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Issue: Vol. 204 No. 2: 1 April 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.204.2.6
Page range: 153–158
Abstract views: 19
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Cyperus L. (Cyperaceae) from northeastern Brazil

Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, CEP 70910-900, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Av. Moraes Rego s/n, - UFPE, CCB, Dept. Botânica, CEP 50940-000, Recife-PE, Brasil. Temporary Address: Herbarium Senckenbergianum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. 60-325.
Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, CEP 70910-900, Brasília-DF, Brasil.
Cyperoideae Cyperus sect. Turgiduli semi-arid vegetation Neotropics Caatinga Rio Grande do Norte

Abstract

A new species, Cyperus potiguar, is here described and illustrated. It is a perennial species morphologically related to C. alvesii and C. ligularis, but can be recognized by spikelet size, number and size of glumes, and length of rachilla internodes. It is found in the semi-arid vegetation of northeastern Brazil, locally called Caatinga.