Carex druceana Hamlin
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Carex druceana Hamlin, Rec. Domin. Mus. 6: 101 (1968)
Carex druceana Hamlin
Nomenclature
Hamlin
Hamlin
1968
101
ICN
Carex druceana Hamlin
species
Carex druceana
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Descriptions
Carex druceana Hamlin
Caespitose. Leaves red, usually exceeding the inflorescence, 12-25 cm long, (1-) 1.5-2.2 mm wide, planoconvex, scabrid on the margins, cirrhose at the tips, sheaths 2-5 em long, 3 mm wide, moderately membranous. Culms 4-12 cm long, 0.8-1.2 mm wide, smooth, cylindric. Inflorescence 3-5(-10) cm long, lowest bract sheath 5-10 mm long, lowest internode usually c. 1 cm long but may elongate to 6 cm long. Spikes 4(-6), terminal male 1-1.5 cm long, remainder female (0.7-)1(-1.5) cm long, 4 mm wide, crowded at the tip of the culm or the lowest spike remote, sessile or peduncles exserted up to 0.5 cm. Glumes pale, broadly ovate, usually emarginate, midrib extended into an awn 1-2 mm long, or occasionally very short. Utricles (2.2-) 2.7-3 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, pale or dark brown distally, striate, trigonous or inflated, ovate, barely narrowed above, crura obsolete, stigmata 3.
Planta caespitosa, folia rubra, plerumque inflorescentiam excedentia, 12-25 cm longa, 1-2.2 mm lata, planoconvexa, cirrhosa ad apices, vaginae sat membranaceae, culmi 4-12 cm longi, laeves cylindrici, inflorescentia 3-5 (-10) cm longa, spicae approximatae vel infima remota, 4 (-5 ), spica terminalismascula, ceterae femineae 0.7-1.5 cm longae, 0.4 cm latae, sessiles vel infima cum brevi pedunculo, glumae pallidae, late ovatae, plerumque emarginatae, costa in aristam 1-2 mm longam producta, utriculi (2.2-) 2.7-3 mm longi, 1.2 mm lati, pallidi vel ad apicem fusco- brunnei, striati, trigoni vel inflati, ovoidei, ad apicem parum angustati, rostrum obscurum, crura obsoleta, stigmata 3.
Carex druceana Hamlin
Light reddish tufts to 35 cm high. Leaves plano-convex, tips curled. Female spikes c. 5, ± sessile, light reddish-brown, ± 1 cm × 4 mm, Stigmas 3.
Carex druceana Hamlin
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Carex druceana Hamlin
Carex druceana Hamlin
Carex druceana Hamlin
Carex druceana Hamlin
Carex druceana Hamlin
Carex druceana Hamlin
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69165989-5661-4caf-9ed5-bbc45f1de81d
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