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Reznicek, A. A. (1990). Four new species of Carex (Cyperaceae) from Mexico, with notes on the Mexican Carex flora. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium. 17: 279-293.
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Reznicek, A. A.
1990
Four new species of <i>Carex</i> (Cyperaceae) from Mexico, with notes on the Mexican <i>Carex</i> flora.
Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium
17: 279-293
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Carex caeligena Reznicek (original description)
Carex fructus Reznicek (original description)
Carex mackenziana Weath. (additional source)
Carex novogaliciana Reznicek (original description)
Carex pubigluma Reznicek (original description)
Holotype CAS 0001343, geounit Chiapas, identified as Carex pubigluma Reznicek
Holotype MICH 1109112, geounit Tamaulipas, identified as Carex caeligena Reznicek
Holotype MICH 1109131, geounit Jalisco, identified as Carex novogaliciana Reznicek
 Additional information

Carex caeligena is locally frequent in the vicinity of the Rancho del Cielo Biological Station of Texas Southmost ... [details]

 Additional information

Carex mackenziana Weath., known from only a single 1934 collection from Nuevo León, was long considered a ... [details]

 Additional information

The only known collection of Carex novogaliciana came from a ravine in the municipality of Puerto Vallarta at an ... [details]

 Additional information

Endemic to Mesoamerica, this species is reported from Honduras and Guatemala by Hermann (1974) and is likely more ... [details]

 Biology

Carex pubigluma is known only from Chiapas in pine-oak forest at 1600 m. Fruiting apparently occurs at least from ... [details]

 Comparison

Carex caeligena differs from C. mackenziana by its much longer ligules, (S—) 5.5-14 mm long as opposed to ... [details]

 Comparison

Carex novogaliciana belongs, along with most members of subgenus Indocarex in the Neotropics, in the catchall ... [details]

 Comparison

This species is similar to C. mackenziana, but in addition to the differences noted in the key, is a much laxer, ... [details]

 Description

Plants cespitose, with short, thick rhizomes; roots greyish brown to dark brown, not densely felted with root ... [details]

 Description

Cespitose plants; culms (11-) 20–75 cm tall; basal sheaths purplish, glabrous. Leaves 2–10, mostly basal; ... [details]

 Description

Plants cespitose, with short, thick rhizomes; roots pale brown, not densely felted with root hairs; fertile culms ... [details]

 Description

Plants cespitose, with thick, short rhizomes; roots greyish brown, not densely felted with root hairs; fertile ... [details]

 Etymology note

The epithet pubigluma refers to the pubescent pistillate and staminate scales, a convenient diagnostic feature of ... [details]