Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Carex L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Carex ×elatior (Kük.) K.A.Ford, New Zealand J. Bot. 66 (online) (2025)
Synonymy:
 Description

Plants usually 10–30 cm high. Upper part of stems visible. Inflorescence 1–4 cm long.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3. as Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Ford, K.A. 2025: A taxonomic revision of New Zealand species of Carex section Inversae Kük. (Carex subgenus Vignea, Cyperaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany: 1–73 (online) DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2025.2458506. (Published online: 13 Feb 2025)
Zhen-Hao Feng 2026: Gathering pearls from the Lethe: Nomenclatural novelties for nothotaxa. Plant 14(1): 1–23 (online). (Published online: 27 January 2026)