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Herbarium specimen: Eleocharis quinqueflora

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz ("Few-flowered Spike-rush")
Other name:Cyperaceae: Scirpus pauciflorus Lightf.
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:19/7/1938
Locality:Great Britain, VC104 North Ebudes, Sligachan, NG42, Skye. Bog.
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Eleocharis quinqueflora herbarium specimen from Sligachan, VC104 North Ebudes in 1938 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:1991
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Tapering point to nut. Stems many of them barren. Pencil note: "I think there may be true multicaulis in the gathering but no rush to compare."
Filing note:Cyperaceae (Blysmus to Scirpus)

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Documented by johned on 28th June 2012.

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