Carex nodiflora

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Carex nodiflora

Description

Leaves basal, sometimes 1-2 higher on the stem, much exceeding the stems, rigid, flat, long-attenuate, scabrid on the margins in the upper part, 7-16 mm wide; Inflorescence a slender, compound panicle, continuous above, interrupted below, 15-35 cm long;

Distribution

Agusan present, Alabat present, Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Luzon present, Mindanao present
Malesia: Philippines (Luzon; according to Merrill, l.c., also in Alabat and Mindanao: Agusan).

Notes

According to Nelmes (1951: 262) in this species it is the style-base which is discoid-annulate, not the apex of the nut. I do not see any difference with the nut and style-base of the allied species.

Citation

ex Clarke 1904 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot. p 11
Boeck. 1954 – In: Reinwardtia. p 374
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip. p 140
1886: Rev. Pl. Vase. Filip. p 286
Kuk. 1909 – In: Pfl. R. Heft. p 288
Boeck. 1911 – In: Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 61
1907 – In: Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 107
Nelmes 1951 – In: Reinwardtia. p 260