Open AccessSynopsis of Carex (Cyperaceae) from sub‐Saharan Africa and Madagascar
Author(s) -
GEHRKE BERIT
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01116.x
Subject(s) - cyperaceae , carex , taxon , biology , temperate climate , key (lock) , ecology , subfamily , habitat , geography , poaceae , biochemistry , gene
This synopsis provides a key, synonymy, lectotypification, habitat descriptions and distributions for the 81 species and six additional infraspecific taxa of Carex known from tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar. It is the first treatment of Carex including all tropical and southern temperate areas in Africa since Kükenthal's monograph of subfamily Caricoideae in 1909. © 2011 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2011, 166 , 51–99.