''Carex baccans'', the crimson-seeded sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...

, with a widespread distribution in subtropical and tropical Asia; most of the Indian Subcontinent, southern China, most of

Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom. It has been given different definitions. ...

(except Borneo), and on to New Guinea. An

endophytic An endophyte is an endosymbiont, often a bacterium or fungus, that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle without causing apparent disease. Endophytes are ubiquitous and have been found in all species of plants studied to dat ...

bacteria species, '' Glycomyces endophyticus'', has been isolated from its roots.

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baccans Flora of tropical Asia Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Hainan Flora of Taiwan Plants described in 1834 {{Carex-stub