Rhodoscirpus | |
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R. asper in Vicuña, Chile | |
Scientific 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 |
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]