Bulbostylis litoreamazonicola, a new species of Cyperaceae from the Brazilian Amazonian coast Author Maciel-Silva, Juliene De Fátima Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia / Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas Author Prata, Ana Paula Do Nascimento Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Campus de Engenharia e Ciências Agrárias. BR 104 Norte KM 85 S / N Mata do Rolo, Rio Largo, Alagoas, CEP 57100 - 000, Alagoas, Brazil. Author López, Maria Gabriela 0000-0002-6714-416X Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, C. C. 209, 3400 Corrientes, Argentina. mglopez 2000 @ yahoo. com. ar; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6714 - 416 X mglopez2000@yahoo.com.ar Author Gil, André Dos Santos Bragança Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - MPEG, Campus de Pesquisa, Coord. Botânica - COBOT, Av. Perimetral 1901, Terra Firme, 66077 - 830, Belém, PA, Brasil. text Phytotaxa 2022 2022-01-10 530 2 189 197 journal article 2705 10.11646/phytotaxa.530.2.5 3c382b0d-3066-4eec-9c50-539be76f6e50 1179-3163 5832699
TABLE 1. Comparative characters of Bulbostylis litoreamazonicola, B. communis, B. decidua, B. emmerichiae, and B. sellowiana.
CharacterB. litoreamazonicolaB. communisB. deciduaB. emmerichiaeB. sellowiana
Life cycleannualannualannualperennialperennial
Scape indumentdensely hispid to hispidulousglabrousglabrousslightly piloseslightly pilose
Involucral bracts3, leaf-like2–10, leaf-like1–3, leaf-like2–4, leaf-like2–4, glume-like
Inflorescencesimple anthelatesimple, compound or decompound anthelatesimple anthelatecapitatecapitate
Glumesovate to widely ovate, chartaceous, apex short-mucronateovate, membranous, apex obtuse to slightly acuteobovoid, coriaceous, apex short-mucronatelanceolate, membranous, apex acute with tufts of reddish trichomesovate, coriaceous, apex obtuse
Nutlet0.7–1.1 × 0.6–1 mm, cordiform0.75–1.2 × 0.5–0.75 mm, obovoid1.3–1.5 × 1–1.3 mm, obovoid1–1.5 × 0.9–1 mm, pyriform1.2–1.3 × 1.2 mm, obcordiform
Stylopodiumdeciduousdeciduousdeciduousdeciduousdeciduous