Fraser's Sedge
Carex fraseriana Ker-Gawler
Fraser's Sedge: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/1891
Synonyms
Carex fraseri  Cymophyllus fraseri  Cymophyllus fraserianus 
Tags
Endangered (MD) S1 (Highly state rare)

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Carex fraseriana

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. fraseriana
Binomial name
Carex fraseriana
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymophyllus fraserianus (Ker Gawl.) Kartesz & Gandhi
  • Carex fraseri Andrews
  • Carex lagopus Muhl.
  • Olamblis fraseri (Andrews) Raf.
  • Cymophyllus fraseri (Andrews) Mack. in Britton & A.Br.

Carex fraseriana is a perennial member of the sedge family with the common name Fraser's sedge. It was the only species of the genus Cymophyllus before it was re-transferred to Carex.[2][3][4]

Carex fraseriana is native to the Great Smoky Mountains and southern Appalachian region of the southeastern United States.[1] It is endangered in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland and Georgia.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 23 Page 573, Cymophyllus fraserianus (Ker Gawler) Kartesz & Gandhi, Rhodora. 93: 138. 1991.
  3. ^ Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 398, ISBN 978-1-55105-428-5,
  4. ^ Global Carex Group 2015 Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription
  5. ^ Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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