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Lepidosperma filiforme

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Common rapier-sedge
(Labillardière, Tab 15)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Lepidosperma
Species:
L. filiforme
Binomial name
Lepidosperma filiforme
Occurrence data from AVH

Lepidosperma filiforme, also known as the common rapier-sedge, is a sedge that occurs in coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and New Zealand.[2][3][4] Plants grow to between 0.3 and 1 metre high. The culms are smooth, rigid, terete and between 0.7 and 2 mm in diameter. The leaves are also terete and about 1 mm in diameter, with sheaths that are straw coloured or reddish.[3]

The species was formally described in 1805 by French botanist Jacques Labillardière in 1805 based on plant material collected from Tasmania.[2][1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Labillardiere, J.J.H. de (1805). "Lepidosperma filiformis". Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. 1 (2–4): 17. , t. 15
  2. ^ a b "Lepidosperma filiforme". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Lepidosperma filiforme". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families