Taxonomy
The genus Carex was established by Carl Linnaeus in his work Species Plantarum in 1753, and is one of the largest genera of flowering plants. Estimates of the number of species vary from about 1100 to almost 2000. Species include:
- Carex abrupta
- Carex acuta
- Carex acutiformis
- Carex albida
- Carex albonigra
- Carex alma
- Carex amplifolia
- Carex angustata
- Carex appropinquata
- Carex aquatilis
- Carex arcta
- Carex arenaria
- Carex atherodes
- Carex athrostachya
- Carex aurea
- Carex azuayae
- Carex barbarae
- Carex barrattii
- Carex bigelowii
- Carex binervis
- Carex buxbaumii
- Carex canescens
- Carex capitata
- Carex cespitosa
- Carex chordorrhiza
- Carex comosa
- Carex concinna
- Carex concinnoides
- Carex cusickii
- Carex depauperata
- Carex diandra
- Carex disperma
- Carex disticha
- Carex douglasii
- Carex echinata
- Carex emoryi
- Carex ericetorum
- Carex festucacea
- Carex filifolia
- Carex flacca
- Carex fracta
- Carex garberi
- Carex geyeri
- Carex globularis
- Carex hassei
- Carex haydeniana
- Carex helleri
- Carex heteroneura
- Carex hirta
- Carex hoodii
- Carex hystericina
- Carex illota
- Carex inops
- Carex interior
- Carex intumescens
- Carex jamesii
- Carex japonica
- Carex jonesii
- Carex klamathensis
- Carex lasiocarpa
- Carex lachenalii
- Carex lenticularis
- Carex lepida
- Carex leporina
- Carex leporinella
- Carex leptalea
- Carex limosa
- Carex livida
- Carex lutea
- Carex luzulina
- Carex lyngbyei
- Carex magellanica
- Carex mariposana
- Carex mertensii
- Carex microptera
- Carex molesta
- Carex multicaulis
- Carex multicostata
- Carex nebrascensis
- Carex nervina
- Carex neurophora
- Carex nigra
- Carex nigricans
- Carex nudata
- Carex obnupta
- Carex occidentalis
- Carex oronensis
- Carex pachystachya
- Carex paleacea
- Carex pansa
- Carex pauciflora
- Carex paupercula
- Carex pellita
- Carex pendula
- Carex pensylvanica
- Carex petasata
- Carex phaeocephala
- Carex pilulifera
- Carex praeceptorum
- Carex praegracilis
- Carex praticola
- Carex preussii
- Carex proposita
- Carex raynoldsii
- Carex riparia
- Carex roanensis
- Carex rossii
- Carex rostrata
- Carex saxatilis
- Carex scoparia
- Carex secta
- Carex serotina
- Carex sheldonii
- Carex siderosticta
- Carex simulata
- Carex sodiroi
- Carex sparganioides
- Carex specifica
- Carex spectabilis
- Carex specuicola
- Carex spissa
- Carex straminiformis
- Carex stricta
- Carex subnigricans
- Carex tasmanica
- Carex tessellata
- Carex thouarsii
- Carex tiogana
- Carex toreadora
- Carex tumulicola
- Carex umbrosa
- Carex utriculata
- Carex vaginata
- Carex vallicola
- Carex vernacula
- Carex vesicaria
- Carex vulpinoidea
- Carex williamsii
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