| Name | Carex polystachya Swartz ex Wahlenberg |
| Authorship | Swartz ex Wahlenberg |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | Unknown |
| Placed in | Carex Linnaeus |
| Contains | Carex polystachya var. bartlettii (O'Neill) Standley & Steyermark |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:46905-2 |
| Citation | 1803 Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 149 |
| Holdings | 15 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Carex polystachya Swartz ex Wahlenberg |
| Identification made in | [no date] (15) |