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Herbarium specimen: Carex dioica

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex dioica L. ("Dioecious Sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex dioica L. ("Dioecious Sedge")
Collection date:6/1829
Locality:Great Britain, VC49 Caernarvonshire, Snowdon, SH65, North Wales (M. Snowdon) June 1829 sent from friend Fischer. [A translation of the latin text on the label]
ex herb:Robert James Shuttleworth
Institution:Natural History Museum (BM)
Accession number:1133341
Image:Carex dioica herbarium specimen from Snowdon, VC49 Caernarvonshire in 1829.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:[The reference to the specimen being sent by Fischer is possibly to Friedrich Ernest Ludwig von Fischer, Director of the Botanic Garden in St Petersburg. The date on this specimen's label suggests it is unconnected to the other specimens on the sheet as both collectors of the other specimens were deceased by this time.]

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Carex dioicaGBSamuel Goodenough1803BM
+Carex dioicaGB, VC52 Anglesey, AngleseyHugh Davies1814BM

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