Biology:Carex dickinsii
| Dickins' sedge | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. dickinsii
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| Binomial name | |
| Carex dickinsii Franch. & Sav.
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Carex dickinsii, also known as Dickins' sedge[1] or chao xian tai cao in pinyin,[2] is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Japan , Taiwan and south-eastern China .[3]
Description
The sedge has a rhizome and forms slender stems that arise from underground. It forms 20 to 70 cm (7.9 to 27.6 in) long culms that have a triangular cross-section and have a rough texture on top and are smooth underneath. The culms have yellow to brown coloured sheaths at there base. The stiff and flat leaves have a width of 4 to 8 mm (0.16 to 0.31 in) and are the same length or longer than the culms. The leaves have sheathed and transverse nodes that are compartmentalied between the veins. It has leaflike bracts that appear in a whorl underneath the inflorescences. The flower spikes usually occur in groups of three with a lateral female spike and a club shapeed terminal male spike that is 1.5 to 2 cm (0.59 to 0.79 in) in length.[4]
Taxonomy
The species was first 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]
It has one synonym; Carex coreana described by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1889.[3]
Distribution
The sedge is found in temperate areas of eastern Asia, from Japan in the north, Korea and the Fujian province of Chine in the south.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ English Names for Korean Native Plants. Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. pp. 388. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Carex dickinsii Franch. & Sav.". Tropics. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/50272874. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Carex dickinsii Franch. & Sav.". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299447-1.
- ↑ "Carex dickinsii Franch. & Sav.". World Flora Online. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000346015. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
Wikidata ☰ Q11092792 entry
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