Flora of New Zealand | Taxon Profile

Classification

Class

Magnoliopsida Brongn.

Order

Poales Small

Family

Cyperaceae Juss.

Genus

Carex L.

Nomenclature

Scientific Name:

Carex ×longiculmis Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 363 (1882)

Description

Robust, pale green, dense tufts to 1 m high. Leaves double-folded. Female spikes c. 5, distant below, to 5 × ± 1 cm, light red-brown. Utricles almost nerveless; beak and orifice wide. Stigmas 3.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

Biostatus

Indigenous (Endemic)

Bibliography

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Wilson, H.D. 1987: Vegetation of Stewart Island. DSIR, Wellington.

Carex ×longiculmis Petrie