Lepidosperma filiforme explained

Lepidosperma filiforme, also known as the common rapier-sedge, is a sedge that occurs in coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and New Zealand.^{[1] [2] [3]} 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.^[2]

The species was formally described in 1805 by French botanist Jacques Labillardière in 1805 based on plant material collected from Tasmania.^{[1] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lepidosperma filiforme . 1 June 2012 . Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra.
2. Web site: Lepidosperma filiforme . 1 June 2011. PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online . Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=252163 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Labillardiere, J.J.H. de . 1805. Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. 1. 2–4. 17. Lepidosperma filiformis. , t. 15