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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.

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Synonyms of Carex

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator 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
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

Species in Carex ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex ablita Steud. wfo-0001220358
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex acuta f. hyperborea (Drejer) Kindb. wfo-1200106056
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex acuta f. limula (Fr.) Kindb. wfo-1200106055
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex acuta f. personata (Fr.) Kindb. wfo-1200106057
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex acuta f. prolixa (Fr.) Kindb. wfo-1200106058
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex acuta f. vacillans (Drejer) Kindb. wfo-1200106054
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex acuta var. amblylepis Peterm. Anal. Pfl.-Schluss. 501 1846 wfo-0001286502
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex aequalis Notø Nyt Mag. Naturvidensk. 61: 223 (1924) wfo-0000344235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex albirostris C.B.Clarke Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 78 (1908) wfo-0000344286
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex albomarginata Mack. ex Parish Plant World xx. 176 (1917), nomen. wfo-0001351867
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex alluvialis Schube Jahresber. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult. 86(2b): 51 (1908 publ. 1909) wfo-0000344316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex alpicola (Wahlenb.) H.Lindb. Enum. Pl. Fennoscandia 12 1901 wfo-1000045354
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex alpina var. typica Fernald Rhodora 35: 222. 1933 wfo-0001398088
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex alsia Raymond Biol. Skr. 14(4): 23 (1965) wfo-0000344349
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex altimontana (T.V.Ebel) Schekhovts. Botanica Pacifica 12(2): 123 2023 wfo-1000056465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex amblyorhyncha var. solida (T.J.Sørensen) Boecher wfo-0001392146
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex angusta (C.B.Clarke) Kottaim. & R.Ganesan Checkl. Indian Pl. 3: 138. 2022 [18 Aug 2022] wfo-1200095935
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex angusta (C.B.Clarke) Sameer Patil J. Jap. Bot. 98(3): 140 2023 wfo-1000051597
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex angustealata (Akiyama) S.Fujii & N.Kurosaki Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 74(1): 22 2023 wfo-1000045228
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex anselmi Sennen Treb. Mus. Ci. Nat. Barcelona, Sèr. Bot. 15(1): 37 (1931) wfo-0000344455
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex anticostensis unr. longidens Lepage Naturaliste Canad. 83: 110 (1956) wfo-2800004134
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex appressa f. appressa wfo-0001327239
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex aquatilis f. arcuata Kindb. wfo-1200106061
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex aquatilis f. borealis (O.Lang) Kindb. wfo-1200106060
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex archata Boot. wfo-0001220369
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex argyrantha Tuck. ex Dewey Amer. J. Sci. Arts (ser. 2) 29: 346. 1860 wfo-0001301617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex argyrocarpa Poepp. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27(4): 521. 1899 [15 Dec 1899] wfo-0001352948
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex aristata d'Urv. Fl. Iles Malouin. 27. 1825 wfo-1000062808
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex aristata subsp. orostachys (C.A.Mey.) Kük. Pflanzenr. 38(IV. 20): 753 1909 wfo-0001033403
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex aristata subsp. trichocarpa Kük. Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, Fam. 20: 754. 1909 wfo-0001367993
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex artirostrata C.B.Clarke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27(4): 521. 1899 [15 Dec 1899] wfo-0001352952
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex atrata f. alpina Kindb. wfo-1200106065
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex atrata f. nigra (Gaudin) Kindb. wfo-1200106063
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex atrata f. rectiuscula (Hartm.) Kindb. wfo-1200106064
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex atrata subsp. aterrima (Hoppe) S.Yun Liang Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 12: 114 (2000). wfo-0001274476
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex atrata subsp. aterrima (Hoppe) Èelak Prodr. Fl. Böhmen 67 1867 wfo-0001033707
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex atrata var. nigra Boott Ill. Gen. Carex 3: 114, t. 363. 1862 wfo-1200009761
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex auceps (de Lange & Heenan) K.A.Ford & Heenan Phytotaxa 236(1): 100. 2015 [25 Nov 2015] [epublished] wfo-0001356566
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex baeuerlenii F.Muell. ex Maiden Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales iv. (May 1889) 110 et 111, nomen. wfo-0001351870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex baksztensis Gorski ex Schmalh. Fl. Centr. & S. Russia ii. 577 (1897), nomen. wfo-0001351871
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced 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
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex biconvexis Michx. Unknown (1803) wfo-0000344897
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex bicostata Olney Car. Bar. Am. : 9 (1871) wfo-0000344898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex bifida Roth ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 155 (1821) wfo-0000344904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex binensis Franch. Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris , sér. 8, 7: 28 (1895) wfo-0000344931
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex bipartita F.Dietr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 2: 16 (1802) wfo-0000344939
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex bolanderi Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 296 (1919 publ. 1920) wfo-0000344980
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex bordabensis Litv. Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 7: 100 (1910) wfo-0000345018
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex boscii Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. , 3: 812 (1826) wfo-0000345032
