Carex chlorocephalula F. T. Wang & Tang ex P. C. Li
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.2 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F3537B-EC3D-BB14-A0A0-8545218FF468 |
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Carex chlorocephalula F. T. Wang & Tang ex P. C. Li |
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(2) Carex chlorocephalula F. T. Wang & Tang ex P. C. Li View in CoL (in Li 1990: 143). Type:— CHINA. Yunnan: Dali, Cangshan , 16 Sep 1934, M. Chen 2836 (holotype, PE!; isotype, KUN!) ( Figure 3 View FIGURE 3 : A–E) .
Perennial herbs. Rhizomes short.Culms densely caespitose, 6–30 cm tall, ca. 1 mm thick, trigonous, densely hispidulous, with brown and persistent sheaths at base. Leaves equal to culms; blades 1.5–3 mm wide, flat, soft, densely hispidulous on both surfaces, slightly revolute at margins.Involucral bracts leaf-like, shorter than inflorescence, densely hispidulous, sheathed. Spikes 2 or 3, cylindrical, 10–15 mm long, 3–3.5 mm wide, androgynous, terminal 2 usually exerted from a bract sheath, lateral 1 exerted from base of culm, long peduncled; staminate part of spike shorter than or equal to pistillate part. Staminate scales ovate, 2.5–3.5 mm, acute at apex, pale green, green 1-veined costa. Pistillate scales oblong, ca. 3.5 mm long, attenuate and mucronate at apex, yellowish green, green 3-veined costa. Perigynia green, slightly longer than scales, oblong-obovoid, compressed trigonous, ca. 4 mm long, densely hispidulous, 2-veined laterally and thinly veined, shortly stipitate at base, ciliate at margins, abruptly contracted into a short beak at apex; orifice shortly 2-lobed with minute teeth. Achenes oblong-obovoid, compressed trigonous, ca. 2 mm long, attenuate at base, brown at maturity, abruptly contracted into a beak at apex; styles short, thickened and ovoid at base; stigmas 3.
Additional specimens examined:— CHINA. Yunnan: Jingdong, Jinhu, S. G. Xu 5297 (KUN) ; Mount. Wuliang, B. Y. Qiu 53687 (PE). Lijiang, Longshan, Qinghai-Tibet Exped. 14985 (PE). Songming, Kuotung, P. I. Mao 132 (KUN). without precise locality, anonymous s. n. (PE) .
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Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants |
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