Carex maritima
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 maritima
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1776
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Carex maritima. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
33 synonyms in this snapshot
- Carex amphilogosName author: K.Koch
- Carex banataName author: Sm.
- Carex bucculentaName author: V.I.Krecz.
- Carex camptotropaName author: V.I.Krecz.
- Carex incurvaName author: Lightf.
- Carex incurva f. erectaName author: O.Lang
- Carex incurva f. pallensName author: Kük.
- Carex incurva prol. leveilleiName author: (Husn.) Rouy
- Carex incurva subsp. leveilleiName author: Husn.
- Carex incurva var. chartaceaName author: Kük.
- Carex incurva var. erectaName author: Lang
- Carex incurva var. inflataName author: Simmons
- Carex incurva var. pratensisName author: Hartm.
- Carex incurva var. setinaName author: Christ
- Carex jucundaName author: V.I.Krecz.
- Carex juncifoliaName author: All.
- Carex leveilleiName author: Husnot
- Carex maritima f. inflataName author: (Simmons) Polunin
- Carex maritima subsp. setinaName author: (Christ) T.V.Egorova
- Carex maritima subsp. yukonensisName author: A.E.Porsild
- Carex maritima var. maritimaName author: Not supplied
- Carex maritima var. setinaName author: (Christ) Fernald
- Carex orthocaulaName author: V.I.Krecz.
- Carex psychrolutaName author: V.I.Krecz.
- Carex setinaName author: (Christ) V.I.Krecz.
- Carex stenophyllaName author: L.Thienem. ex Boott
- Carex transmarinaName author: V.I.Krecz.
- Caricina incurvaName author: (Lightf.) St.-Lag.
- Olotrema juncifoliaName author: (All.) Raf.
- Rhaptocalymna incurvaName author: (Lightf.) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Vignea incurvaName author: (Lightf.) Rchb.
- Vignea maritimaName author: (Gunnerus) Rchb.
- Vignea maritima subsp. setinaName author: (Christ) Soják
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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