Carex meyenii

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]

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

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