Carex acuta
A species in the Cyperaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
- Species
- Carex acuta
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1753
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Carex acuta. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
124 synonyms in this snapshot · page 1 of 3
- Carex acuta f. amblylepisName author: Peterm.
- Carex acuta f. fluviatilisName author: (Hartm.) Almq.
- Carex acuta f. gracilifloraName author: Legrand
- Carex acuta f. gracilisName author: (Curtis) Sanio
- Carex acuta f. pedicellataName author: Peterm.
- Carex acuta f. personataName author: (Fr.) Almq.
- Carex acuta f. tourangianaName author: (Boreau) Sanio
- Carex acuta f. touranginianaName author: (Boreau) Sanio
- Carex acuta f. tricostataName author: (Fr.) Almq.
- Carex acuta f. vaginataName author: Peterm.
- Carex acuta f. zygostachyaName author: Rchb.
- Carex acuta prol. moenchianaName author: (Nyman) Rouy
- Carex acuta prol. tricostataName author: (Fr.) Rouy
- Carex acuta subsp. colorataName author: F.Nyl.
- Carex acuta subsp. intermediaName author: Čelak.
- Carex acuta subsp. nutansName author: Čelak.
- Carex acuta subsp. personataName author: (Fr.) P.Fourn.
- Carex acuta subsp. ruffaName author: (L.) Ehrh.
- Carex acuta subvar. gracilifloraName author: Legrand
- Carex acuta var. amblylepisName author: (Peterm.) Nyman
- Carex acuta var. anomalaName author: Hartm.
- Carex acuta var. chlorostachyaName author: Rchb.
- Carex acuta var. chloroticaName author: Čelak.
- Carex acuta var. colorataName author: (F.Nyl.) Nyl. & Saelán
- Carex acuta var. dioicaName author: Peterm.
- Carex acuta var. fluviatilisName author: Hartm.
- Carex acuta var. gracilifloraName author: (Legrand) Rouy
- Carex acuta var. integrirostrisName author: Regel
- Carex acuta var. intermediaName author: Čelak.
- Carex acuta var. majorName author: Gray
- Carex acuta var. minorName author: Trevir.
- Carex acuta var. moenchianaName author: Nyman
- Carex acuta var. monstrosaName author: Gray
- Carex acuta var. nardifoliaName author: Hartm.
- Carex acuta var. nutansName author: Čelak.
- Carex acuta var. personataName author: Fr.
- Carex acuta var. polystachiaName author: Lej.
- Carex acuta var. ruffaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Carex acuta var. sparsifloraName author: Dewey
- Carex acuta var. sphaerocarpaName author: R.Uechtr.
- Carex acuta var. stenophyllaName author: Rouy
- Carex acuta var. touranginianaName author: (Boreau) Rouy
- Carex acuta var. tricostataName author: (Fr.) Crép.
- Carex ambiguaName author: Moench
- Carex brunnea var. minorName author: (Boott) Kük.
- Carex cespitosa var. gracilisName author: (Curtis) Fiori
- Carex corynophoraName author: Peterm.
- Carex cunninghamiiName author: Boott
- Carex dichroandraName author: V.I.Krecz.
- Carex echinata subsp. intermediaName author: Čelak.
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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