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

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]

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  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.