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Herbarium specimen: Carex binervis

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex binervis Sm. ("Green-ribbed Sedge")
named by F D Hanson 2/1954

The serrulate beak of the fruit, longer then the type, together with the narrow [ female symbol] glume; suggests that form which E. F. Linton described as C. sadleri (C. frigida auct brit non All.)

Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex binervis Sm. ("Green-ribbed Sedge")
Collected by:Rev William Richardson Linton
Collection date:8/1883
Locality:Great Britain, Perthshire, Glenshee, Forfar, NO17, Mountains near'
ex herb:Rev. Augustin Ley
Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex binervis herbarium specimen from Glenshee, Forfar, Perthshire in 1883 by Rev William Richardson Linton.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Alpine form
See report for 1883

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