''Carex acutata'' is a species of sedge, a flowering plant in the family

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...

. It was first formally named by

Francis Boott Francis Boott (26 September 1792 – 25 December 1863) was an American physician and botanist who was resident in Great Britain from 1820. Biography Boott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the brother of Kirk Boott, one of the founders of L ...

in 1846. ''Carex acutata'' is native to South America. In Bolivia it occurs at elevations of .

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acutata Plants described in 1846 Flora of South America {{Carex-stub