Carex acutata
{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant in the sedge family}}
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| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Carex
| species = acutata
| authority = Boott{{r|powo}}
| synonyms =
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- Carex acutata var. ciliata Kük.
- Carex anwandteri Phil.
- Carex feminea Steud. ex Boott
- Carex foeminea Steud.
- Carex physocarpa Nees ex Boott
- Carex purpurea Boott
- Carex tessellata Spruce ex C.B.Clarke
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Carex acutata (common name, slender-tufted sedge, slender-spiked sedge){{Cite web |title=Carex acuta {{!}} slender-tufted sedge Herbaceous Perennial/RHS |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/139088/carex-acuta/details |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.rhs.org.uk |language=en-gb}} is a species of sedge, a perennial flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae.{{r|powo}} It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1846.{{r|ipni}}
Description
Distribution and habitat
Carex acutata is native to South America.{{r|powo}} In Bolivia it occurs at elevations of {{cvt|3500–4000|m}}.{{r|fob}} It is distributed in mountainous habitats of the Tropical Andes, from Bolivia to Venezuela.{{Cite journal |last1=Jiménez-Mejías |first1=Pedro |last2=Morales-Alonso |first2=Ana |last3=Oleas |first3=Nora |last4=Sánchez |first4=Enmily |last5=Martín-Bravo |first5=Santiago |last6=Masa-Iranzo |first6=Irene |last7=Meseguer |first7=Andrea S. |date=2023-03-08 |title=New relevant chorological and conservation data on Carex (Cyperaceae) and Hypericum (Hypericaceae) from Ecuador |url=https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/99603/instance/8316971/ |journal=Biodiversity Data Journal |language=en |volume=11 |pages=e99603 |doi=10.3897/BDJ.11.e99603 |doi-access=free |pmid=38327360 |issn=1314-2828|hdl=10486/716042 |hdl-access=free |pmc=10848657 }}