Carex echinochloe subsp. nyasensis (C.B.Clarke) Lye

First published in Nordic J. Bot. 3: 244 (1983)
This name is a synonym of Carex spicatopaniculata

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Browning, J. & al. (2020). Flora Zambesiaca 14: 1-455. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Carex spicatopaniculata.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Gehrke, B. (2011). Synopsis of Carex (Cyperaceae) from sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 166: 51-99. [Cited as Carex echinochloe subsp. nyasensis.]
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Carex echinochloe subsp. nyasensis.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Carex echinochloe subsp. nyasensis.]
  • Hoenselaar, K., Verdcourt, B. & Beentje, H. (2010). Cyperaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-466. [Cited as Carex echinochloe subsp. nyasensis.]
  • Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi. Scripta Botanica Belgica 34: 1-199. [Cited as Carex echinochloe subsp. nyasensis.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Haines & Lye, Sedges & Rushes of E. Afr.: 375 (1983).
  • Nordic J. Bot. 3: 244 (1983)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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