Carex tristachya
Inflorescence, showing the three female spikelets
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. tristachya
Binomial name
Carex tristachya
Synonyms[2]
  • Carex pocilliformis Boott
  • Carex tristachya subsp. pocilliformis (Boott) T.Koyama

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

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

  1. ↑ J.A.Murray, Syst. Veg. ed. 14: 845 (1784)
  2. 1 2 3 "Carex tristachya Thunb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  3. ↑ 국립수목원 (August 2015). 한반도 자생식물 영어이름 목록집: English Names for Korean Native Plants. 국립수목원. ISBN 9788997450985.
  4. ↑ 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.


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