List of Carex species

Illustration of two species of Carex, from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen (1796): 1. C. binervis; 2. C. punctata

The genus Carex, the sedges, is one of the largest genera of flowering plants, containing of over 2000 species, according to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.[1] In May 2015, the Global Carex Group argued for a broader circumscription of Carex, which added all the species formerly classified in Cymophyllus (1 species), Kobresia (c. 60 species), Schoenoxiphium (c. 15 species) and Uncinia (c. 70 species).[2] As of May 2024, all the currently recognised species (including hybrid species) in the genus Carex are given below:

  1. ^ "Carex L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  2. ^ Global Carex Group (2015). "Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 179: 1–42. doi:10.1111/boj.12298. hdl:2027.42/113175.