Name:		Carex L., (1753) [basionym]
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Cyperaceae Juss. [Family] Cyperales [Order] Liliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Carex acuta L. Carex acutata Boot Carex acutiformis Ehrh. Carex adelostoma Krecz. Carex adusta Boott Carex adusta Carey ex Boott Carex aethiopica Schkuhr Carex alba Scop. Carex alpestris All. Carex alpestris Dewey Carex alpestris Gaudich. Carex alpestris Lam. Carex alpina Honck. Carex alpina Hoppe ex Kunth Carex alpina Schrank Carex alpina Sw. ex Wahlenb. Carex amicta Carex amphora Franch. & Sav. Carex ampullacea Good. Carex ampullacea Wulf. ex Wahlenb. Carex andersonii Boott Carex aneurocarpa V.I. Krecz. Carex angustata Boott Carex antucensis Kunze Carex appressa R. Br. Carex appropinquata Schum. Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. Carex arctata Boott Carex arctisibirica (Jurtzev) Czerep. Carex arenaria L. Carex aristata Clairv. ex Steud. Carex aristata D. Don ex Tilloch & Taylor Carex aristata Dewey Carex aristata Honck. Carex aristata R. Br. Carex aristata Siegert ex Wimm. Carex aristata d’Urv. Carex aterrima Hoppe Carex aterrima Hoppe Carex aterrima Koch Carex atherodes Spreng. Carex atrata L. Carex atrofusca Schkuhr Carex atrofusca Sieber ex Kunth Carex atrofusca Stev. Carex atrofusca Willd. ex Steud. Carex baccans Nees Carex baldensis L. Carex baldensis Vill. Carex banksii Boott Carex bengalensis Boeck. ex Kuek. Carex bengalensis Roxb. Carex bengalensis Thwaites Carex berteroniana Steud. Carex bicolor All. Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein. Carex binervis Smith Carex bohemica Schreb. Carex bonariensis Desf. Carex bonariensis Schltdl. Carex bonplandii Carex bordzilowskii V. Krecz. Carex bracteosa Kunze Carex brasiliensis St. Hil. Carex brevicollis D&c. Carex breviculmis Carex brevior Carex brizoides L. Carex brunnescens Boeck. Carex brunnescens (Pers.) Poir. Carex buekii Wimm. Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. Carex caespitosa L. Carex californica L.H. Bailey Carex camporum Mack. Carex canescens Host Carex canescens Huds. Carex canescens Leers Carex canescens L. Carex canescens Poll. Carex capillaris L. Carex capitata All. Carex capitata F. Muell. Carex capitata L. Carex capitata Oeder Carex capitata Suter ex Boott Carex cardiolepis Nees Carex caryophyllea Latourr. Carex cephaloidea Dewey ex Boott Carex cernua Boott Carex cernua Phil. Carex cernua Raeusch. Carex chlorosaccus C.B. Clarke Carex chordalis Carex chordorrhiza L. f. Carex ciliata Willd. Carex cinerea Poll. Carex clavata Thunb. Carex colchica J. Gay Carex collina Willd. Carex concinna R. Br. Carex concolor R. Br. Carex condensata Nees Carex conjuncta Carex conoidea Muhl. Carex conoidea Schkuhr Carex conserostrata Carex contigua Hoppe Carex contiqua Hoppe Carex corynophora Peterm. Carex crinita Lam. Carex cristatella Britton & A. Br. Carex cruciata Nees ex Wight Carex cruciata Wahlenb. Carex cruenta Carex curta Good. Carex curvula All. Carex cuspidata Host Carex dacica Carex darwinii Boot Carex davalliana Smith Carex deflexa Hornem. Carex depauperata Curt. ex With. Carex depressa Link Carex deweyana Schwein. Carex diandra Schrank Carex digitata L. Carex diluta Bieb. Carex dimorpha Boeck. Carex dimorpha Brot. Carex dimorphotheca Stschegl. Carex dioica