Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China (VIII): five new species and a new variety from southern and south-western China

Yi-Fei Lu; Xiao-Feng Jin

doi:10.3897/phytokeys.188.77776

Notes on Carex (Cyperaceae) from China (VIII): five new species and a new variety from southern and south-western China

PhytoKeys. 2022 Jan 7:188:31-47. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.188.77776. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yi-Fei Lu^{1

2}, Xiao-Feng Jin¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Forestry and Bio-Technology, Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, Lin'an, Zhejiang 311300, China Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University Hangzhou China.
² College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China Zhejiang University Hangzhou China.

Abstract

Our field surveys and specimen examination of Carex from southern to south-western regions in China resulted in the discovery of five new species and one new variety, which are here named as Carexbrevihispida X.F.Jin & Y.F.Lu (in sect. Surculosae), C.puberuliutriculata Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin (sect. Clandestinae), C.paratatsiensis Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin (sect. Aulocystis), C.huanjiangensis S.Yun Liang ex Y.F.Lu & X.F.Jin (sect. Decorae), C.liangiana X.F.Jin & Y.F.Lu and C.thibeticaFranch.var.angustifolia X.F.Jin & Y.F.Lu (sect. Rhomboidales).

Keywords: Carex; China; Cyperaceae; new species; new variety; sedge; taxonomy.

Yi-Fei Lu, Xiao-Feng Jin.