The genus Carex, the sedges, is one of the
largest genera of flowering plants, containing around 1800 species, according to a 2004 estimate.[1] All the species (including
hybrid species) accepted by The Plant List as of May 2013[update] are given below:[2] 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.[3] (Not all of these have been added below.)
^Bergeron, A. and S. Pellerin. 2014. Carex ×cayouettei (Cyperaceae), a new intersectional sedge hybrid from southern Québec, Canada. Phytoneuron 2014-52: 1–11. Published 2 June 2014. ISSN 2153-733X
^Yang, Hu-Biao; Liu, Guo-Dao (2020). "Carex ledongensis (Cyperaceae), a new sedge from Hainan Isl. Of South China". Phytotaxa. 461 (2): 72–78.
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^Cayouette, J. and P. M. Catling. 1992. Hybridization in the Genus Carex with Special Reference to North America. Botanical 58(4): 351-440.
^Nathan J. Derieg; Sarah J. Weil; Anton A. Reznicek; Leo P. Bruederle (2013). "Carex viridistellata sp. nov. (Cyperaceae), a new cryptic species from prairie fens of the eastern United States". Systematic Botany. 38 (1): 82–91.
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