Carex eremostachya

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Carex eremostachya

Description

Leaves subbasal, as long as to longer than the stems, flat, shortly attenuate, glabrous, scabrid on margins and nerves towards the apex, 2-3 mm wide, the lower ones reduced to brown, entire, bladeless or short-bladed sheaths.

Distribution

9 km NE of Lake Habbema present, Asia-Tropical, W. New Guinea present
Malesia: W. New Guinea, 9 km NE of Lake Habbema; only known from the type collection.

Notes

Closely allied to C. rhizopoda Maxim. from Japan, which is however clearly distinct by its more flaccid, usually broader leaves, and its longer, oblong-cylindric spikelet with pale green glumes much shorter than the utricles.

Citation

S. T. Blake 1951 – In: Reinwardtia: 412
Nelmes 1949: Kew Bull.: 381