Carex meyenii

Carex meyenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. meyenii
Binomial name
Carex meyenii Nees

Carex meyenii, commonly known as Meyen's sedge,^[1] is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Hawaii.^[2]

Th species was first described by the botanist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in 1841 as published in Cyperaceae . It has two synonyms; Carex remyi and Carex brunnea var. meyenii.^[3] The type specimen was collected in 1831 by Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen on the island of Oahu.^[4]

See also

• List of Carex species

References

1. "Carex meyenii Nees Meyen's sedge". USDA Plants Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
2. "Carex meyenii Nees". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
3. "Carex meyenii Nees". World Flora Online. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
4. "Carex meyenii Nees". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 13 September 2022.