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Typification of 18th Century names in Carex sect. Rhynchocystis (Cyperaceae): Carex pendula and allies
Author(s) -
Jiménez-Mejías Pedro,
Míguez Mónica,
Spencer Mark A.,
Jarvis Charles E.,
Martín-Bravo Santiago
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.12705/664.12
Subject(s) - typification , cyperaceae , taxon , carex , botany , sect , homogeneous , biology , geography , mediterranean climate , taxonomy (biology) , nomenclature , ecology , poaceae , combinatorics , mathematics
According to recent molecular and morphological studies, the apparently homogeneous Carex pendula has been shown to include two different species. One species is distributed across western Europe and the Mediterranean, whereas the other ranges from central and eastern Europe to the Caucasus and northern Iran. Three different names have been considered synonyms of C. pendula : C. agastachys, C. maxima, and C. mutabilis. Here C. pendula is shown to apply to the western taxon, and C. agastachys to be the oldest name for the eastern taxon. An epitype is designated for C. pendula given the insufficient level of detail provided by the previously designated neotype.