Bolboschoenus laticarpus Marhold, Hroudová, Ducháček & Zákr – central Europe from Britain and France to Ukraine; Algeria, Turkey
Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla in W.D.J.Koch – widespread across much of temperate and subtropical Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America and various islands
Bolboschoenus novae-angliae (Britton) S.G.Sm. – northeastern United States from Maine south along the seacoast to Georgia
Bolboschoenus planiculmis (F.Schmidt) T.V.Egorova – much of Europe and Asia from Spain to Japan and south to New Guinea
Bolboschoenus robustus (Pursh) Soják – eastern United States; California, Bermuda, Bahamas, east coast of Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Tabasco), New Brunswick, northern South America
Bolboschoenus yagara (Ohwi) Y.C.Yang & M.Zhan – northern Eurasia from Germany and Sweden to Japan and Kamchatka, including Russia, Siberia, China
^ Palla's treatment of Ascherson's Scirpus sect. Bolboschoenus, which he ranked as the genus Bolboschoenus, was published in Synopsis der Deutschen und Schweizer Flora, enthaltend die genauer bekannten phanerogamischen gewächse, so wie die cryptogamischen gefäss-pflanzen, welche in Deutschland, der Schweiz, in Preussen und Istrien wild wachsen, Edition 3. 2531. 1905. Hallier & Brand, Leipzig. Plant Name Details for Genus Bolboschoenus. Retrieved August 8, 2010. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)