Carex oedorrhampha
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Description
Leaves subbasal and 1-2 higher up the stem, about as long as the stem, flat, stiffish, long-acuminate, scabrous on margins and main nerves, 4-8 mm wide, few lowest reduced to reddish purple sheaths readily fraying into thin strips;
Distribution
Asia-Temperate: China South-Central (Yunnan present), Asia-Tropical: Assam (Assam present); Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Sumatera (Sumatera present), Atjeh present, Buru present, Central Celebes present, E. Himalaya present, Mt Kerintji present, Mt Lokila-laki present, Mt Papandajan present, N. Thailand present, S. China present, Tonkin present, W. Coast Res present, W. Java present
E. Himalaya, S. China (Yunnan), N. Thailand, Tonkin, Assam; in Malesia: Sumatra (Atjeh; W. Coast Res.: Mt Kerintji), W. Java (Mt Papandajan), Moluccas (Buru), New Guinea, Central Celebes (Mt Lokila-laki: W. Meijer 9869).
Notes
Boott's figure, showing a distinct swelling in the middle of the beak (hence his specific epithet) is, according to Clarke, taken from a not fully ripe collection. In mature utricles the lower half of the beak is cylindric, somewhat swollen, the upper conic. In the specimens from Mt Kerintji the beak is scarcely swollen; they were distinguished as var. microcarya Nelmes.
Besides to C. olivacea the species is closely related to C. ischnostachya Steud. from Japan, which is easily distinguishable by the muticous glumes, but otherwise very similar.
Besides to C. olivacea the species is closely related to C. ischnostachya Steud. from Japan, which is easily distinguishable by the muticous glumes, but otherwise very similar.
Citation
Kuk. – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 321
Nelmes 1951 – In: Reinwardtia: 398
Clarke 1894 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 741
Boott 1940 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 321
Nelmes 1949: Kew Bull.: 384
Nelmes 1965 – In: Dansk Bot. Ark.: 261
Kern 1968 – In: Back. & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 3: 490
Back. 1949 – In: Bekn. Fl. Java, (em. ed.): fam. 246, p. 70
Boeck. 1877 – In: Linnaea: 243
Raym. 1959 – In: Mem. Jard. Bot. Montreal: 83
Boott 1904 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 16
Kuk. 1909 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 615
Nelmes 1951 – In: Reinwardtia: 396
Nelmes 1954 – In: Reinwardtia: 381