Biology:Carex madagascariensis

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Short description: Species of plant

Carex madagascariensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Carex madagascariensis
Boeckeler

Carex madagascariensis is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to central and eastern parts of Madagascar .[1]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1884 as a part of the work Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. The type specimen was collected by Johann Maria Hildebrandt in 1880 near Andrangoloaka.[2]

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15582251 entry