identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
3A94FFA52C325A2AB373B2086B4C7800.text	3A94FFA52C325A2AB373B2086B4C7800.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Carex paramorum Jim. Mejias 2026	<div><p>Carex paramorum Jim. Mejías nom. nov.</p><p>≡ Carex tristicha Spruce ex Boott in Ill. Gen. Carex 4: 153 [tab. 493] (1867), nom. illeg., replaced synonym, non Carex tristicha Boeckeler, Flora 41: 651 (1858).</p><p>Lectotype</p><p>(here designated): Ecuador, Riobamba, “ in pastis montis Titaicún ”, Nov 1858, Spruce 5767 (K-000584699!; iso- K-000584697!) .</p><p>Note. This is a species frequently confused with C. pygmaea (see below): It has been often treated as conspecific with the closely-related C. tamana, which has been partly due to the lack of a legitimate name for the taxon. Carex paramorum can be distinguished from C. pygmaea and C. tamana using the characters reported in the key. It is an element of mesic to wet treeless páramos, here reported for the first time for Peru, more abundant in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela and also known from Costa Rica (P. J. - M., pers. obs.).</p><p>Here, we coin a legitimate name for this species, based on the illegitimate C. tristicha Spruce ex Boott. The etymology of the epithet “ paramorum ” refers to the páramos where this species inhabits, meaning “ of the páramo ”.</p><p>Studied material.</p><p>Ancash, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-77.24261&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-9.686815" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -77.24261/lat -9.686815)">pista entre Chavín de Huantar y Catac</a>, 9°41.2089'S, 77°14.5565'W, 4305 m alt., prados húmedos en claros de pajonal, 30 Sep 2021, Martín-Bravo et al. 210 SMB 21 (UPOS sn) . Cajamarca, Lagunas del Alto Perú, 6°54'32.93’'S, 78°25'45.2"W, 3938 m alt., borde de lagunas turbosas, 6 Oct 2021, Jiménez-Mejías et al. 30 PERPJM 21 (UPOS sn) . Cajamarca, carretera entre Chota y Cutervo, 6°27'6.3’'S, 78°45'29.98"W, 3009 m alt., claros encharcados, 7 Oct 2021, Jiménez-Mejías et al. 40 PERPJM 21 (UPOS sn) . Huánuco, cerro Chogopata, a 5 km de comunidad campesina Lauricocha, 4000 m alt., 10 May 2004, Salvador et al. 795 (USM-215251) . Junín, prov. Satipo / La Convención, cordillera Vilcabamba río Ene slope, near summit of divide, 11°39'36’'S, 73°40'02"W, 3350–3400 m alt., mossy upper montane forest, 8 Jun 1997, Boyle et al. 4218, (F-2184452, USM sn) . La Libertad, Patáz Borde con el Parque Nacional Río Abiseo, Abra Ventanas, en toda la cima, pajonal con influencia de pastoreo, 3700–3800 m alt., 23 Jul 2009, León et al. 5456 (USM-283487) . Piura, Laguna Shimbe, - 5,050 647, - 79,463 077, 3237 m, prados húmedos, Jiménez-Mejías et al. 64 PERPJM 21, UPOS sn . Piura, carretera Laguna Negra a Huancabamba, 5°05'45.96’'S, 79°30'14.14"W, 3500 m alt., pajonal, 10 Oct 2021, Jiménez-Mejías et al. 82 PERPJM 21 (UPOS sn) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3A94FFA52C325A2AB373B2086B4C7800	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro;García-Moro, Pablo;Camilo, Andrea A.;Mazzei, Piero M.;Escudero, Marcial;Martín-Bravo, Santiago;Cano, Asunción	Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro, García-Moro, Pablo, Camilo, Andrea A., Mazzei, Piero M., Escudero, Marcial, Martín-Bravo, Santiago, Cano, Asunción (2026): A commented checklist and key for the genus Carex (Cyperaceae) in Peru. PhytoKeys 271: 93-144, DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.271.178418
