| Name | Carex distachya Desfontaines | 
| Authorship | Desfontaines | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Carex Linnaeus | 
| Remarks | [confirmed] [imported from GBIF] | 
| Citation | 1799 Fl. Atlant. 2: 336 | 
| Holdings | 6 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Carex distachya Desfontaines | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (6) |