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 | |
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| R. asper in Vicuña, Chile | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhodoscirpus asper (J.Presl & C.Presl) Lév.-Bourret, Donadío & J.R.Starr
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References
edit- ^ a b "Rhodoscirpus Léveillé-Bourret, Donadío & J.R.Starr | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ a b Léveillé-Bourret, Étienne; Donadío, Sabina; Gilmour, Claire N.; Starr, Julian R. (2015-10-28). "Rhodoscirpus (Cyperaceae: Scirpeae), a new South American sedge genus supported by molecular, morphological, anatomical and embryological data". Taxon. 64 (5): 931–944. doi:10.12705/645.4. hdl:11336/19049.