Article
Carex modesti (Cyperaceae), a new species from southern Tanzania
Author/s | Martín Bravo, Santiago
Escudero Lirio, Marcial Jiménez Mejías, Pedro |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología |
Publication Date | 2012 |
Deposit Date | 2019-07-08 |
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Abstract | A new species of Carex (Cyperaceae), Carex modesti, is described from southern Tanzania. It grows
on stream sides and peat bogs at about 2750 m in the Kitulo Plateau. It is morphologically distinct from the similar
species ... A new species of Carex (Cyperaceae), Carex modesti, is described from southern Tanzania. It grows on stream sides and peat bogs at about 2750 m in the Kitulo Plateau. It is morphologically distinct from the similar species C. vallis-rosetto by its creeping rhizomes, coriaceous leaves and solitary spikes arising in each node. Carex modesti is included in Carex sect. Spirostachyae subsect. Elatae together with other Carex species from the tropical African mountains |
Citation | Martín Bravo, S., Escudero Lirio, M. y Jiménez Mejías, P. (2012). Carex modesti (Cyperaceae), a new species from southern Tanzania. BLUMEA journal of plant taxonomy and plant geography, 2012 (57) (2012 (2)), 143 p.-146 p.. |
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