Nomenclature: wfo-3400002070

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Taxonomy: Accepted in 2025-06 classification

Occurs in: 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. Spirostachyae Drejer

Subtaxa

• Carex aethiopica Schkuhr
• Carex albula Allan
• Carex bermudiana Hemsl.
• Carex berteroniana Steud.
• Carex binervis Sm.
• Carex blakei Nelmes
• Carex borbonica Lam.
• Carex boryana Schkuhr
• Carex buchananii Berggr.
• Carex burchelliana Boeckeler
• Carex calcis K.A.Ford
• Carex camposii Boiss. & Reut.
• Carex catharinensis Boeckeler
• Carex chathamica Petrie
• Carex cilicica Boiss.
• Carex cirrhosa Berggr.
• Carex clavata Thunb.
• Carex cockayneana Kük. ex Cheeseman
• Carex comans Berggr.
• Carex cremnicola K.A.Ford
• Carex dallii Kirk
• Carex decurtata Cheeseman
• Carex devia Cheeseman
• Carex dianae Steud.
• Carex diluta M.Bieb.
• Carex dipsacea Berggr.
• Carex dissita Sol. ex Boott
• Carex distans L.
• Carex distentiformis F.J.Herm.
• Carex dolomitica Heenan & de Lange
• Carex druceana Hamlin
• Carex ecklonii Nees
• Carex edgariae Hamlin
• Carex elgonensis Nelmes
• Carex elingamita Hamlin
• Carex evadens S.González & Reznicek
• Carex extensa Gooden.
• Carex fernandezensis Mack. ex G.A.Wheeler
• Carex filamentosa Petrie
• Carex fischeri K.Schum.
• Carex fissirostris Ball
• Carex flagellifera Colenso
• Carex forsteri Wahlenb.
• Carex fretalis Hamlin
• Carex fructus Reznicek
• Carex fuscula d'Urv.
• Carex goyenii Petrie
• Carex greenwayi Nelmes
• Carex gunniana Boott
• Carex hectori Petrie
• Carex helodes Link
• Carex hochstetteriana J.Gay ex Seub.
• Carex humbertii Cherm.
• Carex idaea Greuter, Matthäs & Risse
• Carex impexa K.A.Ford
• Carex inopinata V.J.Cook
• Carex kermadecensis Petrie
• Carex laevicaulis Hochst. ex Seub.
• Carex laevigata Sm.
• Carex lainzii Luceño, E.Rico & T.Romero
• Carex lambertiana Boott
• Carex lamprocarpa Phil.
• Carex libera (Kük.) Hamlin
• Carex litorosa L.H.Bailey
• Carex longiculmis Petrie
• Carex lowei Bech.
• Carex mairei Coss. & Germ.
• Carex mannii E.A.Bruce
• Carex mildbraediana Kük.
• Carex modesti M.Escudero, Martín-Bravo & Jim.Mejías
• Carex munroi Boott ex C.B.Clarke
• Carex neesiana Endl.
• Carex ochrosaccus (C.B.Clarke) Hamlin
• Carex ophiolithica Heenan & de Lange
• Carex paulo-vargasii Luceño & Marín
• Carex perraudieriana (Kük. ex Bornm.) Gay ex Kük.
• Carex peruviana J.Presl & C.Presl
• Carex petitiana A.Rich.
• Carex petriei Cheeseman
• Carex pleiostachys C.B.Clarke
• Carex poeppigii C.B.Clarke ex G.A.Wheeler
• Carex preissii Nees
• Carex punctata Gaudin
• Carex raoulii Boott
• Carex rhynchoperigynium S.D.Jones & Reznicek
• Carex rubicunda Petrie
• Carex simensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
• Carex solandri Boott
• Carex spinirostris Colenso
• Carex talbotii Kottaim.
• Carex tasmanica Kük.
• Carex testacea Sol. ex Boott
• Carex thouarsii Carmich.
• Carex traversii Kirk
• Carex trifida Cav.
• Carex troodi Turrill
• Carex uluguruensis Luceño & M.Escudero
• Carex uncifolia Cheeseman
• Carex vallis-rosetto K.Schum.
• Carex ventosa C.B.Clarke
• Carex vixdentata (Kük.) G.A.Wheeler
• Carex wakatipu Petrie

Synonyms

• Carex sect. Echinochlaenae Kük.
• Carex sect. Elatae Kük.

Taxonomic References

• database : Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex sect. Spirostachyae Drej. ex L.H.Bailey. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1700084

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