Cyperaceae
Eleocharis acuta
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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Synonyms
- Eleocharis acuta var. pallens Benth.
- Eleocharis acuta var. platylepis Hook.f.
- Eleocharis acuta var. tenuis Carse
- Eleocharis ambigua Kirk & Buchanan
- Eleocharis gracilis Hook.f.
- Eleocharis mucronulata Nees
- Eleocharis mucronulata var. minor Nees
- Eleocharis palustris var. mucronulata Boeckeler
- Hemicarpha nuda Boeckeler
- Scirpus acutus (R.Br.) Spreng.
- Scirpus mucronulatus (Nees) Kuntze
Photos

Photo: P. J. de Lange, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.