| Carex meyenii | |
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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 | |
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]
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]
