Phragmites karka
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Phragmites
- Species
- Phragmites karka
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1841
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Phragmites karka. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
22 synonyms in this snapshot
- Arundo coreaName author: Rottler ex Hook.f.
- Arundo karkaName author: Retz.
- Arundo roxburghiiName author: Kunth
- Arundo tectaName author: Blanco
- Arundo tibialisName author: Roxb.
- Arundo tibialisName author: Roxb. ex Wall.
- Arundo vallatoriaName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Calamagrostis karkaName author: (Retz.) J.F.Gmel.
- Oxyanthe japonicaName author: (Steud.) Steud.
- Phragmites bifariaName author: Wight ex Hook.f.
- Phragmites cinctaName author: (Hook.f.) B.S.Sun
- Phragmites communis var. zeylanicusName author: Nees
- Phragmites karka var. cinctusName author: Hook.f.
- Phragmites karka var. karkaName author: Not supplied
- Phragmites laxifloraName author: Steud.
- Phragmites nepalensisName author: Nees ex Steud.
- Phragmites roxburghiiName author: Steud.
- Phragmites vallatoriusName author: (L.) Veldkamp
- Sericura japonicaName author: Steud.
- Trichoon karkaName author: (Retz.) Roth
- Trichoon roxburghiiName author: (Kunth) W.Wight
- Trichoon roxburghiiName author: W.Wight
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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