Rhodoscirpus

Rhodoscirpus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Cyperaceae. The only species is Rhodoscirpus asper.^[1] It was reclassified from the previous Scirpus asper.^[2] It is a South American species native to Peru, Bolivia, north and central Chile and Argentina.^[1][2]

Rhodoscirpus
R. asper in Vicuña, Chile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Rhodoscirpus Léveillé-Bourret, Donadío & J.R.Starr
Species:	R. asper
Binomial name
Rhodoscirpus asper (J.Presl & C.Presl) Lév.-Bourret, Donadío & J.R.Starr