Carex is a genus of plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (although other, related species are also called sedges, those of genus Carex may be called "true" sedges). It is the most extensive genus of the family. The genus was established by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753. Estimates of the number of species vary from about 1100 to almost 2000 ^*. They are distributed all over the world, but predominantly found in temperate regions.

Most (but not all) sedges are found in marshes, where they can be the dominant vegetation.

Species

• Carex acuta L.
• Carex acutiformis Ehrh.
• Carex arenaria L.
• Carex asturica Boiss.
• Carex binervis Sm.
• Carex brevicollis DC.
• Carex camposii Boiss. et Reuter
• Carex capillaris L.
• Carex caryophyllea Latourrette
• Carex cespitosa L.
• Carex curvula Al.
• Carex davalliana Sm.
• Carex demissa Hornern.
• Carex depauperata Curtis ex With.
• Carex despressa Link
• Carex digitata L.
• Carex distachya Desf.
• Carex distans L.
• Carex disticha Hudson
• Carex divisa Hudson
• Carex divulsa Stokes
• Carex durieui Steudel
• Carex echinata Murray
• Carex elata All.
• Carex ericetorum Pollich
• Carex extensa Good.
• Carex ferruginea Scop.
• Carex filiformis L.
• Carex flacca Schieber
• Carex flava L.
• Carex hallerana Amo
• Carex hirta L.
• Carex hispida Willd.
• Carex hordeistichos Vill.
• Carex hostiana DC.
• Carex humilis Leysser
• Carex lachenalii Schkuhr
• Carex laevigata Sm.
• Carex liparocarpos Gaudin
• Carex macrostylon Lapeyr.
• Carex mairii Cosson et Germ.
• Carex montana L.
• Carex muricata L.
• Carex muskingumensis Nutt.
• Carex nigra (L.) Reichard
• Carex oedipostyla Duval-Jouve
• Carex ornithopoda Willd.
• Carex otrubae Podp.
• Carex ovalis Gooden
• Carex pallescens L.
• Carex panicea L.
• Carex paniculata L.
• Carex parviflora Host.
• Carex pendula Hudson
• Carex pilulifera L.
• Carex praecox Schreber
• Carex pulicaris L.
• Carex pseudocyperus L.
• Carex punctata Gaudin
• Carex pyrenaica Wahlenb.
• Carex remota L.
• Carex riparia Curtis
• Carex rostrata Stokes
• Carex sempervirens Vill.
• Carex serotina Mérat
• Carex serpenticola
• Carex spicata Hudson
• Carex strigosa Hudson
• Carex sylvatica Hudson
• Carex umbrosa Host
• Carex vesicaria L.
• Carex vulpina L.

References

• Systematics of the Genus Carex, 2003
• Zika, P. F., K. Kuykendall, and B. Wilson. 1998, Carex serpenticola (Cyperaceae), a new species from the Klamath Mountains of Oregon and California

Cyperaceae

Star-slægten | Seggen | Carex | Karekso | Carex | Viksva | Zegge | スゲ属 | Turzyca | Carex | Starrar