Compiled by R. Davies and D.A. Simpson
This list covers new names and combinations published during 1993, together with names from previous years not included on earlier lists. Any names published during 1993 and not included below should be notified to D.A. Simpson.
BULBOSTYLIS
Bulbostylis schomburgkiana (Steud.) M.T. Strong in Brittonia 45(2): 162 (1993). Fimbristylis schomburgkiana.
Bulbostylis truncata (Nees) M.T. Strong in Brittonia 45(2): 165 (1993). Oncostylis truncata.
CAREX
Carex agglomerata C.B. Clarke var. rhizomata Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 3: 89 (1984). China North-central (Gansu).
Carex akiensis K. Okamoto in Bull. Okayama Coll. Sci. 1: 53 (1965). Japan.
Carex argunensis Turcz. ex Trevir. subsp. alticola (Popl. ex Sukaczev) L.I. Malyschev in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 64 (1990). C. alticola.
Carex backii Boott var. subrostrata (Bates) R.D. Dorn, Vasc. Pl. Wyoming: 296 (1988). C. durifolia var. subrostrata.
Carex bigelowii Torr. ex Schwein. var. arctisibirica (Jurtzev) L.I. Malyschev in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 163 (1990). C. ensifolia subsp. arctisibirica.
Carex brysonii R.F.C. Naczi in Contrib. Univ. Mich. Herb. 19: 195 (1993). Alabama.
Carex burttii H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(2): 186 (1993). Sikkim, Bhutan, Xizang.
Carex curviculmis A.A. Reznicek in Contrib. Univ. Mich. Herb. 19: 107 (1993). Mexico Central (Mexico State, Puebla), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas).
Carex david-smithii A.A. Reznicek in Novon 2(4): 433 (1992). Peru.
Carex festivelloides A.A. Reznicek in Contrib. Univ. Mich. Herb. 19: 109 (1993). Mexico Northeast (Chihuahua).
Carex fusiformis Nees subsp. finitima (Boott) H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(2): 200 (1993). C. finitima.
Carex fusiformis Nees var. maijishanica Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 3: 90 (1984). China North-central (Gansu).
Carex geihokuensis K. Okamoto in Bull. Okayama Coll. Sci. 1: 51 (1965). Japan.
Carex godfreyi R.F.C. Naczi in Contrib. Univ. Mich. Herb. 19: 200 (1993). Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina.
Carex griersonii H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(2): 195 (1993). Bhutan, Jammu-Kashmir, Nepal, India (Uttar Pradesh).
Carex horikawae K. Okamoto in Bull. Okayama Coll. Sci. 1: 56 (1965). Japan.
Carex interjecta A.A. Reznicek in Contrib. Univ. Mich. Herb. 19: 110 (1993). Mexico Central (Morelos).
Carex jiaodongensis Y.M. Zhang & X.D. Chen in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 31(4): 381 (1993). China North-central (Shandong).
Carex juniperorum P.M. Catling, A.A. Reznicek & W.J. Crins in Syst. Bot. 18(3): 497 (1993). Ontario, Kentucky, Ohio.
Carex kamagariensis K. Okamoto in Bull. Okayama Coll. Sci. 1: 66 (1965). Japan.
Carex laeta Boott subsp. gelongii H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(2): 198 (1993). Bhutan, Xizang.
Carex lativena S.D. Jones & G.D. Jones in Sida 15(3): 510 (1993). Texas, Arizona.
Carex ledebouriana C.A. Mey. ex Trevir. subsp. substepposa L.I. Malyschev in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 117 (1990). Altay.
Carex ledebouriana C.A. Mey. ex Trevir. subsp. transbaicalensis L.I. Malyschev in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 118 (1990). Chita, Buryatiya.
Carex lenticularis Michx. var. pallida (Boott) R.D. Dorn, Vasc. Pl. Wyoming: 296 (1988). C. acuta var. pallida.
Carex leucochlora Bunge var. korikawae (K. Okamoto) T. Katsuyama in Bull. Kanagawa Prefect. Mus., Nat. Sci. 22: 59 (1993). C. horikawae.
Carex leucochlora Bunge var. morrisonicola (Hayata) T. Katsuyama in Bull. Kanagawa Prefect. Mus., Nat. Sci. 22: 58 (1993). C. morrisonicola.
Carex longispiculata Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 3: 91 (1984). China North-central (Gansu).
Carex luzulina Olney var. atropurpurea R.D. Dorn, Vasc. Pl. Wyoming: 296 (1988). Wyoming.
