''Cyperus bernieri'' is a species of

sedge The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...

that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to eastern

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. The species was first formally described by the botanist

Henri Chermezon Henri Chermezon (12 May 1885, Paris – 15 January 1939, Strasbourg) was a French botanist. From 1906 he worked as a botanical assistant at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1919 he became ''chef des travaux'' in the department of botany at the Unive ...

in 1920.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15531017 bernieri Taxa named by Henri Chermezon Plants described in 1920 Endemic flora of Madagascar

See also

References