Carex rafflesiana
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 rafflesiana
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1846
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Carex rafflesiana. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
23 synonyms in this snapshot
- Carex bengalensis var. scaberrimaName author: Boeckeler
- Carex bengalensis var. virgataName author: Boeckeler
- Carex buennemeijeriName author: Nelmes
- Carex ceramicaName author: Nelmes
- Carex clarkeanaName author: Kük.
- Carex cruciata var. rafflesianaName author: (Boott) Noot.
- Carex gembolensis var. timorensisName author: C.B.Clarke
- Carex macrothyrsaName author: Miq.
- Carex oblongaName author: Nelmes
- Carex pentacarpaName author: Boeckeler
- Carex pycnothyrsosName author: Kük.
- Carex rafflesiana subsp. scaberrimaName author: (Boeckeler) T.Koyama
- Carex rafflesiana var. macrithyrsaName author: (Miq.) Kük.
- Carex rafflesiana var. minorName author: Kük.
- Carex rafflesiana var. scaberrimaName author: (Boeckeler) Kük.
- Carex rafflesiana var. tenuiorName author: C.B.Clarke
- Carex scaberimaName author: C.B.Clarke
- Carex scaberrimaName author: (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke
- Carex semiglomerataName author: Kük.
- Carex spongoneuraName author: Nelmes
- Carex timorensisName author: (C.B.Clarke) Nelmes
- Carex virgataName author: Miq.
- Carex xestogyneName author: Nelmes
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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