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:

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

Species

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

  • Carex kabanovii V.I.Krecz.
  • Carex kagoshimensis Tak.Shimizu
  • Carex kaloides Petrie
  • Carex kanaii (Rajbh. & H.Ohba) S.R.Zhang & O.Yano
  • Carex kangdingensis S.R.Zhang
  • Carex kansuensis Nelmes
  • Carex kaoi Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang
  • Carex karashidaniensis Akiyama
  • Carex karlongensis Kük.
  • Carex karoi Freyn
  • Carex kashmirensis C.B.Clarke
  • Carex × kattaeana Kük.
  • Carex kauaiensis R.W.Krauss
  • Carex kelloggii W.Boott
  • Carex × kenaica Lepage
  • Carex kermadecensis Petrie
  • Carex × kernii Jac.Koopman & Więcław
  • Carex × ketonensis Akiyama
  • Carex khasiana (Jana & V.S.Kumar) Kottaim.
  • Carex kiangsuensis Kük.
  • Carex killickii Nelmes
  • Carex kingii (R.Br. ex Boott) Reznicek
  • Carex kiotensis Franch. & Sav.
  • Carex kirganica Kom. – seosura sedge,[3] slender-culm thick-nerve sedge[3]
  • Carex kirinensis W.Wang & Y.L.Chang
  • Carex kirkii Petrie
  • Carex kitaibeliana Degen ex Bech.
  • Carex klamathensis B.L.Wilson & Janeway
  • Carex klaphakei K.L.Wilson
  • Carex × kneuckeri P.Fourn.
  • Carex × knieskernii Dewey
  • Carex knorringiae Kük. ex V.I.Krecz.
  • Carex kobomugi Ohwi – Asian sand sedge[3]
  • Carex kobresioidea (Kük.) S.R.Zhang
  • Carex koestlinii Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Carex × kohtsii K.Richt.
  • Carex kokanica (Regel) S.R.Zhang
  • Carex korkischkoae A.E.Kozhevn.
  • Carex korshinskyi Kom. – Korshinsky's sedge[3]
  • Carex koshewnikowii Litv.
  • Carex kotagirica Maji & V.P.Prasad
  • Carex koyaensis J.Oda & Nagam.
  • Carex × krajinae Domin
  • Carex kraliana Naczi & Bryson
  • Carex krascheninnikovii Kom. ex V.I.Krecz.
  • Carex krauseorum Boeckeler
  • Carex kreczetoviczii T.V.Egorova
  • Carex kuchunensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang
  • Carex kucyniakii Raymond
  • Carex × kuekenthaliana Appel & A.Brückn.
  • Carex × kuekenthalii Dörfl. ex Zahn
  • Carex kujuzana Ohwi – Jangseong sedge[3]
  • Carex kukkoneniana Luceño & Martín-Bravo
  • Carex kulingana L.H.Bailey
  • Carex kumaonensis Kük.
  • Carex kunlunsanensis N.R.Cui
  • Carex kurdica Kük. ex Hand.-Mazz.
  • Carex × kurilensis Ohwi
  • Carex × kurogii K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
  • Carex kuzakaiensis (M.Kikuchi) K.T.Takah. & M.N.Tamura
  • Carex kwangsiensis F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li
  • Carex × kyyhkynenii Hiitonen

L

M

N

O

P

Q

  • Carex qinghaiensis Y.C.Yang
  • Carex qingliangensis D.M.Weng, H.W.Zhang & S.F.Xu
  • Carex qingyangensis S.W.Su & S.M.Xu
  • Carex qiyunensis S.W.Su & S.M.Xu
  • Carex quadriflora (Kük.) Ohwi – four-flower sedge[3]
  • Carex × quebecensis Lepage
  • Carex queretarensis Reznicek & S.González
  • Carex quichensis F.J.Herm.
  • Carex quinquin Jim.Mejías & Dorr
  • Carex × quirponensis Fernald
  • Carex quixotiana Ben.Benítez, Martín-Bravo, Luceño & Jim.Mejías

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

  • Carex yadongensis (Y.C.Yang) S.R.Zhang
  • Carex yajiangensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Yun Liang
  • Carex yakushimensis (Katsuy. & J.Oda) J.Oda & M.N.Tamura
  • Carex yamatsutana Ohwi
  • Carex yandangshanica C.Z.Zheng & X.F.Jin
  • Carex yangii (S.R.Zhang) S.R.Zhang
  • Carex yangshuoensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Y.Liang
  • Carex yasuii Katsuy.
  • Carex yinshanica Y.Z.Zhao
  • Carex yonganensis L.K.Dai & Y.Z.Huang
  • Carex ypsilandrifolia F.T.Wang & Tang
  • Carex yuexiensis S.W.Su & S.M.Xu
  • Carex yulungshanensis P.C.Li
  • Carex yunlingensis P.C.Li
  • Carex yunnanensis Franch.
  • Carex yunyiana X.F.Jin & C.Z.Zheng
  • Carex yushuensis Y.C.Yang

Z

  • Carex × zahnii Kneuck.
  • Carex zekogensis Y.C.Yang
  • Carex zhejiangensis X.F.Jin, Y.J.Zhao, C.Z.Zheng & H.W.Zhang
  • Carex zhenkangensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Yun Liang
  • Carex zhonghaiensis S.Yun Liang
  • Carex zikae Roalson & Waterway
  • Carex zizaniifolia Raymond
  • Carex zotovii (Hamlin) K.A.Ford
  • Carex zunyiensis Tang & F.T.Wang

References

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