A new species of Carex section Ovales (Cyperaceae) occurring in the Ozark Mountain region |
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Authors: | Paul E. Rothrock A. A. Reznicek |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Environmental Science, Taylor University, 500 W. Reade Avenue, 46989-1001, Upland, IN, U.S.A. 2. University of Michigan Herbarium, North University Building, 48109-1057, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
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Abstract: | Carex ozarkana, a new species from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and extreme northeasternmost Texas is described and illustrated. It is a distinctive regional endemic of mineral soil wetlands most similar to the widespreadCarex albolutescens andC. longii but differing in its elongate, nodding inflorescences (on robust plants), prominently clavate spikes with elongate staminate bases, reddish brown pistillate and staminate scales, and wider achenes with a long apiculum. |
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