Rhodoscirpus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. The only species is Rhodoscirpus asper.[1] It was reclassified from the previous Scirpus asper.[2] It is a South American species native to Peru, Bolivia, north and central Chile and Argentina.[1][2]

Rhodoscirpus
R. asper in Vicuña, Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Rhodoscirpus
Léveillé-Bourret, Donadío & J.R.Starr
Species:
R. asper
Binomial name
Rhodoscirpus asper
(J.Presl & C.Presl) Lév.-Bourret, Donadío & J.R.Starr

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rhodoscirpus Léveillé-Bourret, Donadío & J.R.Starr | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Léveillé-Bourret, Étienne; Donadío, Sabina; Gilmour, Claire N.; Starr, Julian R. (2015-10-28). "Rhodoscirpus (Cyperaceae: Scirpeae), a new South American sedge genus supported by molecular, morphological, anatomical and embryological data". Taxon. 64 (5): 931–944. doi:10.12705/645.4. hdl:11336/19049.