L. Carex dissita Sol. ex Hook. f. Carex distans L. Carex disticha Huds. Carex divisa Huds. Carex divulsa Stokes Carex douglasii Boott Carex drymophila Turcz. ex Steud. Carex duriusculiformis V.I. Krecz. Carex eastwoodiana Stacey Carex echinata Murr. Carex echinochloe Kunze Carex elata All. Carex eleocharis L.H. Bailey Carex elongata L. Carex ensifolia Turcz. ex Ledeb. Carex erecta DC. Carex erecta Gilib. Carex ericetorum Poll. Carex excelsa Poepp. ex Konth Carex exilis Dewey Carex extensa Good. Carex falcata Turcz. Carex fedia Nees ex Wight Carex ferruginea Schkuhr Carex ferruginea Scop. Carex ferruginea Stev. Carex ferruginea All. Carex festiva Carex festivella Carex filicina Nees Carex filifolia Gay; Gay apud Lacaita Carex filifolia J. Gay Carex filifolia Nutt. Carex filiformis Good. Carex firma Carex flacca Schreb. Carex flava L. Carex foenea Muhl ex Torr. Carex foenea Willd. Carex foetida All. Carex folliculata Ell. Carex folliculata L. Carex folliculata Wahlenb. Carex frankii Kunth Carex frankii Podpera Carex frankii Steud. Carex fraseri Andr. Carex frigida All. Carex frigida Vill. Carex frigida Wahlenb. Carex frigida Willd. ex Kunth Carex fuliginosa Schkuhr Carex fulva Boiss. Carex fulva Gaertn., Mey. & Scherb. Carex fulva Good. Carex fulva Hornem. Carex fulva Host Carex fulva Muhl. Carex fulva Thuill. Carex fusca All. Carex fusca Schkuhr Carex fusca Sol. ex Boott Carex fuscovaginata Kuek. Carex fuscula Carex fuscus L. Carex gaudichaudiana Kunth Carex gayana Desv. Carex geyerii Boott Carex glaber L. Carex glareosa Schkuhr ex Wahlenb. Carex glauca Scop. Carex globularis L. Carex glomeratus L. Carex goodenoughii Carex goodenowii Carex gracilis A. Gray Carex gracilis Curt. Carex gracilis Ehrh. Carex gracilis Honck. Carex gracilis Moench Carex gracilis R. Br. Carex gracilis Wimm. Carex gracillima Hoppe ex Nym. Carex gracillima Schwein. Carex gracillima Steud. & Hochst. ex Steud. Carex gravida L.H. Bailey Carex griffithii Boott Carex grisea Viv. Carex grisea Wahlenb. Carex gynobasis Vill. Carex gynomane Bertol. Carex haematorhynchus Desv. Carex haematostoma Nees Carex haenkeana Carex hallerana Asso Carex hartmanii Cajand. Carex haydenii Dewey Carex heleonastes Ehrh. Carex heliophila Mack. Carex hendersoni L.H. Bailey Carex hepburnii Boott Carex hieronymi Boeck. Carex hirsutella Mack. Carex hirta L. Carex hirtella Drejer Carex hirtella J.F. Gmel. Carex hispida Gaudich. Carex hispida Link Carex hispida Willd. ex Schkuhr Carex hispidula Gaudich. Carex hoodii Carex hordeistichos Vill. Carex hostiana D&c. Carex houghtoniana Torr. ex Dewey Carex hudsonii A. Bennet Carex huetiana Carex humboldtiana Steud. Carex humilis Leys. Carex hyperborea Drejer Carex inanis Kunth Carex incurva Lightf. Carex incurva Sibth. & Sm. Carex inflata Huds. Carex inflata Suter Carex intumescens Rudge Carex jamesonii Carex japonica Fisch. ex Boott Carex japonica Thunb. Carex japonica Thunb. ex A. Murray Carex jemtlandica Palmgr. Carex juncella (Fries) Th. Fries Carex kelloggii S. Watson Carex kreczetoviczii Egorova Carex lachenalii Schkuhr Carex lachirostris Carex lacustris Balb. ex Kunth Carex lacustris Schkuhr Carex lacustris Willd. Carex laeviculmis sensu auct. Carex laevigata Boiss. Carex laevigata Sm. Carex laevigata Sm. Carex laevigata Wahlenb. Carex laevis Hoppe Carex laevis J.F. Gmel. Carex