List of Carex species explained
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:
Species
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
- Carex kabanovii
- Carex kagoshimensis
- Carex kaloides
- Carex kanaii
- Carex kangdingensis
- Carex kansuensis
- Carex kaoi
- Carex karashidaniensis
- Carex karlongensis
- Carex karoi
- Carex kashmirensis
- Carex × kattaeana
- Carex kauaiensis
- Carex kelloggii
- Carex × kenaica
- Carex kermadecensis
- Carex × kernii
- Carex × ketonensis
- Carex khasiana
- Carex kiangsuensis
- Carex killickii
- Carex kingii
- Carex kiotensis
- Carex kirganica – seosura sedge, slender-culm thick-nerve sedge
- Carex kirinensis
- Carex kirkii
- Carex kitaibeliana
- Carex klamathensis
- Carex klaphakei
- Carex × kneuckeri
- Carex × knieskernii
- Carex knorringiae
- Carex kobomugi – Asian sand sedge
- Carex kobresioidea
- Carex koestlinii
- Carex × kohtsii
- Carex kokanica
- Carex korkischkoae
- Carex korshinskyi – Korshinsky's sedge
- Carex koshewnikowii
- Carex kotagirica
- Carex koyaensis
- Carex × krajinae
- Carex kraliana
- Carex krascheninnikovii
- Carex krauseorum
- Carex kreczetoviczii
- Carex kuchunensis
- Carex kucyniakii
- Carex × kuekenthaliana
- Carex × kuekenthalii
- Carex kujuzana – Jangseong sedge
- Carex kukkoneniana
- Carex kulingana
- Carex kumaonensis
- Carex kunlunsanensis
- Carex kurdica
- Carex × kurilensis
- Carex × kurogii
- Carex kuzakaiensis
- Carex kwangsiensis
- Carex × kyyhkynenii
L
M
N
O
P
Q
- Carex qinghaiensis
- Carex qingliangensis
- Carex qingyangensis
- Carex qiyunensis
- Carex quadriflora – four-flower sedge
- Carex × quebecensis
- Carex queretarensis
- Carex quichensis
- Carex quinquin
- Carex × quirponensis
- Carex quixotiana
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Carex L. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2024-05-11 . Plants of the World Online . en.
- Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. Global Carex Group. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2015. 179 . 1–42. 10.1111/boj.12298. free. 2027.42/113175. free.
- Book: English Names for Korean Native Plants. Korea National Arboretum. 2015. 978-89-97450-98-5. Pocheon. 388. 24 December 2016. Korea Forest Service. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. 25 May 2017.
