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Herbarium specimen: Carex divulsa subsp. leersii

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex divulsa subsp. leersii (Kneuck.) W. Koch ("Many-leaved Sedge")
det. Stephen Lemon 10/4/2015

Inflorescence with short bracts, upper spikelets clustered, lower spikelets shortly seperated.

Other name:Cyperaceae: Carex remota L. ("Remote Sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex remota L. ("Remote Sedge")
Collected by:Mr Langley Kitching
Collection date:31/5/1898
Locality:Great Britain, VC16 West Kent, Saint Clere, TQ5759, St Clare Nr Kemsing [A reference to the St Clere estate near to Kemsing]
ex herb:Mr Langley Kitching
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex divulsa subsp. leersii herbarium specimen from Saint Clere, VC16 West Kent in 1898 by Mr Langley Kitching.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Despite the label naming this as Carex remota, the inflorscence lacks any long bracts and resembles Carex divulsa, probably ssp. leersii, the site being on the chalk.

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Carex remotaGB, VC37 Worcestershire, Wyre Forest5/1897BIRM

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Documented by alex lockton on 22nd December 2008.

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