Carex steudneri

{{Short description|Species of sedge}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

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| genus = Carex

| species = steudneri

| authority = Boeckeler

| synonyms =

• Carex huttoniana Kük.
• Carex wahlenbergiana var. schimperi Boott
• Carex zuluensis C.B.Clarke

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Carex steudneri is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to the eastern part of Africa from Ethiopia in the north to South Africa.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302397-1|title=Carex steudneri Boeckeler |access-date=3 September 2022 |publisher=Kew Science – Plants of the World Online}}

The species was described in 1876 by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler as a part of the work Linnaea. The type specimen was collected by Hermann Steudner in Ethiopia.{{cite web|url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/100164916|title=Carex steudneri Boeckeler|accessdate=3 September 2022|work=Tropicos|publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden}}