Carex tristachya
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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. tristachya
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Carex tristachya, called the shiny-spike sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to south-central and southeast China (including Hainan and Taiwan), Korea, Japan, the Ryukyus, the Philippines, Borneo, and New Guinea.[2][3] Its seeds are dispersed by ants.[4]
Subtaxa[edit]
The following varieties are currently accepted:[2]
- Carex tristachya var. pocilliformis (Boott) Kük. – whole range, except Hainan
- Carex tristachya var. tristachya – Japan, Korea, southeast China, Hainan
References[edit]
- ^ J.A.Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 845 (1784)
- ^ a b c "Carex tristachya Thunb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ 국립수목원 (August 2015). 한반도 자생식물 영어이름 목록집: English Names for Korean Native Plants. 국립수목원. ISBN 9788997450985.
- ^ Tanaka, Koki; Suzuki, Nobuhiko (2016). "Interference competition among disperser ants affects their preference for seeds of an ant-dispersed sedge Carex tristachya (Cyperaceae)". Plant Species Biology. 31: 11–18. doi:10.1111/1442-1984.12073.