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Carex divulsa STOKES subsp. divulsa |
Carex L. |
| C. divulsa Stokes in With., Arr. Brit.Plaed. 2, 2:1035 (17Ş7). Similar to C. spicata but laxly caespitose; roots dark brown to blackish; stems to 1 m; basal sheaths becoming dark brown or blackish and strongly fibrous; leaves 2-5.3 mm broad, slightly shorter than stems; ligule obtuse to almost acute, c. as broad as long or somewhat broader; inflorescence 3-15(-18) cm; upper spikes almost confluent, 1-3 lower ones usually distant, and more than their own length apart, often branched at base; female glumes c. as long as utricles; utricles pale yellowish-brown to dark brown, narrowly ovate to ovate-elliptic or almost orbicular, 3.3-5.8 mm, rather distinctly veined or veinless, base rounded to almost cuneate, not spongy or thickened, apex narrowed into a usually scabrid-margined beak. 1. Utricles broadly ovoid to almost orbicular, rounded at base, distinctly flanged at margins, usually rather pale yellowish-brown, usually distinctly veined at least on back; apex abruptly contracted into short beak subsp. coriogyne 1. Utricles narrowly ovate to ovate-elliptic, usually not flanged at margins, rounded or cuneate at base, faintly veined or veinless; apex rather gradually narrowed into beak 2. Stems rather weak; leaves 2-3 mm broad, c. as long as stems, ± flaccid; ligule c. as long as broad, obtuse to almost acute; inflorescence to 15(-18) cm, lower 1-3 spikes often more than their own length apart and usually distinctly branched at base; lower bracts setaceous, often longer than their spikes;utricles pale yellowish-brown, 3.3-4.5 mm, ± erecto-patent subsp. divulsa 2. Stems rather stout; leaves 3.2-5.3 mm broad, usually shorter than stems, ± erect; ligule usually broader than long; inflorescence 3-8(-10) cm, lowest 1-2 spikes usually no more than their own length apart, sometimes ± approximate, sometimes unbranched at base; bracts usually short and glumaceous;utricles dark brown when ripe, 4.3-5.8 mm, patent subsp. leersii subsp. divulsa. Syn: C. virens Lam., Encycl. 3:384 (1789);C. persica Nelmes in Kew Bull. 1939:185 (1939)! Ic: Fl. RPR 11: t. 126 f. 2(1966); Hesset al., Fl. Schweiz 1:432 (1967); Jermy & Tutin, Brit. Sedges 61 (1968). Figure 5. Map 25. Forests, ravines in shady or more open places, sometimes in scrub, meadows, exposed cliffs and roadsides, s.l.-2400 m. Type: [England] Common in woods and hedges in Norfolk and Suffolk, Mr. Woodw. [ard] (holo. LINN). Turkey-in-Europe, Outer & S.E. Anatolia, Islands. A1(E) Kırklareli: 3 km from Dereköy, 460 m, A. Baytop (ISTE 37352)! A1(A) Balıkesir: Gönen Çayi, nr Tahirova, 35 km from Biga, 10 m, Hormia 504! A2(E) Istanbul: Bel-grad forest, Kömürcü Bend, Bauer et al. 2212! A2(A) Istanbul: Koru (Koru-köy) to Pendik, 17 v 1939, B. Post! A4 Zonguldak: Kel Tepe above Yenice, 1200 m, D. 37793! A5 Samsun: Kizilirmak, after Asar, 300 m, Tobey 1799! A7 Trabzon: Trabzon to Maçka, Malaka Da., 920 m, Anşin 446! A8 Çoruh: Borçka to Hopa, 800 m, D. 29835! Bl Izmir: Yamanlar Da., Laka De., 170 m, Gemici 409! B2 Izmir: S. of Bozdağ along road to Birgi, 1150 m, Buttler 17305! C2 Muğla: Fethiye to Köyceğiz, Küçük Kargi, si., Bozakman & Fitz 336! C3 Antalya: E. of Antalya, 35 m, It. Leyd. 1959:366! C5 Içel: Findik-pinar to Akarca, 900 m, It. Leyd. 1959:1113! C6 Maraş: 13 km S. of Andirin, at Çatak, 800 m, Coode & Jones 1125! C9 Hakkari: Çukurca, 1200 m, D. 44762! Is: Lesvos, valley 2 km N.E. of Keramia, by bridge over river Energe-toulas, 15 m, Edmondson & McClintock 2321! Khios, Vavyli, 130 m, Buttler 79-831! Ikaria, Hag. Kirykos, Rech. 4296! Samos, valley W. of Leka, 200-400 m, Runem. et al. 18912! C. & S. Europe, N. Africa, S. Russia, Azerbaijan, Caucasia, N. Iran, Khoras-san, Lebanon, Syria; distribution very provisionally known. Euro-Sib, element? A collection from Is: Samos (Temple of Hera nr Colonna, Rech. 4003!) is probably the hybrid C. divulsa subsp. divulsa x C. muricata L. |