Carex thouarsii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section: Carex sect. Spirostachyae
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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. ^ a b c Jakubowsky, G.; et al. (University of Vienna, Institute of Botany) (2003). "Carex thouarsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43907A10835934. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43907A10835934.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  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.

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