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Herbarium specimen: Carex acutiformis

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex acutiformis Ehrh. ("Lesser Pond-sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex acutiformis Ehrh. ("Lesser Pond-sedge")
Collected by:Mr James Walter White
Collection date:28/5/1892
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Cheddar, ST45, Marsh ditch in the Cheddar Valley.
ex herb:Mr Arthur Bennett
Institution:Natural History Museum (BM)
Accession number:1126498
Image:Carex acutiformis herbarium specimen from Cheddar, VC6 North Somerset in 1892 by Mr James Walter White.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:This sedge seems to me to differ from any Carex I have hitheto gathered, and does not agree with any specimen in my collection - what do you make of it?

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Documented by johned on 12th April 2015.

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