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Lepidosperma chinense

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Species of grass-like plant

Chinese scaleseed sedge
Lepidosperma chinense, flowering in Pat Sin Leng, Hong Kong.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Lepidosperma
Species: L. chinense
Binomial name
Lepidosperma chinense
Nees & Meyen ex Kunth

Lepidosperma chinense, also known as the Chinese scaleseed sedge, is a plant widely distributed across Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam.

It is common in Hong Kong.

References

  1. "Lepidosperma chinense". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Kunth, K.S. (1837). "Cyperaceae (Lepidosperma)". Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum. 2: 320.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 260, 鳞籽莎 lin zi suo, Lepidosperma chinense Nees & Meyen ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 320. 1837.
  5. Advisory Council on the Environment (Hong Kong), Nature Conservation Subcommittee. "Wetland Restoration in Country Parks" (PDF).
Taxon identifiers
Lepidosperma chinense


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