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Herbarium specimen: Carex arenaria

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex arenaria L. ("Sand Sedge")
Other name:Cyperaceae: Carex arenaria L. ("Sand Sedge")
named by Ida Mary Roper 24/6/1919

Carex arenaria L var. remota Marss.

Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex arenaria L. ("Sand Sedge")
Collected by:Ida Mary Roper
Collection date:24/6/1919
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Weston-super-Mare, ST36, marshy ground
ex herb:Mr Charles Edgar Salmon
Ida Mary Roper
exchanged:Watson Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:Natural History Museum (BM)
Accession number:1131754
Image:Carex arenaria herbarium specimen from Weston-super-Mare, VC6 North Somerset in 1919 by Ida Mary Roper.
notes:Yes, but not extreme. Kükenthal named my Surrey plants "forma remota" and it surely deserves no higher rank. Marsson says of his plant - "caule elato gracili apice nutante; spiculis inferioribus 2-3 ... [PTO]. C.E.S. [Charles Edgar Salmon]

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Carex arenariaGB, VC6 North Somerset, Weston-super-MareIda Mary Roper24/6/1919BIRM
+Carex arenariaGB, VC6 North Somerset, Weston-super-MareIda Mary Roper24/6/1919BM

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Documented by wshuff on 20th January 2015.

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