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Issue: Vol. 349 No. 1: 9 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.349.1.10
Page range: 79–84
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

Nomenclatural remarks on Carex sect. Sylvaticae (Cyperaceae): C. laxula and related names

Dipartimento Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Sezione di Botanica e Ecologia Vegetale, Università degli Studi di Palermo, via Archirafi 38, I-90123 Palermo, Italy
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, via Foria 223, I-80139 Napoli, Italy
Dipartimento Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, via Archirafi 38, I-90123 Palermo, Italy
Monocots Mediterranean flora nomenclature Sicily taxonomy

Abstract

Our taxonomic and nomenclatural research reveals that the name ‘Carex laxula Tineo ex Boott’ (section Sylvaticae) has not been validly published. Consequently, the oldest available name for the species is Carex paui Sennen. A lectotype for the valid name Carex sylvatica var. laxula Tineo ex Guss. is here designated.