| Carex acutata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. acutata |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex acutata | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carex acutata (common name, slender-tufted sedge, slender-spiked sedge) [2] is a species of sedge, a perennial flowering plant, in the family Cyperaceae. [1] It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1846. [3]
Carex acutata is a tuft-forming sedge, with clumps of slender, narrow leaves reaching up to 90cm in height. The inflorescence forms a series of spikes, with brownish flowers, appearing in late spring and summer. [2]
Carex acutata is native to South America. [1] In Bolivia, it occurs at elevations of 3,500–4,000 m (11,500–13,100 ft). [4] It is distributed in mountainous habitats of the Tropical Andes, from Bolivia to Venezuela. [5]
The name Carex tessellata was included in the Ecuadorian Red List as a “mysterious species known from a single collection of uncertain precedence”. The name was synonymised in 2020 to Carex acutata. [5]
