| 0 | Cyperaceae indet. | | | [19] | |
| 1 | Actinoscirpus | 0 | | [0] | 0 |
| 2 | Afrotrilepis | 2 | trop. W Afr. | [2] | 0 |
| 3 | Alinula | 4 | Ethiopia, trop E Afr, S Afr., Madag. | [3] | 0 |
| 4 | Androtrichum | 3 | E temp. S Am. | [1] | 0 |
| 5 | Arthrostylis | 2 | Aus. | [2] | 0 |
| 6 | Becquerelia | 10 | trop. S Am. | [4] | 0 |
| 7 | Bisboeckelera | 8 | N S Am. | [4] | 0 |
| 8 | Boeckleria | 1 | S Afr. | [0] | 0 |
| 9 | Bulbostylis | 100 | trop. & warm temp. | [69] | 0 |
| 10 | Calisto | 1 | Mauritius | [0] | 0 |
| 11 | Calyptrocarya | 8 | trop. Am. | [7] | 0 |
| 12 | Carex | 1500 | cosmop. esp. temp. & cold wet places | [2520] | 0 |
| 13 | Carpha | 4 | Aus., New Guinea, NZ, temp. S Am. | [13] | 0 |
| 14 | Caustis | 7 | Aus. | [6] | 0 |
| 15 | Cephalocarpus | 7 | trop. S Am. | [1] | 0 |
| 16 | Chorizandra | 6 | Aus., New Caled. | [6] | 0 |
| 17 | Chrysitrix | 2 | Cape | [6] | 0 |
| 18 | Cladium | 2 | cosmop. | [25] | 0 |
| 19 | Coleochloa | 7 | trop. & subtrop. Afr. esp. E, Madag. | [4] | 0 |
| 20 | Costularia | 20 | S Afr., Indian Ocean, Mal. & New Caled. | [18] | 0 |
| 21 | Crosslandia | 1 | W Aus. | [0] | 0 |
| 22 | Cyperus | 500 | tropics & subtropics | [774] | 0 |
| 23 | Didymiandrum | 3 | trop. S Am. | [0] | 0 |
| 24 | Diplasia | 3 | trop. Am. (2); 1 SE As. | [2] | 0 |
| 25 | Dulichium | 1 | N Am. | [3] | 0 |
| 26 | Egleria | 1 | Amazonia | [3] | 0 |
| 27 | Eleocharis | 100 | cosmop. | [241] | 0 |
| 28 | Epischoenus | 8 | S Afr. | [2] | 0 |
| 29 | Eriophorum | 11 | N temp. & Artic (10); S Afr. (1) | [93] | 0 |
| 30 | Evandra | 2 | SW Aus. | [5] | 0 |
| 31 | Everardia | 12 | Venez., Guyana | [2] | 0 |
| 32 | Exocarya | 1 | E New Guinea, NE Aus. | [4] | 0 |
| 33 | Exochogyne | 4 | trop. S Am. | [0] | 0 |
| 34 | Ficinia | 60 | trop. & S Afr., Madag. | [37] | 0 |
| 35 | Fimbristylis | 250 | tropics & subtropics; Eur. (3) | [162] | 0 |
| 36 | Fuirena | 20 | tropics & subtropics; Eur. (1) | [40] | 0 |
| 37 | Gahnia | 30 | E As., Mal., Aus., Pacific | [22] | 0 |
| 38 | Gymnoschoenus | 2 | Aus. | [4] | 0 |
| 39 | Hypolytrum | 40 | tropics & subtropics | [34] | 0 |
| 40 | Kobresia | 35 | N temp. | [79] | 0 |
| 41 | Koyamaea | 1 | Amazonas, Venez. & Brazil | [0] | 0 |
| 42 | Kyllingiella | 3 | trop. E Afr. | [1] | 0 |
| 43 | Lagenocarpus | 30 | trop. Am. | [16] | 0 |
| 44 | Lepidosperma | 40 | Mal., Aus., NZ | [19] | 0 |
| 45 | Lepironia | 1 | Madag. to Polynesia | [5] | 0 |
| 46 | Lipocarpha | 15 | trop. except. Pacific | [50] | 0 |
| 47 | Machaerina | 45 | tropics & subtropics, esp. Aus. | [32] | 0 |
| 48 | Mapania | 50 | trop., except Madag. | [55] | 0 |
| 49 | Mapaniopsis | 1 | N Brazil | [0] | 0 |
| 50 | Microdracoides | 1 | trop. Afr. | [1] | 0 |
| 51 | Morelotia | 2 | NZ, Hawaii | [3] | 0 |
| 52 | Neesenbeckia | 1 | S Afr. | [1] | 0 |
| 53 | Nelmesia | 1 | trop. Afr. | [0] | 0 |
| 54 | Oreobolopsis | 1 | Bolivia | [0] | 0 |
| 55 | Oreobolus | 8 | Chile, C.Am., Venez., Ecuador, Hawaii, Tahiti, NZ, Aus. & Tasmania, Mal. | [8] | 0 |
| 56 | Phylloscirpus | 1 | Arg. | [2] | 0 |
| 57 | Pleurostachys | 50 | S Am. | [7] | 0 |
| 58 | Principina | 1 | Principé | [0] | 0 |
| 59 | Ptilothrix | 1 | E Aus. | [2] | 0 |
| 60 | Reedia | 1 | SW Aus. | [2] | 0 |
| 61 | Remirea | 1 | tropics | [7] | 0 |
| 62 | Rhynchocladium | 1 | Venez. | [0] | 0 |
| 63 | Rhynchospora | 200 | subcosmop., except Artic regions | [219] | 0 |
| 64 | Schoenus | 80 | cosmop. esp. SE As., Aus. | [50] | 0 |
| 65 | Scirpodendron | 1 | Sri Lanka to Aus. & Polynesia | [7] | 0 |
| 66 | Scirpus | 200 | cosmop. | [311] | 0 |
| 67 | Scleria | 200 | tropics & subtropics | [137] | 0 |
| 68 | Tetraria | 35 | S Afr., Aus., Mal. | [37] | 0 |
| 69 | Trachystylis | 1 | E Aus. | [1] | 0 |
| 70 | Trianoptiles | 3 | S Afr. | [3] | 0 |
| 71 | Trichoschoenus | 0 | Madag. | [0] | 0 |
| 72 | Tricostularia | 5 | Aus., 1 ext. to S As. | [4] | 0 |
| 73 | Trilepis | 5 | NE S Am. | [1] | 0 |
| 74 | Uncinia | 50 | Mal., Pacific, C & S Am., S Indian & Atlantic Oceans | [32] | 0 |
| 75 | Volkiella | 1 | Namibia., Zambia | [3] | 0 |
| 76 | Websteria | 1 | trop. & subtrop. | [0] | 0 |