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Three newly described species of Carex sect. Fecundae (Cyperaceae) from Central America and typification of two related names

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PHYTOTAXA
Volume 579, Issue 2, Pages 71-86

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MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.579.2.1

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Neotropics; sedges; taxonomy

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This article describes three new species of Carex sect. Fecundae (Cyperaceae) from Central America: Carex orothanatica from Costa Rica, Carex siguanabae occurring in El Salvador and Honduras, and Carex via-aquae from Costa Rica and Panama. The study compares the three new species with their relatives and provides lectotypification for two related names, Carex lehmanniana Boott, and C. lehmaniana var. simplex Kuk.
Three new species of Carex sect. Fecundae (Cyperaceae) are described from Central America. Carex orothanatica from Costa Rica, Carex siguanabae occurring in El Salvador and Honduras, and Carex via-aquae from Costa Rica and Panama. The three new species are compared with relatives. In addition, two related names, Carex lehmanniana Boott, and C. lehmaniana var. simplex Kuk., are lectotypified.

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