Culms 40–70 cm × 2–4 mm. Basal sheaths reddish to blackish. Leaves 45–100 cm × 6.2–11.3 mm largest ones, ... [details]

Roots covered with short yellowish to stramineous hairs. Culms 70–140 cm × 2–4 mm. Basal sheaths pale ... [details]

Roots scarcely to densely covered with short yellowish to stramineous hairs. Culms (34)55–110 cm × 1–2 mm. ... [details]

Culms 30–55 cm × 1–2 mm, reddish-brown. Basal sheaths cinnamon colored. Leaves 25–40 cm × 5.1–8.0 mm ... [details]

Roots densely covered with yellowish to stramineous hairs. Culms (35)60–130 cm × 3 mm. Basal sheaths ... [details]

Culms (18)35–100 cm × 1–2 mm. Basal sheaths brown to reddish-brown. Leaves 65–125 cm × 5.0–9.2 mm largest ... [details]

Culms 32–136 cm × 1–3 mm. Basal sheaths orangey-brownish. Leaves 48–91 cm × 3.2–8.1 mm largest ones, ... [details]

Culms 25–100 cm × 1–3 mm, scabrous. Basal sheaths pale cinnamon to reddish-brown. Leaves, 25–165 cm × ... [details]

Culms 40–115 cm × 2–3 mm. Basal sheaths orangey-brownish. Leaves (40)60–135 cm × 4.5–10.0 mm largest ... [details]

Culms 100–130 cm × 2.5 mm, green to brownish. Basal sheaths reddish. Leaves at least 102 cm × 6.2 mm largest ... [details]

Culms 30–80 cm × 1–3 mm, scabrous or smooth. Basal sheaths reddish-brown. Leaves 90–150 cm × 5.0–7.9 mm ... [details]

Culms (10)20–40 cm × 1–2 mm, yellow-brownish. Basal sheaths orangey-brownish. Leaves 25–45 cm × 3.0–4.7 ... [details]

Culms 30–130 × 2–4 mm. Basal sheaths reddish-brown to purple. Leaves 35–155 cm × 5.5–13.5 mm largest ... [details]

Roots densely covered with short yellowish to stramineous hairs. Culms 30–80 cm × 1–3 mm. Basal sheaths ... [details]

Culms 25–100 cm × 3–4 mm. Basal sheaths reddish-brown. Leaves 35–160 cm × (2.2)4.0–15.0 mm largest ones, ... [details]

Culms 45–85 cm × 2–3 mm, scabrous. Leaves 30–80(135) cm × 6.2–8.0 mm largest ones, longer than the culms, ... [details]

Culms 25–110 cm × ±2 mm. Basal sheaths reddish-brown to reddish-purple. Leaves 25–140 cm × 4.3–13.6 mm ... [details]

Culms 55–200(310) × 2–5 mm. Basal sheaths red-brown to dark purple. Leaves 70–130(170) cm × 5.5–12.0 mm ... [details]

Roots glabrous or densely covered with short yellowish to stramineous hairs. Culms 25–75 cm × 2–3 mm. Basal ... [details]

Culms 45–110 cm × 4–5 mm. Basal sheaths reddish-brown. Leaves 35–121 cm × 5.1–8.0 mm largest ones, ... [details]

Culms 60–150(200) cm × 2–3 mm, glabrous to scabrous. Basal sheaths red-brown to dark purple. Leaves 70–130 ... [details]

Culms 120–160 cm × 2–3 mm. Basal sheaths brownish. Leaves at least 60–100 cm × 4.6–12.1 mm largest one, ... [details]

Culms 60–165 cm × 1.5–2 mm, scabrous. Basal sheaths cinnamon to orangey-brownish. Leaves 75–175 cm × ... [details]

Roots densely covered with short yellowish hairs or glabrous. Culms 100–130 cm × 2–3 mm, green to brownish. ... [details]

Roots densely covered with short yellowish to stramineous hairs. Culms 25–40 cm × ±0.15 mm. Basal sheaths ... [details]

Culms 30–40 × 2–3 mm. Leaves, largest ones 30–40 cm × 4.1–6.1 mm, subequal to the culms, oldest ones ... [details]

