Two new species of Carex (Cyperaceae) from northern South America

PEDRO JIMÉNEZ-MEJÍAS; ERIC H. ROALSON

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.266.1.3

Issue: Vol. 266 No. 1: 17 June 2016

Type: Article

Published: 2016-06-17

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.266.1.3

Page range: 21–26

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**Two new species of Carex (Cyperaceae) from northern South America**

PEDRO JIMÉNEZ-MEJÍAS⁺⁻
ERIC H. ROALSON⁺⁻

School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164–4236, USA

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Abstract

We describe and illustrate two new species of Carex from northern South America. Carex via-incaica from Ecuador belongs to section Aciculares. Carex haematopus from Colombia belongs to section Carex. Both species are so far known only from their type localities.