Lectotypification of the names Carex alpestris All. and C. nigra Bellardi (Cyperaceae)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.662Keywords:
Allioni, Nomenclature, sedges, Carex, Bellardi, typificationAbstract
We fix the application of the names Carex alpestris All. and C. nigra Bellardi (usually miscited as “C. nigra All.”) through their typification. We chose two specimens housed at TO, each of them collected by the respective nomenclatural author.
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