| Taxon | Carex heteroneura |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Cyperaceae |
| Family common name(s) | sedge; sedges; bulrush |
| Genus common name(s) | carex; sedge; sedge-grass; sedge grass; sedgegrass; shere-grass; shere grass |
| Species common name(s) | variable-nerved sedge; variable nerved sedge; variable-nerve sedge; various-nerved sedge; vari-nerved sedge; different-nerved sedge; different-nerve sedge; different nerve sedge |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | smooth-nerve sedge [var. epapillosa]; smooth nerve sedge [var. epapillosa]; smooth-fruited sedge [var. epapillosa] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | nerved sedge, nerve sedge, many-nerved sedge, blackened sedge are applied to multiple Carex taxa; sword-grass, sword grass, sedge grass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (pejorative or derogatory): nigger-wool, nigger wool, niggerwool |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. epapillosa (Mack.) F.J. Herm.; Carex epapillosa Mack.; Carex bella L.H. Bailey, misapplied |
