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 alpestrisLam.
- Carex caespitosa f. retortaSylven
- Carex caespitosa var. inumbrataK.Eichw.
- Carex cespitosa f. acutiusculaLackow.
- Carex cespitosa f. major(Peterm.) Kük.
- Carex cespitosa f. polystachyaPeterm.
- Carex cespitosa f. retorta(Fr.) Sylvén
- Carex cespitosa subsp. minuta(Franch.) Vorosch.
- Carex cespitosa var. alpina(Schur) Kük.
- Carex cespitosa var. elongataOhwi
- Carex cespitosa var. filifoliaBoott
- Carex cespitosa var. hyalinosquamisAkiyama
- Carex cespitosa var. latifoliaUechtr. ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex cespitosa var. minuta(Franch.) Kük.
- Carex cespitosa var. multifibrillosaKük.
- Carex cespitosa var. multifloraNeuman
- Carex cespitosa var. retortaBoott
- Carex cespitosa var. retortaFr.
- Carex cespitosa var. rubra(H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév.
- Carex cespitosa var. spreta(Steud.) Nyman
- Carex cespitosa var. strictiformisAlmq.
- Carex cespitosa var. strictissimaKük.
- Carex cespitosa var. waisbeckeriKük.
- Carex drejeriO.Lang
- Carex erectaJ.F.Gmel.
- Carex fascicularisSiev. ex Trevir.
- Carex feraxRaeusch.
- Carex feraxJ.F.Gmel.
- Carex fridrichsthalianaSteud.
- Carex glabellaPabreža ex C.Regel
- Carex humilisWilld. ex Kunth
- Carex inaequalisJ.F.Gmel.
- Carex inumbrataV.I.Krecz.
- Carex minutaFranch.
- Carex neglecta(Peterm.) Peterm.
- Carex neglecta var. majorPeterm.
- Carex nutansRaeusch.
- Carex nutansJ.F.Gmel.
- Carex obesaSchleich. ex Kunth
- Carex oligophyllaFreyn
- Carex pacificaDrejer
- Carex quinataRaeusch.
- Carex quinataJ.F.Gmel.
- Carex retorta(Fr.) V.I.Krecz.
- Carex rigidaClairv. ex Steud.
- Carex rubraH.Lév. & Vaniot
- Carex sororiaMeinsh.
- Carex spretaSteud.
- Carex stricta subsp. cespitosa(L.) Bonnier
- Carex stricta subsp. cespitosa(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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