Culms 35–70 cm × 2–4 mm. Basal sheaths blackish. Leaves 36–135(160) cm × 5.2–15.0 mm largest ones, longer ... [details]

Culms 8–50(85) cm × 1–2 mm. Basal sheaths orangey-brownish to purplish-black. Leaves 13–65(102) cm × ... [details]

Roots glabrous. Culms ~150 cm × 3 mm, green to yellowish. Basal sheaths reddish. Leaves at least 100 cm ... [details]

Roots densely covered with short yellowish to stramineous hairs. Culms 50–140 cm × 3–4 mm. Basal sheaths ... [details]

Culms 40–90 cm × 1–3 mm, glabrous. Basal sheaths cinnamon colored. Leaves 15–90 cm × 6.0–10.5 mm largest ... [details]

Culms ±45 × 2–3 mm. Leaves, 104 cm × 7.5 mm largest one, much longer than the culms, oldest ones ... [details]

Roots smooth. Culms 25–55 cm × 1–3 mm. Leaves 25–35 cm × 3.2–3.9 mm largest ones, coriaceous, shorter ... [details]

Roots densely covered with short yellowish hairs or glabrous. Culms 50–85 cm × 2–3 mm. Basal sheaths cinnamon ... [details]

Culms 40–100 cm × 2–3 mm, often scabrous. Basal sheaths cinnamon to reddish-brown. Leaves 50–145 cm × ... [details]

Roots covered with yellowish to stramineous hairs. Culm 45–90 cm × 1–3 mm. Basal sheaths reddish-brownish. ... [details]

Roots glabrous. Culms 15–30 cm × 0.1–0.2 mm. Leaves 26–53 cm × 2.0–5.8 mm largest ones, oldest ones ... [details]

Roots glabrous or covered with yellowish hairs. Culms ~70 cm × 2 mm, green to brownish. Basal sheaths brownish. ... [details]

It is distributed on the southernmost sector of the Sierras Madre Oriental and del Sur, in the southern Mexican ... [details]

A northern Central American species. All the studied specimens were collected in the Central American Cordillera, ... [details]

Mexican state of Chiapas, linked to the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, part of the Central American Cordillera. [details]

So far only known from the Central Andes at Peru, in the northern provinces of Cajamarca, Bolívar and La Libertad, ... [details]

Caribbean Coastal Range in Venezuela, the northernmost extension of the Andes and one of the main mountain ranges ... [details]

Southern Andes, in northern Argentina (Salta and Tucumán provinces) and north-ern Chile (Coquimbo region). ... [details]

This species is endemic to Sierra Madre del Sur, appearing only in the Mexican State of Oaxaca. [details]

The most broadly distributed species from sect. Fecundae, spreading from the southern part of Sierra Madre Oriental ... [details]

Northern Andes, primarily in the mountains of Cordillera Oriental in Colombia, rarer on its easternmost foothills ... [details]

Only known from the two locations, one in Nevado de Colima (state of Jalisco) on the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, ... [details]

This species is appears in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, and Sierra Madre del Sur, spanning the Mexican states ... [details]

Southern Andes, from South Bolivia to North Argentina.  [details]

Andes of northern and central Peru, from Cajamarca to Huancayo Provinces. [details]

This species is distributed in the Central American Cordillera from southern Mexi-co, Guatemala, and Honduras, and ... [details]

Andes from Peru to northern Argentina (Provinces of Catamarca, Salta and Tucu-mán), appearing mainly in southern ... [details]

It is found in the Sierra Madre Oriental (state of Veracruz), and in the Sierra Madre del Sur (state of Oaxaca). [details]

Central and Northern Andes, from Peru to the eastern Andean foothills in Colombia and Venezuela, passing all along ... [details]

Carex jovis is an almost strictly Central American species, distributed all along the Central American and ... [details]

Andes, from southern Ecuador to northern Bolivia (La Paz). The species seems to be quite sporadical north of ... [details]

Northern Andes, from southern Ecuador (Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe) to central Colombia (Antioquia Department), ... [details]

Endemic from a small area in the states of Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz, where the southern extreme of the Sierra ... [details]

