Cyperaceae

Genera 96 Accepted species 6,099 Documented here 1,302 Coverage 21%

We document 1,302 of the 6,099 accepted species in Cyperaceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 58 of 96

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Carex 624 2,340
Cyperus 176 962
Rhynchospora 71 392
Ficinia 53 95
Schoenus 48 155
Eleocharis 47 313
Isolepis 28 71
Fimbristylis 27 321
Scleria 23 260
Gahnia 19 42
Scirpus 18 52
Tetraria 18 40
Schoenoplectus 14 24
Lepidosperma 13 83
Bulbostylis 11 227
Eriophorum 10 24
Fuirena 10 56
Schoenoplectiella 10 75
Bolboschoenus 9 18
Machaerina 8 52
Trichophorum 8 21
Carpha 4 13
Caustis 4 7
Oreobolus 4 17
Chorizandra 3 6
Mesomelaena 3 5
Scirpoides 3 4
Blysmus 2 2
Calliscirpus 2 2
Chrysitrix 2 4
Cladium 2 4
Morelotia 2 6
Abildgaardia 1 10
Actinoschoenus 1 3
Actinoscirpus 1 1
Afroscirpoides 1 1
Amphiscirpus 1 1
Capeobolus 1 1
Chaetospora 1 3
Coleochloa 1 8
Costularia 1 16
Cyathochaeta 1 6
Cyathocoma 1 3
Dulichium 1 1
Evandra 1 2
Exocarya 1 1
Gymnoschoenus 1 2
Hellmuthia 1 1
Hypolytrum 1 63
Lepironia 1 1
Neesenbeckia 1 1
Phylloscirpus 1 3
Pseudoschoenus 1 1
Ptilothrix 1 1
Reedia 1 1
Scirpodendron 1 2
Trachystylis 1 1
Trianoptiles 1 3

Genera we do not yet document 38 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.