Carex macroura Meinsh. subsp. kirilovii (Turcz.) L.I. Malyschev in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 123 (1990). C. kirilovii.
Carex maquensis Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 3: 85 (1984). China North-central (Gansu).
Carex microptera Mack. var. limnophila (F.J. Herm.) R.D. Dorn, Vasc. Pl. Wyoming: 296 (1988). C. limnophila.
Carex nigra (L.) Reich. subsp. drukyulensis H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(2): 189 (1993). Bhutan.
Carex norvegica Retz. var. stevenii (Holm) R.D. Dorn, Vasc. Pl. Wyoming: 296 (1988). C. alpina var. stevenii.
Carex nova Bailey var. pelocarpa (F.J. Herm.) R.D. Dorn, Vasc. Pl. Wyoming: 296 (1988). C. pelocarpa.
Carex oederi Retz. var. recterostrata (Bailey) R.D. Dorn, Vasc. Pl. Wyoming : 296 (1988). C. flava var. recterostrata.
Carex oenensis A. Neumann ex B. Wallnofer in Linz. Biol. Beitr. 24(2): 832 (1992). Austria.
Carex pamirensis C.B. Clarke ex B. Fedtsch. subsp. dichroa (Freyn) L.I. Malyschev in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 95 (1990). C. pulla subsp. dichroa.
Carex pamirensis C.B. Clarke ex B. Fedtsch. var. angustispicata Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 3: 89 (1984). China North-central (Gansu).
Carex pediformis C.A. Mey. subsp. reventa (V.I. Krecz.) L.I. Malyschev in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 127 (1990). C. reventa.
Carex polyschoenoides K.T. Fu var. fractiflexa Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 3: 91 (1984). China North-central (Gansu).
Carex przewalskii T.V. Egorova var. ramosa Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 3: 89 (1984). China North-central (Gansu).
Carex qingdaoensis F.Z. Li & S.J. Fan in Bull. Bot. Res. North-East. Forest. Univ. 13(1): 71 (1993). China North-central (Shandong).
Carex rhynchoperigynium S.D. Jones & A.A. Reznicek in Sida , 15(2): 215 (1992). Mexico Northeast (Hidalgo).
Carex riloensis M.P. Stoeva & E.D. Popova in Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 38(1): 39 (1993). Bulgaria.
Carex schlagintweitiana Boeck. subsp. deformis H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(2): 194 (1993). Bhutan, Nepal, Xizang, China South-central (Yunnan).
Carex shandanica Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 3: 86 (1984). China North-central (Gansu).
Carex speciosa Kunth subsp. dilatata H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(2): 197 (1993). Assam (Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh), India (West Bengal), Nepal, Bhutan, China South-central (Yunnan).
Carex speciosa Kunth subsp. pinetorum H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(2): 197 (1993). Bhutan.
Carex supina Wahlenb. subsp. korshinskyi (Kom.) L.I. Malyschev in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 133 (1990). C. korshinskyi..
Carex tolucensis (F.J. Herm.) A.A. Reznicek in Contrib. Univ. Mich. Herb. 19: 128 (1993). C. subbracteata var. tolucensis.
Carex tovarensis A.A. Reznicek & G.A. Wheeler in Contrib. Univ. Mich. Herb. 19: 137 (1993). Venezuela.
Carex viridula Michx. subsp. pulchella (Lonnr.) L.I. Malyschev in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 130 (1990). C. oederi subsp. pulchella.
Carex viridula Michx. subsp. serotina (Merat) L.I. Malyschev in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 130 (1990). C. serotina.
Carex x aniaiensis R. Fujiwara & Y. Matsuda in J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 40(2): 77 (1992). Japan.(C. podogyna x sadoensis).
Carex x walasii M. Ceynowa-Gieldon in Fragm. Flor. Geobot. 38(1): 47 (1993). Poland. (C. atherodes x hirta).
CYMOPHYLLUS
Cymophyllus fraserianus (Ker Gawl.) J.T. Kartesz & K.N. Gandhi in Rhodora 93(874): 138 (1991). Carex fraseriana.
CYPERUS
Cyperus almensis D.A. Simpson in Kew Bull. 48(4): 699 (1993). Brazil Northeast (Bahia).
Cyperus brumadoi D.A. Simpson in Kew Bull. 48(4): 701 (1993). Brazil Northeast (Bahia).
Cyperus pohlii (Nees) Steud. subsp. bahiensis (D.A. Simpson) D.A. Simpson in Kew Bull. 48(4): 701 (1993). Mariscus pohlii subsp. bahiensis.
