⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-226629, with some changes.

Carex flava var. polystachya Gaudin is a synonym of Carex viridula subsp. brachyrhyncha (Celak.) B.Schmid

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as a synonym (record 226629) with original publication details: Fl. Helv. 6: 97 1830.