Carex hachijoensis
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| Carex hachijoensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. hachijoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex hachijoensis | |
Carex hachijoensis is a sedge of the Cyperaceae family that is native to temperate parts of eastern Asia in Japan.[1][2] It is native to Hachijo Island, an small island located to the east of Honshu, Japan's largest island.[3]
The species was named by the botanist Shigeo Akiyama in 1937.[1]
The culms, the flowering stems, are three sided and 20–40 centimeters (7.9–15.7 in) tall. The leaves are longer than the culms with a width of 6–7 millimeters. Like the culms they are nearly hairless; they are dark green and somewhat thick in comparison with other sedge leaves.[4]
Carex hachijoensis is not likely to be in cultivation. The variegated cultivar 'Evergold' is misidentified as this species but is actually Carex oshimensis.[3]
