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Issue: Vol. 217 No. 2: 23 June 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-06-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.2
Page range: 117–132
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China (II): a taxonomic revision of sect. Radicales (Kük.) Nelmes

College of Life & Environment Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University
College of Life & Environment Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, No. 16 Xuelin Street, Xiasha Educational District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310036, People’s Republic of China
The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, Illinois 60532 USA
College of Life & Environment Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, No. 16 Xuelin Street, Xiasha Educational District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310036, People’s Republic of China
College of Life & Environment Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, No. 16 Xuelin Street, Xiasha Educational District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310036, People’s Republic of China
Carex pseudomitrata section Radicales Cyperaceae new species new synonym new variety taxonomy Monocots Pan-Himalaya region

Abstract

Section Radicales (Kük.) Nelmes comprises nearly 15 species in Carex subg. Carex (Cyperaceae) and is mainly distributed in the Pan-Himalaya region, with a few species extending to the Guangxi and Hainan provinces of China and Burma. A taxonomic revision of sect. Radicales in China is proposed and 12 species with two varieties are recognized. Carex pseudomitrata X. F. Jin & Cen is described as a new species and C. caudispicata var. longiutriculata X. F. Jin is described as a new variety. Carex anningensis is reduced to synonym of C. caudispicata, and C. chuiana to C. radicalis. Carex funhuangshanica and C. speciosa subsp. dilatata are respectively reduced to synonyms of C. speciosa and C. speciosa var. courtallensis.