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Taxonomic novelties in Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) from South America

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Two new species of Rhynchospora, R. acanthoma and R. rupestris, are described and illustrated. Their geographical distributions are discussed. The status of R. exilis and its synonymy is clarified.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Dr Dick Brummitt for his advice on nomenclatural matters, Eduardo Kikhöfel for the illustrations, and the curators of CEPEC, CH, INPA, K, NY, P and SPF for loans of specimens. The first author thanks the Kew Latin America Research Fellowships Programme (KLARF) for a Fellowship to study at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. The first and second authors thanks the Brazilian Research Council (CNPq) for fellowship support.

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  1. Bento Gonçalves 9.500 Departamento de Botanica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    A. C. Araújo & H. M. Longhi-Wagner

  2. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, NY, 10458-5126, USA

    W. W. Thomas

  3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, UK

    D. A. Simpson

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Araújo, A.C., Longhi-Wagner, H.M., Thomas, W.W. et al. Taxonomic novelties in Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) from South America. Kew Bull 63, 301–307 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-008-9035-9

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