Carex cespitosa
A species in the Cyperaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
- Species
- Carex cespitosa
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Carex cespitosa. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
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- Carex alpestrisName author: Lam.
- Carex caespitosa f. retortaName author: Sylven
- Carex caespitosa var. inumbrataName author: K.Eichw.
- Carex cespitosa f. acutiusculaName author: Lackow.
- Carex cespitosa f. majorName author: (Peterm.) Kük.
- Carex cespitosa f. polystachyaName author: Peterm.
- Carex cespitosa f. retortaName author: (Fr.) Sylvén
- Carex cespitosa subsp. minutaName author: (Franch.) Vorosch.
- Carex cespitosa var. alpinaName author: (Schur) Kük.
- Carex cespitosa var. elongataName author: Ohwi
- Carex cespitosa var. filifoliaName author: Boott
- Carex cespitosa var. hyalinosquamisName author: Akiyama
- Carex cespitosa var. latifoliaName author: Uechtr. ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex cespitosa var. minutaName author: (Franch.) Kük.
- Carex cespitosa var. multifibrillosaName author: Kük.
- Carex cespitosa var. multifloraName author: Neuman
- Carex cespitosa var. retortaName author: Boott
- Carex cespitosa var. retortaName author: Fr.
- Carex cespitosa var. rubraName author: (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév.
- Carex cespitosa var. spretaName author: (Steud.) Nyman
- Carex cespitosa var. strictiformisName author: Almq.
- Carex cespitosa var. strictissimaName author: Kük.
- Carex cespitosa var. waisbeckeriName author: Kük.
- Carex drejeriName author: O.Lang
- Carex erectaName author: J.F.Gmel.
- Carex fascicularisName author: Siev. ex Trevir.
- Carex feraxName author: Raeusch.
- Carex feraxName author: J.F.Gmel.
- Carex fridrichsthalianaName author: Steud.
- Carex glabellaName author: Pabreža ex C.Regel
- Carex humilisName author: Willd. ex Kunth
- Carex inaequalisName author: J.F.Gmel.
- Carex inumbrataName author: V.I.Krecz.
- Carex minutaName author: Franch.
- Carex neglectaName author: (Peterm.) Peterm.
- Carex neglecta var. majorName author: Peterm.
- Carex nutansName author: Raeusch.
- Carex nutansName author: J.F.Gmel.
- Carex obesaName author: Schleich. ex Kunth
- Carex oligophyllaName author: Freyn
- Carex pacificaName author: Drejer
- Carex quinataName author: Raeusch.
- Carex quinataName author: J.F.Gmel.
- Carex retortaName author: (Fr.) V.I.Krecz.
- Carex rigidaName author: Clairv. ex Steud.
- Carex rubraName author: H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Carex sororiaName author: Meinsh.
- Carex spretaName author: Steud.
- Carex stricta subsp. cespitosaName author: (L.) Bonnier
- Carex stricta subsp. cespitosaName author: (L.) Douin
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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