laevis Kit. ex Willd. Carex lagopina Wahlenb. Carex lamanniana Carex lanuginosa Michx. Carex lasiocarpa Ehrh. Carex laxa Dewey Carex laxa Sw. ex Kunth Carex laxa Wahlenb. Carex laxiflora Ell. Carex laxiflora Lam. Carex laxiflora Merino Carex leersii Carex lemanniana Carex lenticularis D. Don Carex lenticularis D. Don ex Tilloch & Taylor Carex lenticularis Dewey Carex lenticularis Michx. Carex lepidocarpa Iausch Carex leporina L. Carex ligerica J. Gay Carex limosa L. Carex linkii Willd. ex Schkuhr Carex liparicarpos Gaudin Carex livida Willd. Carex longirostris Krock. ex Kunth Carex longirostris Torr. ex Schwein. Carex lugens Holm Carex lupuliformis Sartwell ex Dewey Carex lupulina Muhl. ex Schkuhr Carex lyngbyei Hornem. Carex macloviana D’Urv. Carex macrocephala Carex macrorhiza Boeck. Carex maculata Boott Carex magellanica Banks ex Boott Carex magellanica Lam. Carex magnifica Dewey ex Piper Carex marcida Boott Carex marcida Raeusch. Carex marina Dewey Carex maritima Gunnerus Carex maxima Scop. Carex melanantha C.A. Mey. Carex melanostachya Bieb. ex Willd. Carex michelii Host Carex microglochin Wahlenb. Carex misandra R. Br. Carex montana L. Carex moorcroftii Falc. Carex muhlenbergii Kunth ex Boott Carex muricata L. Carex nardina Fries Carex nebraskensis Dewey Carex nematostachya Cham. ex Krecz. Carex nigra (L.) Reichard Carex nigricans C.A. Mey. Carex nigricans Dewey Carex nigricans Hombr. ex Boott Carex nigricans Kit. Carex nitida Hoppe Carex nitida Host Carex nitida Willd. ex Kunth Carex nivalis Boott Carex nubigena D. Don Carex nubigena D. Don ex Tilloch & Taylor Carex obesa All. Carex obnupta L.H. Bailey Carex obtusata Liljebl. Carex oederi Retz. Carex oederi Retz. ex Ehrh. Carex oederi Willk. Carex oligosperma Michx. Carex ornithopoda Willd. Carex ortegae R. Phil. Carex otrubae Podp. Carex pachystylis J. Gay Carex pairaei Carex paleacea Wahlenb. Carex pallescens L. Carex pallida C.A. Mey. Carex paludosa Good. Carex panicea L. Carex paniculata L. Carex parallela (Laest.) Sommerf. Carex patula Host Carex patula Huds. Carex patula Schkuhr Carex patula Scop. Carex patula L. Carex pauciflora Lightf. Carex paupercula Michx. Carex pedata All. Carex pedata L. Carex pedata Wahlenb. Carex pediformis C.A. Mey. Carex pedunculata Muhl. ex Schkuhr Carex pedunculata Willd. ex Roxb. Carex pendula Hudson Carex pendulata Carex pennsylvanica Torr. Carex perfusca V.I. Krecz. Carex persoonii Lang Carex persoonii Sieber ex Koch Carex petitiana A. Rich. Carex phacota Spreng. Carex physodes Bieb. Carex pilosa Scop. Carex pilulifera L. Carex pitophila Mack. Carex plantaginea Lam. Carex plantaginea Muhl. Carex platylepis Mack. Carex pluriflora Hulten Carex podocarpa R. Br. Carex polygama J.F. Gmel. Carex polygama Schkuhr Carex polyphylla Kar. & Kir. Carex polystachya Carex praecox Schreb. Carex praegracilis W. Boott Carex pratensis Drejer Carex pratensis Hose Carex pratensis Phil. Carex praticola Rydb. Carex procera Kunth Carex pseudocyperus L. Carex pseudofoetida Kukenthal apud Ostenfeld Carex pseudoscirpoidea Rydb. Carex pubescens Gilib. Carex pubescens Muhl. ex Schkuhr Carex pubescens Poir. Carex pulchella Bergg. Carex pulchella Nyland. ex Trevir Carex pulchella Holm Carex pulicaris All. ex Boott Carex pulicaris L. Carex pulicaris Linn. f. ex Boott Carex pulla Good. Carex