Carex ceylanica

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| genus = Carex

| species = ceylanica

| authority = Boeckeler

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Carex ceylanica is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Sri Lanka.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299102-1|title=Carex ceylanica Boeckeler |access-date=14 November 2022 |publisher=Kew Science – Plants of the World Online}}

The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1876 as a part of the work Linnaea.{{cite web|url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/50184582|title=Carex ceylanica Boeckeler |access-date=14 November 2022 |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden|work=Tropicos}}