Carex elatior

Carex elatior is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of central Madagascar.^[1]

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

The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1880 as a part of the work Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen. It has one synonym; Carex elatior var. perrieri.^[2]

See also

• List of Carex species