⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-9905700, with some changes.

Carex leersiana Rouy is a synonym of Carex polyphylla Kar. & Kir.

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 9905700) with original publication details: Fl. France 13: 413 413 1912.