Nomenclature: wfo-3500000492

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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.

Subtaxa

• Carex sect. Acrocystis Dumort.
• Carex sect. Albae (Asch. & Graeb.) Kük.
• Carex sect. Alliiformes Akiyama
• Carex sect. Ceratocystis Dumort.
• Carex sect. Chartotechium (Börn.) V.I.Krecz.
• Carex sect. Chlorostachyae Tuck. ex Meinsh.
• Carex sect. Clandestinae G.Don
• Carex sect. Collinsiae (Mack.) Mack.
• Carex sect. Cryptostachyae Franch.
• Carex sect. Decorae (Kük.) Ohwi
• Carex sect. Digitatae (Fr.) Christ
• Carex sect. Dissitiflorae K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
• Carex sect. Fecundae Kük.
• Carex sect. Frigidae Fr.
• Carex sect. Glaucescentes Reznicek
• Carex sect. Graciles Kük.
• Carex sect. Grallatoriae Kük.
• Carex sect. Griseae (L.H.Bailey) Kük.
• Carex sect. Hallerianae (Aschers. & Graebn.) Rouy
• Carex sect. Hymenochlaenae (Drejer) L.H.Bailey
• Carex sect. Indicae (Tuck. ex L.H.Bailey) C.B.Clarke
• Carex sect. Limosae (Heuff.) Meinsh.
• Carex sect. Longirostres (Kük.) Mack.
• Carex sect. Luzulinae Jim.Mejías, Naczi, Hipp, Roalson & Reznicek
• Carex sect. Molliculae Ohwi
• Carex sect. Mundae Kük.
• Carex sect. Occlusae C.B.Clarke
• Carex sect. Paludosae G.Don
• Carex sect. Paniceae G.Don.
• Carex sect. Phacocystis Dumort.
• Carex sect. Pictae Kük.
• Carex sect. Praelongae (Kük.) Nelmes
• Carex sect. Racemosae G.Don
• Carex sect. Radicales (Kük.) Nelmes
• Carex sect. Rhomboidales Kük.
• Carex sect. Rhynchocystis Dumort.
• Carex sect. Rostrales Meinsh.
• Carex sect. Scirpinae (Tuck.) Kük.
• Carex sect. Secalinae (O. Lang) O.Lang. ex Kük.
• Carex sect. Spirostachyae Drejer
• Carex sect. Squarrosae J.Carey
• Carex sect. Strigosae Fr. ex Christ
• Carex sect. Stylosae (T.V.Egorova) S.Gebauer & M.H.Hoffm.
• Carex sect. Sylvaticae Rouy
• Carex sect. Triquetrae (L.H.Bailey) Mack.

Taxonomic References

• database : Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex subg. Carex. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1700797

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