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]
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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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| Carex dickinsii | |
Description
editThe 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
editThe 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
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 388. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2023 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ a b "Carex dickinsii Franch. & Sav". Tropics. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Carex dickinsii Franch. & Sav". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "Carex dickinsii Franch. & Sav". World Flora Online. Retrieved 4 February 2023.