La famille compte actuellement (2015) les genres suivants :
Actinoschoenus, Actinoscirpus, Afrotrilepis, Alinula, Amphiscirpus, Androtrichum, Arthrostylis, Ascolepis, Becquerelia, Bisboeckelera, Blysmus, × Bolboschoenoplectus, Bolboschoenus, Bulbostylis, Calyptrocarya, Capeobolus, Capitularina, Carex, Carpha, Caustis, Cephalocarpus, Chaetocyperus, Chorizandra, Chrysitrix, Cladium, Cobresia, Coleochloa, Costularia, Courtoisina, Crosslandia, Cyathochaeta, Cyathocoma, Cymophyllus, Cyperus, Cypringlea, Diplacrum, Diplasia, Dulichium, Eleocharis, Epischoenus, Eriophorum, Evandra, Everardia, Exocarya, Ficinia, Fimbristylis, Fuirena, Gahnia, Gymnoschoenus, Heleocharis, Hellmuthia, Hypolytrum, Isolepis, Karinia, Khaosokia, Kobresia, Koyamaea, Kyllinga, Lagenocarpus, Lepidosperma, Lepironia, Lipocarpha, Loxotrema, Machaerina, Mapania, Mariscus, Mesomelaena, Microdracoides, Morelotia, Neesenbeckia, Nelmesia, Nemum, Neoscirpus, Oreobolopsis, Oreobolus, Oxycaryum, Paramapania, Phylloscirpus, Pleurostachys, Principina, Pseudoschoenus, Psilocarya, Ptilothrix, Pycreus, Queenslandiella, Reedia, Remirea, Rhynchocladium, Rhynchospora, Schoenoplectiella, Schoenoplectus, Schoenoxiphium, Schoenus, Scirpodendron, Scirpoides, Scirpus, Scleria, Sphaerocyperus, Stenophyllus, Sumatroscirpus, Tetraria, Trachystylis, Trianoptiles, Trichophorum, Trichoschoenus, Tricostularia, Trilepis, Uncinia, Volkiella, Zameioscirpus.
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