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Issue: Vol. 303 No. 1: 7 April 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-04-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.303.1.2
Page range: 34–46
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species in Carex sect. Schoenoxiphium (Cyperaceae) from southern Africa

Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, carretera de Utrera km 1, ES-41013, Seville, Spain.
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, carretera de Utrera km 1, ES-41013, Seville, Spain.
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, carretera de Utrera km 1, ES-41013, Seville, Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Plaza de Murillo, 2, ES-28014, Madrid, Spain.
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, carretera de Utrera km 1, ES-41013, Seville, Spain.
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemical Engineering, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, carretera de Utrera km 1, ES-41013, Seville, Spain.
Carex badilloi Carex parvirufa new species sedges taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

Carex sect. Schoenoxiphium (18 spp.) is a monophyletic group that has its centre of diversity in eastern south Africa. We describe two new species from the Republic of South Africa and Lesotho on the basis of morphological characters. Both new species (C. badilloi and C. parvirufa) are closely related to C. ludwigii, C. kukkoneniana and C. pseudorufa.