Carex leviosa Míguez, Jim.Mejías, H.Schaef. & Martín-Bravo
, Syst. Bot. 46(2): 313 (2021).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77234968-1
- Publication
- Systematic Botany; Quarterly Journal of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists
- Collation
- 46(2): 313
- Date of Publication
- 11 Aug 2021
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cyperaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- S. Martin-Bravo and L. Bellon 136SMB15
- Locality
- Sao Miguel Island, NW part of the island, between Mosteiros and Pilar de Bretanha, Joao Bom, about 500 meters before the village.
- Collection Date
- 26 Aug 2015
- Type Herbaria
- holotype UPOS UPOS-6520
isotype MA
isotype MADJ - Distribution Of Types
- Azores (Macaronesia, Africa)
Remarks
doi:10.1600/036364421X16231782047442 The name refers to the magic levitation spell 'Wingardium Leviosa' (pronounced 'leviOsa', not 'leviosA'), from J. K. Rowling’s book 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', as the thick lateral spikes hang from thin long-peduncles looking like they are levitating in the air.