Carex tristachya Thunb. is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Carex tristachya Thunb. (Carex tristachya Thunb.)
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Carex tristachya Thunb.

Carex tristachya Thunb.

Carex tristachya, the shiny-spike sedge, is a flowering Carex species native to East and Southeast Asia, with ant-dispersed seeds.

Family
Genus
Carex
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Carex tristachya Thunb.

Carex tristachya, commonly known as the shiny-spike sedge, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Carex. It is native to south-central and southeast China โ€” including Hainan and Taiwan โ€” as well as Korea, Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, the Philippines, Borneo, and New Guinea. The seeds of this species are dispersed by ants.

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Taxonomy

Plantae โ€บ Tracheophyta โ€บ Liliopsida โ€บ Poales โ€บ Cyperaceae โ€บ Carex

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy ยท Disclaimer

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