The most recent family treatments are those of Goetghebeur and Bruhl.Both broadly agree on generic delimitation but diverge at tribal and subfamily level.The Flora Malesiana acount by Kern differs in a number of respects,particularly in the amalgamation of several genera under Cyperus and Scirpus. In the recongnition. However,recent phenetic and cladistic analyses by Bruhl are at least partly supported by molecular studies,which suggrst that highre level classification in Cyperaceae is likly to be modified in future.