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Eastern Illinois University

1986

Cyperus

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New Mesoamerican Species Of Cyperus (Cyperaceae), Gordon C. Tucker Jan 1986

New Mesoamerican Species Of Cyperus (Cyperaceae), Gordon C. Tucker

Gordon C. Tucker

Four species of the genus Cyperus are described, illustrated, and compared to their nearest relatives. These are: C. matudae and C. breedlovei (Subgenus Protocyperus) from the Pacific slope of Chiapas, Mexico; and C. wilburii and C. svensonii (Subgenus Cyperus) from the lowlands of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and from the uplands of Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, respectively.


New Mesoamerican Species Of Cyperus (Cyperaceae), Gordon C. Tucker Jan 1986

New Mesoamerican Species Of Cyperus (Cyperaceae), Gordon C. Tucker

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Four species of the genus Cyperus are described, illustrated, and compared to their nearest relatives. These are: C. matudae and C. breedlovei (Subgenus Protocyperus) from the Pacific slope of Chiapas, Mexico; and C. wilburii and C. svensonii (Subgenus Cyperus) from the lowlands of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and from the uplands of Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, respectively.


New Mesoamerican Species Of Cyperus (Cyperaceae), Gordon Tucker Jan 1986

New Mesoamerican Species Of Cyperus (Cyperaceae), Gordon Tucker

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

Four species of the genus Cyperus are described, illustrated, and compared to their nearest relatives. These are: C. matudae and C. breedlovei (Subgenus Protocyperus) from the Pacific slope of Chiapas, Mexico; and C. wilburii and C. svensonii (Subgenus Cyperus) from the lowlands of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and from the uplands of Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, respectively.