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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

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.

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Key concepts: Cyperaceae, Carex, Sect, China, Geography, Botany, Biology, Archaeology