CAREX MCKITTRICKENSIS (CYPERACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM WESTERN TEXAS

Authors
BALL PW
Citation
Pw. Ball, CAREX MCKITTRICKENSIS (CYPERACEAE), A NEW SPECIES FROM WESTERN TEXAS, Novon, 8(3), 1998, pp. 220-224
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Novon → ACNP
ISSN journal
10553177
Volume
8
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
220 - 224
Database
ISI
SICI code
1055-3177(1998)8:3<220:CM(ANS>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Carex (sect. Albae) mckittrickensis is described as a new species from Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. It is similar to C. eburnea but has larger staminate and pistillate scales and larger perigynia w ith a longer beak. It is over 1000 km disjunct from the nearest known stations of C. eburnea in Arkansas and Nebraska.