''Carex filipes'', also known as Fishing-rod-like sedge or papillose sedge is a

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-forming species of perennial

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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'' w ...

. It is

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and southern parts of

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References

filipes Taxa named by Adrien René Franchet Taxa named by Ludovic Savatier Plants described in 1878 Flora of Japan Flora of China {{carex-stub