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1987

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Carex pleioneura

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A New Species Of Carex (Cyperaceae) From Western South America And A New Combination In The Genus, Gerald A. Wheeler Jan 1987

A New Species Of Carex (Cyperaceae) From Western South America And A New Combination In The Genus, Gerald A. Wheeler

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

A new species of Carex (Cyperaceae) is described from western South America. Carex pleioneura (sect. Foetidae) occurs in central Chile and west-central Argentina, where it grows on rocky slopes, among rocks bordering streams, and in mountain meadows (vegas). A new combination in South American Carex. C. longii var. meridionalis (sect. Ovales), is also made here.