Biology:Carex forficula

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Short description: Species of plant

Carex forficula
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. forficula
Binomial name
Carex forficula
Franch. & Sav.

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]

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15247270 entry