List of Carex species


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

Species

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Y

  • Carex yadongensis S.R.Zhang
  • Carex yajiangensis Tang & F.T.Wang ex S.Yun Liang
  • Carex yakushimensis J.Oda & M.N.Tamura
  • Carex yamatsutana Ohwi
  • Carex yandangshanica C.Z.Zheng & X.F.Jin
  • Carex yangii 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 K.A.Ford
  • Carex zunyiensis Tang & F.T.Wang