Neotypification of the name Schoenus asper, the basionym of Fimbristylis aspera (Cyperaceae, Abildgaardieae)

GUSTAVO HASSEMER

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.11

Issue: Vol. 297 No. 1: 22 February 2017

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2017-02-22

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.1.11

Page range: 89–92

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**Neotypification of the name Schoenus asper, the basionym of Fimbristylis aspera (Cyperaceae, Abildgaardieae)**

GUSTAVO HASSEMER⁺⁻

Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, Københavns Universitet, Sølvgade 83 S, 1307 Copenhagen, Denmark.

Cyperaceae Abildgaardieae Moncots

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Abstract

Fimbristylis Vahl (1805: 285) (Cyperaceae, Abildgaardieae) is a genus that includes about 300 species concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions (Goetghebeur 1998, Ghamkhar et al. 2007), whose taxonomy is still problematic (Reutemann et al. 2009).