Rhodoscirpus

Rhodoscirpus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. The only species is Rhodoscirpus asper.[1] It was reclassified from the previous Scirpus asper.[2] It is a South American species native to Peru, Bolivia, north and central Chile and Argentina.[1][2]

Rhodoscirpus
R. asper in Vicuña, Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Clade:Commelinids
Order:Poales
Family:Cyperaceae
Genus:Rhodoscirpus
Léveillé-Bourret, Donadío & J.R.Starr
Species:
R. asper
Binomial name
Rhodoscirpus asper
(J.Presl & C.Presl) Lév.-Bourret, Donadío & J.R.Starr

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