Nomenclature: wfo-1000081875

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Taxonomy: Accepted in 2025-06 classification

Occurs in: 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.

Subtaxa

• Carex acuta L.
• Carex alligata Boott
• Carex × alluvialis Figert
• Carex altaica (Gorodkov) V.I.Krecz.
• Carex andersonii Boott
• Carex angustata Boott
• Carex angustisquama Franch.
• Carex antucensis Kunze ex Kunth
• Carex aphyllopus Kük.
• Carex apoiensis Akiyama
• Carex appendiculata (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) Kük.
• Carex aquatilis Wahlenb.
• Carex arcatica Meinsh.
• Carex arnottiana Nees ex Drejer
• Carex austrojacutensis Schekhovts.
• Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein.
• Carex borealihinganica Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang
• Carex brehmeri Boeckeler
• Carex brevicrinis (Fernald) A.Haines
• Carex buekii Wimm.
• Carex caespititia Nees
• Carex cespitosa L.
• Carex chikungana L.H.Bailey
• Carex cinerascens Kük.
• Carex cochranei Reznicek
• Carex contracta F.Muell.
• Carex coriacea Hamlin
• Carex crinita Lam.
• Carex cuchumatanensis Standl. & Steyerm.
• Carex dacica Heuff.
• Carex darwinii Boott
• Carex decidua Boott
• Carex delongii Shekhovts. & Lashch.
• Carex dives Holm
• Carex doenitzii Boeckeler
• Carex drukyulensis (Noltie) Jim.Mejías & Noltie
• Carex elata All.
• Carex eleusinoides Turcz. ex Kunth
• Carex emoryi Dewey
• Carex enanderi Hultén
• Carex enneastachya C.B.Clarke
• Carex ensifolia Turcz. ex Ledeb.
• Carex erawinensis Korotky
• Carex forficula Franch. & Sav.
• Carex forrestii Kük.
• Carex fucata Boott ex C.B.Clarke
• Carex fumosimontana D.Estes
• Carex gaudichaudiana Kunth
• Carex geminata Schkuhr
• Carex gynandra Schwein.
• Carex hermannii Cochrane
• Carex heterolepis Bunge
• Carex humbertiana Ohwi
• Carex hypandra F.Muell. ex Benth.
• Carex interrupta Boeckeler
• Carex kauaiensis R.W.Krauss
• Carex kelloggii W.Boott
• Carex knorringiae Kük. ex V.I.Krecz.
• Carex kotschyana Boiss. & Hohen.
• Carex kurdica Kük. ex Hand.-Mazz.
• Carex lenticularis Michx.
• Carex lessoniana Steud.
• Carex luctuosa Franch.
• Carex lyngbyei Hornem.
• Carex maquensis Y.C.Yang
• Carex melinacra Franch.
• Carex micrantha Kük.
• Carex minxianica Y.C.Yang
• Carex mitchelliana M.A.Curtis
• Carex muliensis Hand.-Mazz.
• Carex nealiae R.W.Krauss
• Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
• Carex notha Kunth
• Carex nudata W.Boott
• Carex obnupta L.H.Bailey
• Carex okuboi Franch.
• Carex orbicularis Boott
• Carex otaruensis Franch.
• Carex otayae Ohwi
• Carex × otayai Ohwi
• Carex paleacea Schreb. ex Wahlenb.
• Carex panormitana Guss.
• Carex platysperma Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Yang
• Carex plectocarpa F.J.Herm.
• Carex podocarpa R.Br.
• Carex podogyna Franch. & Sav.
• Carex polyantha F.Muell.
• Carex × prolixa Fr.
• Carex prolongata Kük.
• Carex pseudoaperta Boeckeler ex Kük.
• Carex pseudosadoensis Akiyama
• Carex quixotiana Ben.Benítez, Martín-Bravo, Luceño & Jim.Mejías
• Carex ramenskii Kom.
• Carex randalpina B.Walln.
• Carex recta Boott
• Carex reuteriana Boiss.
• Carex rigidioides (Gorodkov) V.I.Krecz.
• Carex rubrobrunnea C.B.Clarke
• Carex rufina Drejer
• Carex sadoensis Franch.
• Carex salina Wahlenb.
• Carex satakeana T.Koyama
• Carex schottii Dewey
• Carex scita Maxim.
• Carex scitiformis Kük.
• Carex scopulorum Holm
• Carex senta Boott
• Carex shandanica Y.C.Yang
• Carex shiriyajirensis Akiyama ex Tatew.
• Carex sinclairii Boott ex Cheeseman
• Carex stricta Lam.
• Carex subdola Boott
• Carex subspathacea Wormsk. ex Hornem.
• Carex taldycola Meinsh.
• Carex thunbergii Steud.
• Carex torta Boott ex Tuck.
• Carex trinervis Degl.
• Carex tuminensis Kom.
• Carex vacillans Drejer
• Carex zhonghaiensis S.Yun Liang

Taxonomic References

• database : Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Phacocystis Dumort.. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774146

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