ELEOCHARIS
Eleocharis almensis D.A. Simpson in Kew Bull. 48(4): 703 (1993). Brazil Northeast (Bahia), Brazil Southeast (Minas Gerais).
Eleocharis obpyriformis D.A. Simpson in Kew Bull. 48(4): 705 (1993). Brazil Northeast (Bahia).
Eleocharis olivaceonux D.A. Simpson in Kew Bull. 48(4): 705 (1993). Brazil Northeast (Bahia).
ERIOPHORUM Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe subsp. altaicum (Meinsh.) N.V. Bondareva in Fl. Sibir. (Cyperac.) 3: 15 (1990). E. altaicum.
FIMBRISTYLIS
Fimbristylis brevivaginata R. Kral in Sida 15(2). 318 (1992). Georgia, Alabama.
KOBRESIA
Kobresia esenbeckii (Kunth) H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(1): 43 (1993). Carex esenbeckii.
Kobresia esenbeckii (Kunth) Noltie var. fissiglumis (C.B. Clarke) H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(1): 43 (1993). K. fissiglumis.
Kobresia filifolia (Turcz.) C.B. Clarke var. macroprophylla Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 2: 8 (1984). Qinghai, China North-central (Gansu).
Kobresia gracilis Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 2: 10 (1984), homonym; see Meinsh. in Acta Hort. Petrop. 18: 276 (1901). China South-central (Sichuan).
Kobresia maquensis Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 2: 4 (1984). China North-central (Gansu), China South-central (Sichuan).
Kobresia menyuanica Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 2: 3 (1984). Qinghai.
Kobresia minshanica Wang & Tang ex Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 2: 1 (1984). China North-central (Gansu).
Kobresia pseuduncinoides H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(1): 47 (1993). Bhutan, Nepal, Xizang.
Kobresia squamaeformis Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 2: 9 (1984). China North-central (Gansu).
Kobresia woodii H.J. Noltie in Edinburgh J. Bot. 50(1): 48 (1993). Bhutan.
Kobresia yushuensis Y.C. Yang in Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 2: 6 (1984). Qinghai.
KYLLINGA
Kyllinga curvispiculosa (T. Koyama) P.H. Ho, Cayco Vietnam (Illustr. Fl. Vietnam), 3(2): 699 (1993), as ‘curvispiculata (Raymond)’: Cyperus curvispiculosus.
LAGENOCARPUS
Lagenocarpus amazonicus G. Davidse in Novon, 2(4): 319 (1992). Venezuela.
Lagenocarpus compactus D.A. Simpson in Kew Bull. 48(4): 707 (1993). Brazil Northeast (Bahia).
Lagenocarpus venezuelensis G. Davidse in Novon 3(3): 244 (1993), nom. nov.: L. amazonicus Davidse.
LEPIDOSPERMA
Lepidosperma curtisiae K.L. Wilson & D.I. Morris in Telopea 5(2): 423 (1993). Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales.
Schoenoplectus fluviatilis (Torr.) M.T. Strong in Novon 3(2): 203 (1993). Scirpus maritimus b ? fluviatilis.
SCHOENOPLECTUS
Schoenoplectus novae-angliae (Britton) M.T. Strong in Novon 3(2): 203 (1993). Scirpus novae-angliae.
Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M.T. Strong in Novon 3(2): 202 (1993). Scirpus purshianus.
Schoenoplectus robustus (Pursh) M.T. Strong in Novon 3(2): 203 (1993). Scirpus robustus.
SCIRPUS
Scirpus holoschoenus L. subsp. romanus (L.) G. Mateo Sanz & R. Figuerola Lamata, Fl. Analit. Prov. Valencia (IAM Investig. 14): 369 (1987). S. romanus.
SCLERIA
Scleria assamica (C.B. Clarke) D.M. Verma in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 32(1-4): 71 (1990 publ. 1992). S. bracteata var.assamica.
Scleria atroglumis D.A. Simpson in Kew Bull. 48(4): 709 (1993). Brazil Northeast (Bahia), Brazil Southeast (Minas Gerais).
Scleria terrestris (L.) Fassett var. hookeriana (Boeck.) D.M. Verma in Bull. Bot. Surv. India 32(1-4): 70 (1990 publ. 1992). S. hookeriana.
Scleria terrestris (L.) Fassett var. thomsoniana (Boeck.) D.M. Verma in Bull. Bot. Surv. India: 32(1-4) 70 (1990 publ.1992). S. thomsoniana.