia	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 148 (1789)	wfo-4000043739
Heleonastes	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 147 (1789)	wfo-4000043741
Kobria	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 8: 175 (1881)	wfo-4000043742
Meltrema	Raf.	Good Book : 26 (1840)	wfo-4000043745
Phaeolorum	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 149 (1789)	wfo-4000043748
Polyglochin	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 146 (1789)	wfo-4000043749
Ptacoseia	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 147 (1789)	wfo-4000043750
Ulva	Adans.	Fam. Pl. 2: 496 (1763)	wfo-4000043753
Cyperoides	Ség.	Pl. Veron. 3: 73 (1754)	wfo-4000048483
Limonaetes	Ehrh.	Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 148 (1789)	wfo-4100002233
Rhaptocalymma	Borrer	Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen , prepr. 21: 272 (1912)	wfo-4100002236

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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 ablita	Steud.	–	—	wfo-0001220358
Carex acuta var. amblylepis	Peterm.	Anal. Pfl.-Schluss. 501 1846	—	wfo-0001286502
Carex aequalis	Notø	Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 61: 223 (1924)		wfo-0000344235
Carex albirostris	C.B.Clarke	Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 78 (1908)		wfo-0000344286
Carex albomarginata	Mack. ex Parish	Plant World xx. 176 (1917), nomen.		wfo-0001351867
Carex alluvialis	Schube	Jahresber. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult. 86(2b): 51 (1908 publ. 1909)		wfo-0000344316
Carex alpicola	(Wahlenb.) H.Lindb.	Enum. Pl. Fennoscandia 12 1901		wfo-1000045354
Carex alpina var. typica	Fernald	Rhodora 35: 222. 1933		wfo-0001398088
Carex alsia	Raymond	Biol. Skr. 14(4): 23 (1965)		wfo-0000344349
Carex altimontana	(T.V.Ebel) Schekhovts.	Botanica Pacifica 12(2): 123 2023		wfo-1000056465
Carex amblyorhyncha var. solida	(T.J.Sørensen) Boecher	–		wfo-0001392146
Carex angusta	(C.B.Clarke) Kottaim. & R.Ganesan	Checkl. Indian Pl. 3: 138. 2022 [18 Aug 2022]		wfo-1200095935
Carex angusta	(C.B.Clarke) Sameer Patil	J. Jap. Bot. 98(3): 140 2023		wfo-1000051597
Carex angustealata	(Akiyama) S.Fujii & N.Kurosaki	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 74(1): 22 2023		wfo-1000045228
Carex anselmi	Sennen	Treb. Mus. Ci. Nat. Barcelona, Sèr. Bot. 15(1): 37 (1931)		wfo-0000344455
Carex appressa f. appressa	–	–		wfo-0001327239
Carex archata	Boot.	–	—	wfo-0001220369
Carex argyrantha	Tuck. ex Dewey	Amer. J. Sci. Arts (ser. 2) 29: 346. 1860		wfo-0001301617
Carex argyrocarpa	Poepp.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27(4): 521. 1899 [15 Dec 1899]		wfo-0001352948
Carex aristata	d'Urv.	Fl. Iles Malouin. 27. 1825		wfo-1000062808
Carex aristata subsp. orostachys	(C.A.Mey.) Kük.	Pflanzenr. 38(IV. 20): 753 1909	—	wfo-0001033403
Carex aristata subsp. trichocarpa	Kük.	Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 20: 754. 1909		wfo-0001367993
Carex artirostrata	C.B.Clarke	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27(4): 521. 1899 [15 Dec 1899]		wfo-0001352952
Carex atrata subsp. aterrima	(Hoppe) S.Yun Liang	Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 12: 114 (2000).		wfo-0001274476
Carex atrata subsp. aterrima	(Hoppe) Èelak	Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 67 1867	—	wfo-0001033707
Carex atrata var. nigra	Boott	Ill. Gen. Carex 3: 114, t. 363. 1862		wfo-1200009761
Carex auceps	(de Lange & Heenan) K.A.Ford & Heenan	Phytotaxa 236(1): 100. 2015 [25 Nov 2015] [epublished]		wfo-0001356566
Carex baeuerlenii	F.Muell. ex Maiden	Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales iv. (May 1889) 110 et 111, nomen.		wfo-0001351870
Carex baksztensis	Gorski ex Schmalh.	Fl. Centr. & S. Russia ii. 577 (1897), nomen.		wfo-0001351871
Carex balbii	Schkuhr ex Balb.	Cat. Stirp. (1813) 21. 1813 [1 Jan 1813] ; cf. D.J. Mabberley in Taxon, 31(1): 69. 1982		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. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris , sér. 8, 7: 28 (1895)		wfo-0000344931
Carex bipartita	F.Dietr.	Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 2: 16 (1802)		wfo-0000344939
