00292650

Hooker

P - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Herbier National de Paris, Paris, France (look up in IMIS)

Lachen. Sikkim, Regio temp., 8000-12000 ped.

Extant

On this herbarium sheet marked P00292650 are two distinct specimens, both associated with a duplicate collection at Kew, see K000999195 (http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000999195). The specimen on the left has more mature fruit, the one on the right is very immature, and is associated with this other specimen at K: http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K00099919. Specimen on the left (more mature): P00292650 Date: August 3 1849 Alt: 9000ft. Habitat: ponds Locality : Lachen, Sikkim, Regio temp., India. Coordinates (geolocalized by me: 27.6934, 88.7443 +/-5000 m ) Isosyntype of Carex obscuriceps Kük. (dupl. at K, K00099919) Specimen on the right (less mature): (you need to add a new barcode number for this collection) Date: July 10 1849 Alt: 12000 ft. Habitat: marshes Locality : Lachen, Sikkim, Regio temp., India. Coordinates (geolocalized by me: 27.6934, 88.7443 +/-5000 m ) Isosyntype of Carex obscuriceps Kük. (dupl. at K, K00099919, K000999195)
elevation: Locality Lachen [Lamteng village] is given in Hooker, J. D. (1894). The flora of British India, volume 6. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13819 page(s): 742. The alternative spelling Lamteng is given here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48505320

Herbarium sheet

Syntype: Carex obscuriceps Kük. [details]

Hooker, J. D.

Sikkim

27.6934 (27° 41' 36.2" N)

88.7443 (88° 44' 39.5" E)

5000

2 438 m

1849-07-10

1849-08-03