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 rufa subsp. rudisName author: (Wimm.) K.Richt.
- Carex rufa subsp. wimmeriName author: (Steud.) K.Richt.
- Carex rufa var. seminudaName author: Beck
- Carex sareptanaName author: V.I.Krecz.
- Carex schummeliiName author: Siegert
- Carex strictifoliaName author: Opiz ex Nyman
- Carex strictifoliaName author: Rchb.
- Carex touranginianaName author: Boreau
- Carex tricostataName author: Fr.
- Carex tricostata var. fluvicolaName author: Fr.
- Carex tricostata var. schummeliiName author: (Siegert) Nyman
- Carex virensName author: Thuill.
- Carex virginianaName author: Wood
- Carex virginicaName author: Steud.
- Carex vulgaris subsp. tricostataName author: (Fr.) K.Richt.
- Carex vulgaris var. tricostataName author: (Fr.) Boott
- Carex wimmeriName author: Steud.
- Osculisa acutaName author: (L.) Raf.
- Vignantha acutaName author: (L.) Schur
- Vignantha moenchianaName author: Schur
- Vignantha touranginianaName author: (Boreau) Fourr.
- Vignea acutaName author: (L.) Rchb.
- Vignea moenchianaName author: Rchb.
- Vignea strictifoliaName author: (Rchb.) Opiz
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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