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CAREX DRUKYULENSIS (CYPERACEAE), A ‘NEW’ SPECIES FROM THE HIMALAYAS (BHUTAN)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 December 2016

P. Jiménez-Mejías  and
H. J. Noltie
P. Jiménez-Mejías
Affiliation:
New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458, USA. E-mail: pjimmej@gmail.com
H. J. Noltie
Affiliation:
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK.
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Abstract

On the basis of previously published molecular data, and morphological observations, Carex nigra subsp. drukyulensis from the eastern Himalayas (Bhutan) is raised to specific rank as Carex drukyulensis.

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BhutanCarex sect. Phacocystistaxonomy
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Edinburgh Journal of Botany , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , March 2017 , pp. 95 - 101
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Copyright © Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (2016) 

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