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.
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- Carex fuscovaginataKük.
- Carex graciliformisV.I.Krecz.
- Carex graciliformisV.I.Krecz.
- Carex gracilisCurtis
- Carex gracilis f. amblylepis(Peterm.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex gracilis f. angustiglumisPodp.
- Carex gracilis f. brachystachyaKük.
- Carex gracilis f. corynophora(Peterm.) Kük.
- Carex gracilis f. furcataJunge
- Carex gracilis f. graciliflora(Legrand) Soó
- Carex gracilis f. pedicellata(Peterm.) Soó
- Carex gracilis f. personata(Fr.) Lindm.
- Carex gracilis f. podperaeSoó
- Carex gracilis f. protensa(Fr.) Kük.
- Carex gracilis f. rudis(Wimm.) Kük.
- Carex gracilis f. seminuda(Beck) Kük.
- Carex gracilis f. vaginata(Peterm.) Soó
- Carex gracilis f. zygostachya(Rchb.) Kük.
- Carex gracilis subsp. corynophora(Peterm.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex gracilis subsp. erectaKük.
- Carex gracilis subsp. eugracilisKük.
- Carex gracilis subsp. intermedia(Čelak.) Soó
- Carex gracilis subsp. tricostata(Fr.) Suess.
- Carex gracilis var. angustifoliaKük.
- Carex gracilis var. approximataKük. ex Junge
- Carex gracilis var. chlorotica(Čelak.) Kük.
- Carex gracilis var. fluviatilis(Hartm.) Kük.
- Carex gracilis var. humilisKük.
- Carex gracilis var. libanoticaKük.
- Carex gracilis var. minorBoott
- Carex gracilis var. mucronataMaire
- Carex gracilis var. personata(Fr.) Kük.
- Carex gracilis var. rudis(Wimm.) Kük.
- Carex gracilis var. sphaerocarpa(R.Uechtr.) Kük.
- Carex gracilis var. strictiflormisPodp.
- Carex gracilis var. strictifolia(Rchb.) Asch.
- Carex gracilis var. strictiformisPodp.
- Carex gracilis var. tricostata(Fr.) Asch.
- Carex lilibaeaLojac.
- Carex miliaceaKrock.
- Carex moenchianaWender.
- Carex personata(Fr.) C.B.Clarke
- Carex podperaeOtruba
- Carex pratensisHosé
- Carex prolixa var. protensaFr.
- Carex pulchellaF.Nyl. ex Trevir.
- Carex recurvaWilld. ex Kunth
- Carex ripariaMoench ex Steud.
- Carex rudisWimm.
- Carex rufa subsp. moenchiana(Nyman) K.Richt.
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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