Carex tristachya explained

Carex tristachya, called the shiny-spike sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to south-central and southeast China (including Hainan and Taiwan), Korea, Japan, the Ryukyus, the Philippines, Borneo, and New Guinea.^{[1] [2]} Its seeds are dispersed by ants.^[3]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:^[1]

• Carex tristachya var. pocilliformis (Boott) Kük. – whole range, except Hainan
• Carex tristachya var. tristachya – Japan, Korea, southeast China, Hainan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carex tristachya Thunb. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 31 January 2021 .
2. Book: August 2015 . 한반도 자생식물 영어이름 목록집: English Names for Korean Native Plants . 국립수목원. 국립수목원 . 9788997450985 .
3. Interference competition among disperser ants affects their preference for seeds of an ant-dispersed sedge Carex tristachya (Cyperaceae) . 2016 . Tanaka . Koki . Suzuki . Nobuhiko . Plant Species Biology . 31 . 11–18 . 10.1111/1442-1984.12073 .