Carex membranacea Hooker

Carex membranacea Hooker is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a.

Vernacular names

• carex membraneux Meades et al., 2000

• fragile sedge Tande & Lipkin, 2003
• fragile-seed sedge Canadian Forest Service, 2007

Synonyms

• Carex compacta R. Brown ex Dewey nom. illeg. IPNI
• Carex compacta R. Brown nom. inval. POWO
• Carex hymenocarpa Drejer Ford & Ball, 1992
• Carex membranopacta L.H. Bailey nom. illeg. Ford & Ball, 1992
• Carex physochlaena Holm FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a
• Carex rotundata var. compacta B. Boivin nom. inval. Payette, 2013-2024
• Carex vesicaria var. compacta Kükenthal POWO

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Lilianae
Order	Poales
Family	Cyperaceae
Subfamily	Cyperoideae
Tribe	Cariceae
Genus	Carex
Section	Carex sect. Vesicariae
Species	Carex membranacea

Habit

Herb