AbstractCarex marinaDewey is the name commonly applied to the short‐fruited variants of theC. glareosacomplex. However, a comparison of the types ofC. marina and C. amblyorhynchaKrecz. shows that they belong to the same taxon. The earlier nameC. marinamust therefore be used, and this necessitates a number of new names for taxa given names by Böcher underC. amblyorhyncha. These are made by him in a note in this pap