Carex nodosa (Cyperaceae), a new species from SW China

8 May 2018

Zhang, Shu-Ren

Carex nodosa (Cyperaceae), a new species from Chongqing and Sichuan, SW China, is described and illustrated. The new species resembles C. hebecarpa C. A. Mey., but differs in having sheath-like bracts, 4--7.5 cm long male spikes, oblanceolate, 7.1--8.6 mm long male scales, and perigynia that are glabrous except ciliate beaks.

10.1111/njb.01900