| Common rapier-sedge | |
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| (Labillardière, Tab 15) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Lepidosperma |
| Species: | L. filiforme |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidosperma filiforme Labill. | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Lepidosperma filiforme, also known as the common rapier-sedge, is a sedge that occurs in coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. Plants grow to between 0.3 and 1 metre high. The culms are smooth, rigid, terete and between 0.7 and 2 mm in diameter. The leaves are also terete and about 1 mm in diameter, with sheaths that are straw coloured or reddish.
The species was formally described in 1805 by French botanist Jacques Labillardière in 1805 based on plant material collected from Tasmania.
References
- ^ Labillardiere, J.J.H. de (1805). "Lepidosperma filiformis". Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. 1 (2–4): 17. , t. 15
- ^ "Lepidosperma filiforme". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ "Lepidosperma filiforme". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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