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Issue: Vol. 670 No. 2: 30 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-30
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.670.2.4
Page range: 119-126
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 5

Four new species from Venezuela and identification key to Cephalocarpus (Cryptangieae, Cyperaceae)

Department of Biology, Federal University of Lavras – UFLA, P.O Box 3037, Lavras, MG CEP37200-000, Brazil
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, USA
Institute of Biology, Department of Plant Biology, University of Campinas, P.O. Box 6109, Campinas, SP CEP 13083-970, Brazil
Everardia tepuis white-sand savannas campinaranas Monocots

Abstract

In this paper, we describe four new species of the sedge genus Cephalocarpus (Cryptangieae, Cyperaceae) from the Guiana Shield based on specimens collected before 1985. We provide an identification key to all species of Cephalocarpus. For the new species, we provide illustrations of diagnostic characters, distribution maps and additional comments.

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