Feedback request: Carex echinata (1133105)

[vc11recorder]

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Specimen #384649

Taxon:	Cyperaceae: Carex divulsa Stokes det. Martin Rand 4/2/2015 cf. subsp. leersii
Other name:	Cyperaceae: Carex echinata Murray ("Star Sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:	Cyperaceae: Carex echinata Murray ("Star Sedge")
Collected by:	Beatrice Olive Corfe
Collection date:	18/2/1932
Locality:	Great Britain, VC11 South Hampshire, Winchester, SU42
Institution:	Natural History Museum (BM)
Accession number:	1133105
Image:
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by peterwiggins on 29^th January 2015.

Edit history

date	user	change
04/02/2015	vc11recorder	Deleted determination (orig): Carex echinata
04/02/2015	vc11recorder	Added determination (orig): Carex echinata
04/02/2015	vc11recorder	Added determination (det): Carex divulsa on 4/2/2015
04/02/2015	vc11recorder	Added determiner: Martin Rand
04/02/2015	vc11recorder	Added determiner's note: cf. subsp. leersii
03/02/2016	chrisu	Deleted provenance: exherb (The British Museum)
03/02/2016	chrisu	Deleted determiner's note: cf. subsp. leersii
03/02/2016	chrisu	Added determiner's note: cf. subsp. leersii

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vc11recorder wrote

Reviewing this, I believe it is C. divulsa. The dark stripes on the lower sheaths; the number of spikes in the inflorescence, and their crowding towards the top; (as far as I can tell) the disposition of male and female flowers. Also the spikes look well enough developed that they ought to be a bit squarrose by now. I would welcome other opinions. There are no modern or historic records of Carex echinata at or near Winchester, and so suitable habitat exists today. It is conceivable that Winnall Moors might have supported it in the past, but probably not by 1932.

[Tom Humphrey]

There's a pencil note near the label: 'leersii', so it appears that a previous curator shared your doubts about this specimen.

Please feel-free to add/edit the determinations on doubtful sheets like this.

Tom