Nomenclature: wfo-0000349570

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Taxonomy: Accepted in 2025-06 classification

Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12 : 2025-06

Placement: Code > Plantae Haeckel > Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown > Angiosperms > Poales Small > Cyperaceae Juss. > Cariceae Dumort. > Carex L. > Carex subg. Carex L. > Carex sect. Phacocystis Dumort. > Carex orbicularis Boott > Carex orbicularis subsp. orbicularis

Synonyms

• Carex cespitosa var. microstachys Regel
• Carex cyclocystis Boeckeler
• Carex erostrata Boott ex C.B.Clarke
• Carex glauca var. kotschyi Kük. & Bornm.
• Carex melanolepis Boeckeler
• Carex pakistanica T.Koyama
• Carex petunnikowii Litv.
• Carex transalaica Tzvelev
• Carex vulgaris var. distracta C.B.Clarke
• Carex cespitosa var. saxatilis Regel
• Carex orbicularis var. bulungensis Ostenf.
• Carex orbicularis var. petunnikowii (Litv.) O.Fedtsch.
• Carex infuscata var. erostrata (Boott ex C.B.Clarke) T.Koyama

Taxonomic References

• database : Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex orbicularis subsp. orbicularis Boott. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1699885

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