Cymophyllus

Cymophyllus fraserianus
Conservation status

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

Cymophyllus fraserianus is a perennial of the sedge family with the common name Frasier's sedge and the only species of the genus Cymophyllus.[2][3]

Cymophyllus fraserianus 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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 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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