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Herbarium specimen: Carex otrubae

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex otrubae Podp. ("False Fox-sedge")
det. Michael Porter & Mike Foley 2003

Determination (of hybrid) not accepted. ?C. otrubae.

Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex otrubae Podp. ("False Fox-sedge")
Collected by:Rev. Harry Joseph Riddelsdell
Collection date:7/1904
Locality:Great Britain, VC41 Glamorganshire, Port Talbot, SS79
ex herb:Mr William Charles Barton
Institution:Natural History Museum (BM)
Accession number:791923
Image:Carex otrubae herbarium specimen from Port Talbot, VC41 Glamorganshire in 1904 by Rev. Harry Joseph Riddelsdell.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Possibly C. muricata x vulpina, as it seems intermediate in some char[acter]s & fruits sterile; but this hybrid (as I have it) has the spikeletes ± separated. Interesting to collect again, as the hybrid is rare.

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Documented by johned on 19th April 2015.

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