The genus Carex (Cyperaceae) in Chile: a general update of its knowledge, with an identification key

Authors

  • Paulo Muñoz-Schüler Herbario CONC, Departamento de Botánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7070-4121
  • Pablo García-Moro Área de Botánica, Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8331-4771
  • José Ignacio Márquez-Corro Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, TW9 3AB, Richmond, United Kingdom. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4277-2933
  • Diego Penneckamp Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Ecología del Dosel, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0760-4128
  • María Sanz-Arnal Área de Botánica, Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0651-243X
  • Santiago Martín-Bravo Área de Botánica, Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0626-0770
  • Pedro Jiménez-Mejías Área de Botánica, Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-4477

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-66432023000200103

Keywords:

Carex, Chile, identification key, taxonomy, Uncinia

Abstract

The knowledge of the genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in South America is scattered, without recent comprehensive treatments for any country. Within the continent, Chile is the country that harbors the most diversity, being the second in species richness and the first in endemic taxa. However, Chilean botanists must resort to several Argentinian floras for species identification, although these works leave uncovered many Chilean species. This has led many researchers and amateurs to neglect the amazing diversity of the genus in the country. In this work, we summarize the results of several years of research on the genus Carex in Chile. We here formally report six new national records, including the reinstatement of the Nahuelbuta endemism Carex reicheana Boeckeler. Also, relevant changes (regional additions or significant distributional changes) are reported for another 33 species, and nomenclatural comments on problematic names are given. The catalogue of Carex for Chile is updated with our own findings and previous published reports from 82 to 96 species.

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2023-12-31

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Muñoz-Schüler, P.; García-Moro, P.; Márquez-Corro, J. I.; Penneckamp, D.; Sanz-Arnal, M.; Martín-Bravo, S.; Jiménez-Mejías, P. The Genus Carex (Cyperaceae) in Chile: A General Update of Its Knowledge, With an Identification Key. Gayana Bot. 2023, 80, 103-132.

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Vol. 80 No. 2 (2023)

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