Lepidosperma chinense

Lepidosperma chinense, also known as the Chinese scaleseed sedge, is a plant widely distributed across Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Zhejiang, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam.[3][4]

Chinese scaleseed sedge
Lepidosperma chinense, flowering in Pat Sin Leng, Hong Kong.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Lepidosperma
Species:
L. chinense
Binomial name
Lepidosperma chinense

It is common in Hong Kong.[5]

References
  1. "Lepidosperma chinense". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Kunth, K.S. (1837). "Cyperaceae (Lepidosperma)". Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum. 2: 320.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 260, 鳞籽莎 lin zi suo, Lepidosperma chinense Nees & Meyen ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 2: 320. 1837.
  5. Advisory Council on the Environment (Hong Kong), Nature Conservation Subcommittee. "Wetland Restoration in Country Parks" (PDF).


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