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The taxonomic status of the Bulbostylis capillaris complex in southern South America is re-assessed. B. communis and B. contracta are names proposed for taxa previously assigned to B. capillaris. B. capillaris var. elatior and f. fasciculata are reduced to the synonymy of B. communis var. communis. A new variety, B. communis var. scabrida is described. B. capillaris f. stenantha is placed in synonymy under B. contracta. B. capillaris var. pyriformis is reduced to synonymy under B. loefgrenii (Boeckeler) Prata & M. G. López. B. tenuifolia (B. capillaris var. tenuifolia) is excluded from the Argentinean flora. Some consideration is given to B. capillaris var. microstachys (Scirpus microstachys).
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We are very grateful to Dr T. M. Pedersen for his comments and suggestions, Prof. Rosa Guaglianone for reading the manuscript and for her constant support, Dr Ana Paula Prata, with whom we are working together on the genus, and to Ernestina Galdeano for correcting the English in an early draft of the manuscript. Dr Lulu Rico-Arce also provided valuable comments on an earlier version of the manuscript. Liliana Gómez prepared the excellent illustrations.
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López, M.G., Simpson, D.A. The Bulbostylis capillaris complex (Cyperaceae) in southern South America. Kew Bull 67, 225–234 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9354-8
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