Carex solandri is a species of sedge that was first described by Francis Boott in 1853.

[1] It is endemic to both the North and South Islands of New Zealand.

[2] This plant was first described in 1853 by Francis Boott.

[3][4] Its specific epithet, solandri (originally Solandri), honours Daniel Solander who (with Joseph Banks) collected one of the specimens used by Boott in describing the species.

[4] In 2017 de Lange and others declared it to be "not threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS).