Carex scaposa
{{Short description|Species of sedge}}
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| image = Carex scaposa - Kunming Botanical Garden - DSC03134.JPG
| genus = Carex
| species = scaposa
| authority = C.B.Clarke
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Carex scaposa, also known as hua ting tai cao in Chinese,{{cite web|url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/50058767|title=Carex scaposa C.B. Clarke|accessdate=29 August 2022|work=Tropicos|publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden|year=2022}} is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to eastern parts of Asia.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302115-1|title=Carex scaposa C.B.Clarke |access-date=29 August 2022 |publisher=Kew Science – Plants of the World Online}}
Description
The sedge has a tufted habit and has a woody rhizome. The lateral culms have a triangular cross-section with a height of {{cvt|20|to|80|cm}} and a width of {{cvt|0.1|to|0.3|cm}} and are surrounded at the base by pale brown sheaths. It has tufted basal leaves along the length of the stem which can be shorter or longer than the culms. The glabrous leaves have an elliptic to elliptic-linear shape with a length of {{cvt|10|to|35|cm}} and a width of {{cvt|2|to|5|cm}} and a pointed end.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000351030|title=Carex scaposa C.B.Clarke|accessdate=29 August 2022|publisher=World Flora Online}}
Taxonomy
It was first described by the botanist Charles Baron Clarke in 1887 in Botanical Magazine. The type specimen was collected by Augustine Henry in China between 1884 and 1887. There are two varieties; Carex scaposa var. hirsuta and Carex scaposa var. scaposa. There are two synonyms; Carex pandanophylla and Carex scaposa var. marantacea.
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Category:Plants described in 1887
Category:Taxa named by Charles Baron Clarke
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