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]

Carex thouarsii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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 Carmich.

References

1. G. Jakubowsky (2003). "Carex thouarsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003. Retrieved August 7, 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
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.

External links

• "Carex thouarsii". ARKive. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2011-08-07.