| Name | Carex cristata Schweinitz |
| Authorship | Schweinitz |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Carex Linnaeus |
| Contains | Carex cristata var. mirabilis (Dewey) W. Boott |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:46018-2 |
| Citation | 1824 Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 66 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Carex cristata Schweinitz |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |