Cyperaceae taxon details
Cariceae Dumort.
1774116 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1774116)
accepted
Tribe
- Genus Carex L.
- Genus Agistron Raf. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Ammorrhiza Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Anithista Raf. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Archaeocarex Börner accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Aunieria Gand. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Baeochortus Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Bitteria Börner accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Blysmocarex N.A.Ivanova accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Callistachys Heuff. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Caricella Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Caricina St.-Lag. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Caricina C.H.Hitchc. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Caricinella St.-Lag. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Chionanthula Börner accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Chordorrhiza Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Cobresia Pers. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Coleachyron J.Gay ex Boiss. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Cryptoglochin Heuff. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Cymophyllus Mack. ex Britton & A.Br. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Cyperoides Ség. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Dapedostachys Börner accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Desmiograstris Börner accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Deweya Raf. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Diemisa Raf. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Diplocarex Hayata accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Dornera Heuff. ex Schur accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Drymeia Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Echinochlaenia Börner accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Edritria Raf. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Elyna Schrad. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Facolos Raf. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Forexeta Raf. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Froelichia Wulfen accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Genersichia Heuff. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Heleonastes Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Hemicarex C.B.Clarke accepted as Carex sect. Hemicarex Baill. accepted as Carex sect. KobresiaClade1
- Genus Hemicarex Benth. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Heuffelia Opiz accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Holmia Börner accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Homalostachys Boeckeler accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Itheta Raf. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Kobresia Willd. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Kobria St.-Lag. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Kolerma Raf. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Kuekenthalia Börner accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Lamprochlaenia Börner accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Lechleria Phil. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Leptostachys Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Leptovignea Börner accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Leucoglochin Heuff. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Limivasculum Börner accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Limonaetes Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Loncoperis Raf. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Loxanisa Raf. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Loxotrema Raf. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Manochlaenia Börner accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Maukschia Heuff. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Meltrema Raf. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Neilreichia Kotula accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Neskiza Raf. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Olamblis Raf. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Olotrema Raf. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Onkerma Raf. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Osculisa Raf. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Phaeolorum Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Phyllostachys Torr. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Physiglochis Neck. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Polyglochin Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Proteocarpus Börner accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Pseudocarex Miq. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Psyllophora Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Ptacoseia Ehrh. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Rhaptocalymma Borrer accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Rhaptocalymna accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Rhynchopera Börner accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Rhynchopera Link, Klotzsch & Otto accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Schelhammeria Moench accepted as Carex L. (nomen superfluum)
- Genus Schoenoxiphium Nees accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Temnemis Raf. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Thysanocarex Börner accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Trasus Gray accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Ulva Adans. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Uncinia Pers. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Vesicarex Steyerm. accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Vignantha Schur accepted as Carex L.
- Genus Vignea P.Beauv. ex T.Lestib. accepted as Carex L. (unaccepted > heterotypic synonym)
- Genus Vignidula Börner accepted as Carex L.
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Cariceae Dumort.. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1774116 on 2026-07-11
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taxonomy source
Global Carex Group. (2015). Making <i>Carex</i> monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription. <em>Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 179(1): 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12298 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Larridon, I.; Zuntini, A. R.; Léveillé‐Bourret, É.; Barrett, R. L.; Starr, J. R.; Muasya, A. M.; Villaverde, T.; Bauters, K.; Brewer, G. E.; Bruhl, J. J.; Costa, S. M.; Elliott, T. L.; Epitawalage, N.; Escudero, M.; Fairlie, I.; Goetghebeur, P.; Hipp, A. L.; Jiménez‐Mejías, P.; Sabino Kikuchi, I. A.; Luceño, M.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Martín‐Bravo, S.; Maurin, O.; Pokorny, L.; Roalson, E. H.; Semmouri, I.; Simpson, D. A.; Spalink, D.; Thomas, W. W.; Wilson, K. L.; Xanthos, M.; Forest, F.; Baker, W. J. (2021). A new classification of Cyperaceae (Poales) supported by phylogenomic data. <em>Journal of Systematics and Evolution.</em> 59(4): 852-895., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12757 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source Larridon, I.; Zuntini, A. R.; Léveillé‐Bourret, É.; Barrett, R. L.; Starr, J. R.; Muasya, A. M.; Villaverde, T.; Bauters, K.; Brewer, G. E.; Bruhl, J. J.; Costa, S. M.; Elliott, T. L.; Epitawalage, N.; Escudero, M.; Fairlie, I.; Goetghebeur, P.; Hipp, A. L.; Jiménez‐Mejías, P.; Sabino Kikuchi, I. A.; Luceño, M.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Martín‐Bravo, S.; Maurin, O.; Pokorny, L.; Roalson, E. H.; Semmouri, I.; Simpson, D. A.; Spalink, D.; Thomas, W. W.; Wilson, K. L.; Xanthos, M.; Forest, F.; Baker, W. J. (2021). A new classification of Cyperaceae (Poales) supported by phylogenomic data. <em>Journal of Systematics and Evolution.</em> 59(4): 852-895., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12757 [details] Available for editors