Carex

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q158501
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Carex

Summary

Carex is a taxon[1]. Carex ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,868 views/month, #1,280 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carex received the perennial of the year[3].
  • Carex's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Carex is classified at the rank of genus[5].
  • Carex is classified within Cariceae[6].
  • Carex's scientific name is Carex[7].
  • Carex's Commons category is recorded as Carex[8].
  • Carex's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carex[9].
  • Carex's Commons gallery is recorded as Carex[10].
  • Carex's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Carex's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 12[12].
  • Carex's taxon synonym is recorded as Kobresia[13].
  • Carex's taxon synonym is recorded as Diplocarex[14].
  • Carex's taxon synonym is recorded as Blysmocarex[15].
  • Carex's taxon synonym is recorded as Callistachys[16].
  • Carex's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=2083[17].
  • Carex's this taxon is source of is recorded as sedge[18].
  • Carex is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sedge'}[19].
  • Carex is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Seggen'}[20].
  • Carex is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sedges'}[21].
  • Carex is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Tarn'}[22].
  • Carex is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Sarat'}[23].
  • Carex is commonly known as {'lang': 'frr', 'text': 'Botgäärs'}[24].
  • Carex is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'スゲ属'}[25].
  • Carex is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Осока'}[26].
  • Carex is commonly known as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Ayak otu'}[27].

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Classification

Carex's scientific name is Carex[7]. Carex is classified at the rank of genus[5]. Carex belongs to the parent taxon Cariceae[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'sedge'}[19], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Seggen'}[20], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sedges'}[21], {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'Tarn'}[22], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Sarat'}[23], and {'lang': 'frr', 'text': 'Botgäärs'}[24].

Identifiers

Carex's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 48571[28]. Carex's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13398[29]. Carex's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 11313279[30]. Carex's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2721893[31]. Carex's ITIS TSN is recorded as 39369[32].

Why It Matters

Carex ranks in the top 0.66% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,868 views/month, #1,280 of 195,241).[2] Carex has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Carex is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Carex receive?

Honors received include perennial of the year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . staude-des-jahres.de. Retrieved . staude-des-jahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Plants of the World Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4180688-8
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons',
    Sitelink count → 70
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 12172331-n
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  3. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Anthophora canescens
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  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0325056-ostrice
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  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon
    Topic's main category → Category:Carex
    Has fruit type → achene
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10861, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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