Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Type
Scientific Name
Isolepis caligenis (V.J.Cook) Sojak
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, South Island, Westland, Jackson's, Teremakau River
Field Collection Date
Jan 1893
Field Collection Notes
HOLOTYPE of Scirpus caligenis V.J.Cook, designated by Cook in Trans. R. Soc. N.Z. 81:159 (1953). The collection originally comprised AK 2079.1 (now AK 2079) and AK 2079.2 (now AK 223519). Original det.: "Scirpus sp.". Det. by TFC: "Scirpus basilaris C.B.Clarke. Referred to S. aucklandicus by C.B.Clarke". Annotation on sheet: "Nut lenticular, brown". Nom. rev. of Scirpus caligenis V.J.Cook, November 1994. Det. confirmed by A M Muasya, Jan 1998.
Herbarium T F Cheeseman
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-42.75, 171.53333 (Inf.)
171.53333, 171.53333 (Inf.)
Last Update
16 May 2017
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