Carex olivacea subsp. olivacea

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Carex olivacea subsp. olivacea

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Description

Leaves basal and subbasal, much exceeding the stems, flat, stiffish, long-acuminate, scabrous on the margins towards the top, the broader ones 1-2 cm wide;

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Mt Kerintji present, NE. India present, W. Java present, W. Sumatra present
NE. India; in Malesia: W. Sumatra (Mt Kerintji), W. Java (Telaga Bodas, once collected by H. O. Forbes in 1880). The record for Indo-China () refers to a collection of C. nemostachya Steud.
Distr. map in .

Notes

Closely related to 44. C. oedorrhampha Nelmes, but much stouter, and distinguished from all other members of its section by its very wide leaves and very long spikelets.