Nomenclature: wfo-0000350076

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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. Acrocystis Dumort. > Carex pilulifera L. > Carex pilulifera subsp. pilulifera

Synonyms

• Carex aederi Desv.
• Carex alba Bastard
• Carex bastardiana DC.
• Carex decumbens Ehrh.
• Carex pilulifera var. digyna Boeckeler
• Carex pilulifera f. fallax Vatke ex Asch. & Graebn.
• Carex pilulifera f. fuscidula Waisb.
• Carex pilulifera f. golenzii Asch. & Graebn.
• Carex pilulifera f. laxa Waisb.
• Carex pilulifera var. leesii Ridl.
• Carex pilulifera f. longibracteata Lange
• Carex pilulifera f. major Wirtg. ex Herrenkohl
• Carex pilulifera var. mucronata Peterm.
• Carex pilulifera var. pallescens Beckh.
• Carex pilulifera f. pallida Peterm.
• Carex pilulifera f. pedunculata Waisb.
• Carex pilulifera f. refracta Waisb.
• Carex pullulans Dulac
• Carex pilulifera var. bastardiana (DC.) Nyman
• Carex pilulifera var. vegeta Merino
• Carex saxumbra F.Lees
• Carex pilulifera var. bertolonii Pi.Savi ex Kük.
• Carex pilulifera var. longibracteata Lange
• Carex pilulifera var. longibracteata Lange

Taxonomic References

• database : Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex pilulifera subsp. pilulifera L.. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1699904

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