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex botasgdensis Kük. Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins v. (1893) 19. wfo-0001033428
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex brachyantherum Trautv. & C.A.Mey. wfo-0001301750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex brenneri Christ Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 18(no. 5): 411. 1900 wfo-0000345062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex brevibracteata K.Schum. ex Miyabe & Kudô J. Fac. Agric., Sapporo xxvi. 261 (1931), in syn. wfo-0001351872
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex breviglumis Le Gall Fl. Morbihan : 658 (1852) wfo-0000345097
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex bruceana Boott ex C.B.Clarke Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 6(20): 717 in syn. 1894 [Apr 1894] wfo-0001351873
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex buchtienii Palla in Buchtien, Contrib. Fl. Boliv. 90 (1910), nomen. wfo-0001351874
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex bufonia Gueldenst. ex Trevir. Fl. Ross. 4: 320 (1852) wfo-0000345176
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex burjatorum Korotky Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 293 (1914) wfo-0000345193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex buxbaumii f. alpicola (Hartm.) Kindb. wfo-1200106062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex buxbaumii var. heterostachya Andersson wfo-0001398089
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex caespitosa Gooden. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 195, t. 21. 1794 [1 May 1794] wfo-0001357748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex caespitosa Ten. Viaggio in Calab 129. wfo-0001357750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex caespitosa Thunb. Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 89. 1784 [Aug 1784] wfo-0001357749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex camposii subsp. camposii wfo-1200106068
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex camposii subsp. tejedensis R.Sánchez-Villegas, M.Escudero & Luceño Medit. Bot. 44-e80087: 7 2023 wfo-1200067780
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex camptoglochim Krecz. wfo-0001302242
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex canescens f. paludosa Kindb. wfo-1200106051
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex canescens f. subloliacea (Laest.) Kindb. wfo-1200106050
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex canescens f. vitilis (Fr.) Kindb. wfo-1200106052
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex canescens subsp. brevispiculata Charit. Vestn. Tobol'skoi Gosud. Pedagog. Inst. 10: 38 (-39). 2009 wfo-1200040782
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex canescens subsp. hylaea (V.I.Krecz.) R.Knapp Oberhess. Naturwiss. Zeitschr. 44: 120 (1978), without basionym ref. wfo-0001369181
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex castriferrei Waisb. Magyar Bot. Lapok 4: 75 (1905) wfo-0000345390
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex catalaunica Sennen Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 1917: 236, 182 (1917) wfo-0000345391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex cernua Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr. , ed. 3: 270 (1797) wfo-0000345428
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex chatenieri H.Lév. Bull. Géogr. Bot. 27: 44, nomen, hybr. 1917 wfo-0001351876
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex chlorantha var. chlorantha wfo-0001394488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex christii Boeckeler Bot. Centralbl. 42: 134 (1890) wfo-0000345534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex chrysites Link Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 30. 1889 wfo-0001352986
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex ciliatifructus Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 297 (1932) wfo-0000345552
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex clavata subsp. cylindracea Wahlenb. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 151 (1803) wfo-1200032982
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex clavata subsp. tritacea Wahlenb. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 151 (1803) wfo-1200032984
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex conoides Kük. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 311 (1922) wfo-0000345680
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex conspicua Boott ex C.B.Clarke Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew, Addit. Ser. 8: 82 (1908) wfo-0000345688
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex costellata Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22(5): 223 1895 wfo-0001235838
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex crassispiculata (Malyschev) Schekhovts. Botanica Pacifica 12(2): 123 2023 wfo-1000056590
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex crawei Dewey Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2 2(5): 246–247 1846 wfo-0001301619
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex cruciata var. cruciata wfo-0001394497
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex crustacea Nelmes Kew Bull. 1: 11 (1946) wfo-0000345788
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex cryptandra Schwein. ex E.Hall Pl. Tex. 25 1873 wfo-1200097326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex cryptandra var. pedunculata Olney ex E.Hall Pl. Tex. 25 1873 wfo-1200097282
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex cseteii Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 4: 773. 1882 [Oct 1882] : erroneous entry wfo-0001351878
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex cuatrecasasii Sennen Treb. Mus. Ci. Nat. Barcelona, Sèr. Bot. 15(1): 37 (1931) wfo-0000345800
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex curtispica K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 74(2): 96 2023 wfo-1000055270
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex cylindricus Chapm. Bot. Gaz. 3: 18 1877 wfo-0001272579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex cyouensis X.Y.Mao & Y.C.Yang Fl. Intramongol. 8: 347, pl. 38, 1–5 1985 wfo-0001248175
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex damingshanica Z.C.Lu & X.F.Jin PhytoKeys 225: 157 2023 wfo-1000047233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex dandoensis T.Koyama J. Jap. Bot. 31: 287 (1956) wfo-0000345883
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex decaulescens subsp. alsia (Raymond) Kukkonen Ann. Bot. Fenn. 21: 387 (1984) wfo-0000345926
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex decaulescens subsp. decaulescens Unknown wfo-0000345927
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Carex deflexa var. hirsuta (Willd.) Gleason wfo-0001390943