Research Paper

Carex pingleensis (Carex sect. Mitratae), a new species of Cyperaceae from Guangxi, China

Zhao-Cen Lu, Yu-Lan Su, Yi-Fei Lu, Xiao-Feng Jin

Published on: 23 July 2020

Page: 391 - 395

DOI: 10.6165/tai.2020.65.391

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    Abstract

    Carex pingleensis Z.C. Lu, Y.F. Lu & X.F. Jin, a new species of Carex sect. Mitratae Kük. from northeastern Guangxi, China, is described and illustrated. This species is easily distinguished from all the other species of sect. Mitratae by its spikes gathering at the top of culms; nutlets neither contracted on angles nor excavated at faces; male glumes apex obtuse, both sides united near base, abaxial surface with pubescence and utricles shorter, only 2.8–3.2 mm long, densely pubescent.

    Keyword: Carex pseudotristachya, Carex tristachya, Cyperaceae, morphology, taxonomy

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