Phragmites australis
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
View the source recordBotanical classification
Follow a genus or family to explore its other accepted species.
- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phragmites
- Species
- Phragmites australis
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1840
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Phragmites australis. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
33 synonyms in this snapshot
- Arundo australisName author: Cav.
- Arundo donaxName author: Forssk.
- Arundo phragmites var. flavescensName author: (Custer) Asch.
- Arundo phragmites var. stenophyllaName author: (Boiss.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Arundo pumilaName author: (Willk.) Schweinf. & Asch.
- Cortaderia pilosa var. pilosaName author: Not supplied
- Phragmites altissimusName author: (Benth.) Mabille ex Debeaux
- Phragmites arundinaceaName author: Allam. ex Munro
- Phragmites australis var. stenophyllaName author: (Boiss.) Bor
- Phragmites communis f. minorName author: Hack.
- Phragmites communis f. piliferusName author: Ohwi
- Phragmites communis f. repensName author: G.Mey.
- Phragmites communis f. subnudiflorusName author: (DC.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Phragmites communis subsp. hispanicusName author: (Nees) K.Richt.
- Phragmites communis subsp. maritimusName author: (Mabille) K.Richt.
- Phragmites communis var. arundinaceusName author: (Licht. ex Roem. & Schult.) Conert
- Phragmites communis var. flavescensName author: Schoenef.
- Phragmites communis var. hispanicusName author: (Nees) K.Richt.
- Phragmites communis var. isiacusName author: Engl.
- Phragmites communis var. isiacusName author: Griseb.
- Phragmites communis var. maritimusName author: (Mabille) Gaut.
- Phragmites communis var. pumilusName author: (Willk.) Hack.
- Phragmites communis var. stenophyllaName author: Boiss.
- Phragmites communis var. subnudiflorusName author: (DC.) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Phragmites dioicaName author: Hack. ex Conert
- Phragmites isiacusName author: (Custer) Rchb.
- Phragmites maximusName author: Mabille
- Phragmites phragmitesName author: H.Karst.
- Phragmites phragmites var. flavescensName author: (Custer) Druce
- Phragmites stenophyllusName author: (Boiss.) Rouy ex Prain
- Phragmites vulgaris var. humilisName author: (De Not.) Brand
- Phragmites vulgaris var. longivalvisName author: (Steud.) W.Wight
- Phragmites vulgaris var. subuniflorusName author: (DC.) Druce
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.
Read the directory’s scope