Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Carex applanata Thorsen & de Lange
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, South Island, Central Otago Ecological Region, Old Man Ecological District, Old Woman Range
Field Collection Date
08 Apr 2007
Field Collection Notes
Forming larger patches on snowbank slopes. Differs from C. pterocarpa in narrow non-scabrid glume, utricle with longer beak, larger and dark head, non-distichous/tristichous leaves. Material from this gathering also in CHR (see photocopy). On this specimen K.A. Ford has noted "Utricles not papillose like Carex pterocarpa and male flowers below female. Utricles smaller c. 2.65 mm long)".
Cited NZJ Botany 54: 338, 2016.
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-45.35278, 169.15639
169.15639, 169.15639
Last Update
30 Nov 2020
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