Carex thouarsii

Carex thouarsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Subgenus: C. subg. Carex
Section: Carex sect. Spirostachyae
Species: C. thouarsii
Binomial name
Carex thouarsii

Carex thouarsii is a species of sedge found in the Tristan da Cunha archipelago. It lives chiefly in heaths dominated by Blechnum palmiforme, and Phylica arborea woodland.[1] It is widespread and common on Tristan da Cunha and Inaccessible Island, but scarce on Nightingale Island, possibly due to a lack of habitat.[1] It was first described by Dugald Carmichael in 1819 following the British annexation of Tristan da Cunha in 1816.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 G. Jakubowsky (2003). "Carex thouarsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2003.2 (3.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  2. Dugald Carmichael (1819). "Some account of the island of Tristan da Cunha and of its natural productions". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 12 (2): 483–513. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1817.tb00241.x.
  • "Carex thouarsii". ARKive.


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