Species of plant
| Carex forficula | |
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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. forficula |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex forficula Franch. & Sav. | |
Carex forficula, also known as scissors-like sedge and xi shui tai cao in pinyin in China, 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.
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.
See also
References
- English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 68. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2023 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ "Carex forficula Franch. & Sav". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- "Carex forficula Franch. & Sav". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
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