Botanists rediscovered a plant specimen believed lost since World War II and used it to fix a decades-old naming mistake in a group of wetland sedges called spikerushes.
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Type specimen of Eleocharis lehmanniana, presumed destroyed during World War II, was rediscovered
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Eleocharis glazioviana and E. lehmanniana were incorrectly synonymized under E. maculosa and are now transferred to E. debilis
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A neotype (replacement reference specimen) was formally designated for E. debilis
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