pulla Soland ex Boott Carex pulpina Carex purdiei Carex pyrenaica F. Muell. Carex pyrenaica Wahlenb. Carex rafflesiana Boott Carex ramosa Willd. Carex rariflora Sm. Carex recta Boott Carex recurva Huds. Carex recurva Muhl. Carex recurva Schkuhr Carex recurva Willd. ex Kunth Carex remota L. Carex retroflexa Muhl. ex Schkuhr Carex rhizina Blytt ex Lindbl. Carex rhynchophysa C.A. Mey. Carex rigida Clairv. ex Steud. Carex rigida Good. Carex rigida Schrank Carex rigida Tuck. Carex riparia Curt. Carex rosea Schkuhr Carex rossii Boott Carex rostrata Stokes Carex rotundata Wahlenb. Carex rufina Drejer Carex rupestris All. Carex rusbyi Mack. Carex ruthenica V. Krecz. Carex sabynensis Less. ex Kunth Carex sachalinensis F. Schmidt Carex salina Bong. ex Ledeb. Carex salina Boott Carex salina Wahlenb. Carex sarawaketensis Kukenth. Carex saxatilis Huds. Carex saxatilis L. Carex saxatilis Matusch. ex Kunth Carex saxatilis Oeder Carex saxatilis Scop. Carex saxatilis Suter ex Boott Carex scabrata Schwein. Carex schreberi Carex scirpoidea Michx. Carex scoparia Schkuhr Carex scoparia Torr. Carex secalina Wahlenb. Carex sempervirens Vill. Carex senta Boott Carex serotina Merat Carex setigera Carex siccata Dewey Carex siderosticta Carex similis d’Urv. Carex simulata Mack. Carex sinclairii Boott ex Cheeseman Carex sitchensis Presc. ex Bong. Carex songorica Kar. & Kir. Carex sparganioides Le Conte ex Kunth Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Schkuhr Carex sparsiflora Steud. Carex spathea Thunb. Carex spicata Huds. Carex spicatopaniculata C.B. Cl. Carex stans Drejer Carex stellulata Carex stenocarpa Turcz. ex V.I. Krecz. Carex stenophylla Wahlenb. Carex stenophylloides V.I. Krecz. Carex stipata Muhl. ex Schkuhr Carex straminea Willd. ex Schkuhr Carex stricta Good. Carex strigosa All. Carex strigosa Huds. Carex strigosa Suter ex Boott Carex strigosa Willd. ex Kunth Carex stylosa C.A. Mey. Carex subantarctica Kraenzl. & Speg. Carex subdola Boott Carex subphysodes Popov ex V.I. Krecz. Carex supina Wahlenb. Carex sylvatica Huds. Carex tenuis Gmel. ex Steud. Carex tenuis Host Carex tenuis Nees Carex tenuis Rudge Carex tenuis Schleich. ex Steud. Carex ternaria Forst. f. Carex tetanica Rchb. Carex tetanica Schkuhr Carex tetanica Schwein. & Torr. Carex tomentosa L. Carex trankii Carex transsilvanica Schur Carex trichocarpa Muhl. ex Schkuhr Carex trichocarpa Schur Carex trichostyles Franch. & Sav. Carex trinervis Degl. Carex trinervis Nees Carex tripartita All. Carex tristis Carex tuminensis Carex turkestanica Carex umbellata Schkuhr Carex umbrosa Host Carex ursina Dewey Carex ustulata Wahlenb. Carex utriculata Boott Carex vaginata Tausch Carex vallicola Dewey Carex varia Host Carex varia Muhl. ex Schkuhr Carex variabilis L.H. Bailey Carex verna Chaix & Vill. Carex verna Lam. Carex verna Schkuhr Carex verna Torr. ex Kunth Carex vesicaria L. Carex virens Lam. Carex virens Thuill. Carex virgata Miq. Carex virgata Sol. ex Hook. f. Carex viridula Franch. & Sav. Carex viridula Michx. Carex viridula Schwein. & Torr. Carex vulgaris Fries Carex vulgaris L.H. Bailey Carex vulpina L. Carex vulpinoidea Torr. Carex wallichiana Presc. Carex wallichiana Spreng. Carex wuii
Cybertruffle Resources:		Biological Records Database (194 records)
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]