The genus Carex, the sedges, is one of the largest genera of flowering plants, containing around 1800 species, according to a 2004 estimate. All the species (including hybrid species) accepted by The Plant List are given below: In May 2015, the Global Carex Group argued for a broader circumscription of Carex, proposing the addition of all species currently classified in Cymophyllus (1 species), Kobresia (c. 60 species), Schoenoxiphium (c. 15 species) and Uncinia (c. 70 species) to those already classified as Carex. (Not all of these have been added below.)
Species
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Carex × abitibiana Lepage
Carex aboriginum M.E.Jones
Carex × abortiva Holmb. Carex abrupta Mack. Carex abscondita Mack. Carex acaulis d'Urv. Carex accrescens Ohwi – Seoul sedge Carex acicularis Boott Carex acidicola Naczi Carex acocksii C.Archer Carex acuta L. Carex × acutangula (F.Nyl.) Väre Carex acutata Boott Carex acutiformis Ehrh. Carex adelostoma V.I.Krecz. Carex adrienii E.G.Camus Carex adusta Boott Carex aematorrhyncha Desv. Carex aequialta Kük. Carex × aestivaliformis Mack. Carex aestivalis M.A.Curtis ex A.Gray Carex aethiopica Schkuhr Carex agglomerata C.B.Clarke Carex aggregata Mack. Carex × akitaensis Fujiw. Carex × akiyamana Ohwi Carex alajica Litv. Carex alata Torr. Carex alba Scop. Carex albata Boott ex Franch. – ditch sedge Carex × albertii H.Lév. Carex albicans Willd. ex Spreng. Carex albida L.H.Bailey Carex albidibasis T.Koyama Carex albolutescens Schwein. Carex albonigra Mack. Carex alboviridis C.B.Clarke Carex albula Allan Carex albursina E.Sheld. Carex algida Turcz. ex V.I.Krecz. Carex allanii Hamlin Carex alligata Boott Carex alliiformis C.B.Clarke Carex allivescens V.I.Krecz. Carex × allolepis Rchb. Carex × alluvialis Figert Carex alma L.H.Bailey Carex × almii Holmb. Carex alopecoidea Tuck. Carex alopecuroides D.Don ex Tilloch & Taylor Carex × alsatica Zahn Carex alsophila F.Muell. Carex altaica Gorodkov Carex amgunensis F.Schmidt Carex amicta Boott Carex amphibola Steud. Carex amplectens Mack. Carex amplifolia Boott Carex andersonii Boott Carex andicola G.A.Wheeler Carex andina Phil. Carex andringitrensis Cherm. Carex angolensis Nelmes Carex angustata Boott Carex angustifructus (Kük.) Nelmes Carex angustinowiczii Meinsh. ex Korsh. Carex angustispica Reznicek & S.González Carex angustisquama Franch. Carex angustiutricula F.T.Wang & Tang ex L.K.Dai Carex × aniaiensis Fujiw. & Y.Matsuda Carex anisoneura V.I.Krecz. Carex anisostachys Liebm. Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell Carex anningensis F.T.Wang & Tang ex P.C.Li Carex anomoea Hand.-Mazz. Carex anthoxanthea J.Presl & C.Presl Carex × anticostensis (Fernald) Lepage Carex antoniensis A.Chev. Carex aperta Boott Carex aphanolepis Franch. & Sav. – nerved-scale sedge Carex aphylla Kunth Carex aphyllopus Kük. Carex apiahyensis Palla Carex apoiensis Akiyama Carex appalachica J.M.Webber & P.W.Ball Carex appendiculata (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) Kük. – appendicular sedge Carex applanata Thorsen et de Lange Carex appressa R.Br. Carex appropinquata Schumach. Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. Carex aquilonalis Akiyama Carex × arakanei T.Koyama Carex arapahoensis Clokey Carex archeri Boott Carex arcta Boott Carex arctata Boott Carex arctiformis Mack. Carex × arctophila F.Nyl. Carex arenaria L. Carex arenicola F.Schmidt – wet-sand sedge Carex argentina Barros Carex argunensis Turcz. ex Ledeb. Carex argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot Carex argyrantha Tuck. ex Boott Carex aridula V.I.Krecz. Carex arisanensis Hayata Carex aristatisquamata Tang & F.T.Wang ex L.K.Dai Carex aristulifera P.C.Li Carex arkansana (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey Carex arnellii Christ ex Scheutz – Musan sedge Carex arnottiana Nees ex Drejer Carex arsenei Kük. Carex × arthuriana C.L.Beckm. & Figert Carex × aschersonii H.Lév. Carex ascotreta C.B. Clarke – long Mokpo sedge Carex asperifructus Kük. Carex asraoi D.M.Verma Carex assiniboinensis W.Boott Carex asturica Boiss. Carex asynchrona Naczi Carex atherodes Spreng. Carex athrostachya Olney Carex atlantica L.H.Bailey Carex atlasica (H.Lindb.) Tattou Carex atractodes F.J.Herm. Carex atrata L. – black-spike sedge Carex atratiformis Britton Carex atrivaginata Nelmes Carex atrofusca Schkuhr Carex atrofuscoides K.T.Fu Carex atropicta Steud. Carex atrosquama Mack. Carex atroviridis Ohwi Carex aueri Kalela Carex augustini Tuyama Carex augustinowiczii Meinsh. – Augustinowicz's sedge Carex aurea Nutt. Carex aureolensis Steud. Carex × auroniensis L.C.Lamb. Carex austrina Mack. Carex austroafricana (Kük.) Raymond Carex austroalpina Bech.
