Cymophyllus

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Cymophyllus
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cymophyllus
Species: C. fraserianus
Binomial name
Cymophyllus fraserianus
Ker Gawler

Cymophyllus fraserianus is a perennial of the sedge family with the common name Frasier's Sedge and the only species of the Cymophyllus genus.[1][2]

It is endemic to the Great Smoky Mountains and southern Appalachian region. It is endangered in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland and Georgia.

References

  1. efloras
  2. 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,

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