Carex fraseriana

Carex fraseriana
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. fraseriana
Binomial name
Carex fraseriana Ker Gawl.
Synonyms [1]
Cymophyllus fraserianus(Ker Gawl.) Kartesz & Gandhi Carex fraseriAndrews Carex lagopusMuhl. 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

1. 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.

External links

• USDA Plants profile for Cymophyllus fraseriana