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 v. (1893) 19.		wfo-0001033428
Carex brachyantherum	Trautv. & C.A.Mey.	–	—	wfo-0001301750
Carex brenneri	Christ	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18(no. 5): 411. 1900		wfo-0000345062
Carex brevibracteata	K.Schum. ex Miyabe & Kudô	J. Fac. Agric., Sapporo xxvi. 261 (1931), in syn.		wfo-0001351872
Carex breviglumis	Le Gall	Fl. Morbihan : 658 (1852)		wfo-0000345097
Carex bruceana	Boott ex C.B.Clarke	Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(20): 717 in syn. 1894 [Apr 1894]		wfo-0001351873
Carex buchtienii	Palla	in Buchtien, Contrib. Fl. Boliv. 90 (1910), nomen.		wfo-0001351874
Carex bufonia	Gueldenst. ex Trevir.	Fl. Ross. 4: 320 (1852)		wfo-0000345176
Carex burjatorum	Korotky	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 293 (1914)		wfo-0000345193
Carex buxbaumii var. heterostachya	Andersson	–		wfo-0001398089
Carex caespitosa	Gooden.	Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 195, t. 21. 1794 [1 May 1794]		wfo-0001357748
Carex caespitosa	Ten.	Viaggio in Calab 129.		wfo-0001357750
Carex caespitosa	Thunb.	Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 89. 1784 [Aug 1784]		wfo-0001357749
Carex camposii subsp. tejedensis	R.Sánchez-Villegas, M.Escudero & Luceño	Medit. Bot. 44-e80087: 7 2023		wfo-1200067780
Carex camptoglochim	Krecz.	–	—	wfo-0001302242
Carex canescens subsp. brevispiculata	Charit.	Vestn. Tobol'skoi Gosud. Pedagog. Inst. 10: 38 (-39). 2009		wfo-1200040782
Carex canescens subsp. hylaea	(V.I.Krecz.) R.Knapp	Oberhess. Naturwiss. Zeitschr. 44: 120 (1978), without basionym ref.		wfo-0001369181
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. Pl. Illustr. , ed. 3: 270 (1797)		wfo-0000345428
Carex chatenieri	H.Lév.	Bull. Géogr. Bot. 27: 44, nomen, hybr. 1917		wfo-0001351876
Carex chlorantha var. chlorantha	–	–		wfo-0001394488
Carex christii	Boeckeler	Bot. Centralbl. 42: 134 (1890)		wfo-0000345534
Carex chrysites	Link	Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 30. 1889		wfo-0001352986
Carex ciliatifructus	Ohwi	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 297 (1932)		wfo-0000345552
Carex clavata subsp. cylindracea	Wahlenb.	Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 151 (1803)	—	wfo-1200032982
Carex clavata subsp. tritacea	Wahlenb.	Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 151 (1803)	—	wfo-1200032984
Carex conoides	Kük.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 311 (1922)		wfo-0000345680
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 1895	—	wfo-0001235838
Carex crassispiculata	(Malyschev) Schekhovts.	Botanica Pacifica 12(2): 123 2023		wfo-1000056590
Carex crawei	Dewey	Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2 2(5): 246–247 1846	—	wfo-0001301619
Carex cruciata var. cruciata	–	–		wfo-0001394497
Carex crustacea	Nelmes	Kew Bull. 1: 11 (1946)		wfo-0000345788
Carex cryptandra	Schwein. ex E.Hall	Pl. Tex. 25 1873		wfo-1200097326
Carex cryptandra var. pedunculata	Olney ex E.Hall	Pl. Tex. 25 1873		wfo-1200097282
Carex cseteii	Nyman	Consp. Fl. Eur. 4: 773. 1882 [Oct 1882] : erroneous entry		wfo-0001351878
Carex cuatrecasasii	Sennen	Treb. Mus. Ci. Nat. Barcelona, Sèr. Bot. 15(1): 37 (1931)		wfo-0000345800
Carex curtispica	K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 74(2): 96 2023		wfo-1000055270
Carex cylindricus	Chapm.	Bot. Gaz. 3: 18 1877	—	wfo-0001272579
Carex cyouensis	X.Y.Mao & Y.C.Yang	Fl. Intramongol. 8: 347, pl. 38, 1–5 1985	—	wfo-0001248175
Carex damingshanica	Z.C.Lu & X.F.Jin	PhytoKeys 225: 157 2023		wfo-1000047233
Carex dandoensis	T.Koyama	J. Jap. Bot. 31: 287 (1956)		wfo-0000345883
Carex decaulescens subsp. alsia	(Raymond) Kukkonen	Ann. Bot. Fenn. 21: 387 (1984)		wfo-0000345926
Carex decaulescens subsp. decaulescens	–	Unknown	—	wfo-0000345927
Carex deflexa var. hirsuta	(Willd.) Gleason	–		wfo-0001390943
Carex delicatula	Lojac.	Fl. Sicul. 3: 224 (1909)		wfo-0000345957
Carex depauperata	Curtis ex With.	Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 1049. 1787		wfo-1200027664
Carex diffusus	Vahl	–	—	wfo-0001220277