Carex forficula

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Carex forficula
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. forficula
Binomial name
Carex forficula

Carex forficula, also known as scissors-like sedge [1] and xi shui tai cao in pinyin in China, [2] is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to Japan, Korea, and eastern parts of China and Russia. [3]

The species was first formally described by the botanists Adrien René Franchet and Ludovic Savatier in 1878 as a part of the work Enumeratio Plantarum in Japonia Sponte Crescentium. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 68. ISBN   978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2023– via Korea Forest Service.
  2. 1 2 "Carex forficula Franch. & Sav". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Carex forficula Franch. & Sav". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
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