Central American Cordillera, from north Honduras to Nicaragua, also in the Sierra de Talamanca in Costa Rica. [details]

It is distributed from central Mexico on the Volcanic Belt (States of Mexico, Michoacán and Puebla) and in the ... [details]

A narrow endemic only known from the type location at the Sierra Madre Oriental, between Huejutla de Reyes and ... [details]

A narrow endemic only known from a few collections at the type location from Cerro de la Muerte in Cordillera de ... [details]

A narrow endemic from the Cusco and Apurimac Departments (S Peru). [details]

Southern Andes, appearing from the Department of Puno in Peru and in the prov-inces of La Paz and Cochabamba in ... [details]

Andes, from northern Venezuela (Trujillo and Mérida) through Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, and reaching as far ... [details]

An apparently narrow endemic from the Meseta Purépecha on the lower areas of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. It ... [details]

This species is endemic to northern foothills of the Andes, mainly in the N half of Peru, reaching marginally S Ecuador. [details]

Known from central-eastern Mexico. [details]

Apparently a narrow endemic only known from the type collection in Ilu-Tepuy in the Venezuelan Guiana. Given the ... [details]

A narrow endemic from the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes (Department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala) of the Central ... [details]

It looks like an endemic plant with an extremely reduced area of distribution, only know from a few collections on ... [details]

Central and eastern Mexico, on the Mexican Volcanic Belt (States of Guanajuato, Michoacán, Morelos, Mexico, Ciudad ... [details]

Known only from the type collection at Volcano San Martín. This mountain is part of the Sierra de los Tuxlas, an ... [details]

This species is distributed in Cordillera de Talamanca, most of the populations are in Costa Rica. It also appears ... [details]

A narrow endemic only known from the type location, 30.5 miles northeast of Guelatao in the state of Oaxaca. [details]

The specific epithet artoriasii honors the human struggle against the concept of darkness, in our particular case ... [details]

The specific epithet aureochiapensis is derived from Latin, combining aureo meaning “golden” and chiapensis ... [details]

In honor of Dennis E. Breedlove (1939-2012), botanist, anthropologist and professor at the California Academy of ... [details]

The epithet canoi honors to the Dr. Asunción Cano Echevarría, botanist and professor at Universidad Nacional ... [details]

The epithet caribea is a reference to the Caribbean Mountain range where this species inhabits. [details]

From Catamarca, a province of Argentina. [details]

The specific epithet catrina honors La Catrina, a prominent figure in Mexican culture that represents death with ... [details]

The epithet colombiana is here coined to make a double dedication. On the one hand, we want to honor the country of ... [details]

The epithet comolaflor derives from the iconic song “Como la flor” [like the flower], from the singer Selena ... [details]

The name commemorates the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés, as the legend says that he was the first European to ... [details]

Honoring David Smith, former Assistant Curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden, who tragically died in Bolivia ... [details]

The name commemorates John Donnell Smith, an American botanist and military officer known for his botanical work in ... [details]

From the Latin fecundus, fertile, probably in reference to the many flowers of the paniculate inflorescences. [details]

In reference to the French-Belgian botanist and geologist H. Galeotti that collected the type specimen and worked ... [details]

In honor of the Scottish botanist William Jameson (1796-1873), botanist and pro-fessor at the University of Quito ... [details]

From the Latin jovis, a refence to Jupiter, chief Roman deity, as this species is unu-sually large among the ... [details]

In reference to the Province of La Paz in Bolivia. [details]

In honor of F.C. Lehmann (1850-1903), botanist and German consul in Colombia that conducted explorations throughout ... [details]

Melanosperma derives from the Greek mélās, "dark" or "black", and sperma, “seed”, referring to the dark nutlets. [details]

The epithet mesoamericana refers to Central America, from the Greek meso-, middle. [details]

The specific epithet mikasae refers to the iconic fictional character Mikasa Ackerman ... [details]

The specific epithet nahuatl pays tribute to the Nahuatl people, who were and continue to be the predominant ... [details]

The epithet orothanatica is formed by the ancient Greek oros, mountain, and thanatica, in reference to Thanatos, ... [details]

The specific epithet pachacutecii is derived from the much admired Inca Pachacútec, known for his remarkable ... [details]