Carex turrita var. merrillii
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Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present), Benguet present, Ifugao present, Luzon present, Morobe Distr present, Mt Treub present, NE. New Guinea present, W. New Guinea present
Malesia: Philippines (Luzon, Ifugao, Benguet), New Guinea (W. New Guinea: Mt Treub; NE. New Guinea: Morobe Distr.).
Notes
Kern (in manuscript) reduced C. pullei to C. turrita with a question-mark. He noted: "It seems to differ mainly by the smaller utricles only 3-4 mm long, and may represent a depauperated state". Nelmes described the utricles as being "almost nerveless to rather slenderly 1-3-nerved". As these were the only differences between C. turrita and C. merrillii, I have reduced the latter to a variety of the former.