Carex flava
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 flava
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Carex flava. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
49 synonyms in this snapshot
- Anithista flavaName author: (L.) Raf.
- Carex echinataName author: Lam.
- Carex flava f. brevirostrisName author: Junge
- Carex flava f. graminisName author: (L.H.Bailey) Scoggan
- Carex flava f. patulaName author: (Klett & Richt.) Schur
- Carex flava f. pygmaeaName author: (Hartm.) C.Vicioso
- Carex flava f. remotiusculaName author: Schur
- Carex flava f. uetliacaName author: (Suter) Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex flava f. umbrosaName author: Kneuck.
- Carex flava subsp. alpinaName author: (Kneuck.) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo
- Carex flava subsp. macrorrhynchaName author: Čelak.
- Carex flava var. alpinaName author: Kneuck.
- Carex flava var. alpinaName author: Kneuck
- Carex flava var. barreraeName author: O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo
- Carex flava var. brevirostrisName author: Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex flava var. congestaName author: Neuman
- Carex flava var. deficiensName author: Peterm.
- Carex flava var. densaName author: Gaudin
- Carex flava var. dispersaName author: Neuman
- Carex flava var. fertilisName author: Peck
- Carex flava var. flavaName author: Not supplied
- Carex flava var. gaspensisName author: Fernald
- Carex flava var. graminisName author: L.H.Bailey
- Carex flava var. intermediaName author: Coss. & Germ.
- Carex flava var. laxiorName author: (Kük.) Gleason
- Carex flava var. patulaName author: Klett & Richt.
- Carex flava var. pygmaeaName author: Andersson
- Carex flava var. pygmaeaName author: Hartm.
- Carex flava var. rectirostraName author: Gaudin
- Carex flava var. rectirostrisName author: Peterm.
- Carex flava var. uetliacaName author: (Suter) Nyman
- Carex flava var. vulgarisName author: Döll
- Carex flavellaName author: V.I.Krecz.
- Carex flavofulvaName author: Beurl.
- Carex foliosaName author: All.
- Carex laxiorName author: (Kük.) Mack.
- Carex lepidocarpa f. intermediaName author: (Coss. & Germ.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex lepidocarpa var. laxiorName author: Kük.
- Carex nevadensis subsp. alpinaName author: (Kneuck.) Podlech
- Carex nevadensis subsp. flavellaName author: (V.I.Krecz.) Patzke & Podlech
- Carex oederi f. graminisName author: (L.H.Bailey) Kük.
- Carex oederi var. microcarpaName author: Font Quer
- Carex patulaName author: Host
- Carex uetliacaName author: Suter
- Carex viridisName author: Honck.
- Proteocarpus flavusName author: (L.) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Trasus flavusName author: (L.) Gray
- Trasus flavus var. duplexName author: Gray
- Trasus flavus var. scaberName author: Gray
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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