Following: Global Carex Group (2015) Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 1-42.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Uncinia purpurata Petrie
Determiner:
Druce AP
Identification date:
1991-11-21 (Verbatim: 21-NOV-1991)
Preferred name:
Carex purpurata (Petrie) K.A.Ford
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Identification
Determined name:
Uncinia fuscovaginata Kuk.
Determiner:
Edgar E
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, Sealy Range, Sealy Tarns
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.713274 170.073578
Verbatim locality:
South Canterbury, Near Sealy Lakes
Verbatim collector:
Meurk C
Standardised collector:
Colin D. Meurk
Verbatim date:
FEB-1969
Start date:
1969-02
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S79 74- 33- (WGS84 -43.713757 170.076174)
New Zealand Map Series 260:
H36 74- 17- (WGS84 -43.712797 170.077029)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
43°42´ S 170°4.6´ E (WGS84 -43.7 170.076667)
Altitudes:
from 1372m
Habitat:
Low subalpine scrub.
Notes:
Mount Cook National Park Herbarium, no.942. Habit is grassy, erect, in clumps. (Uncinia purpurata sens.lat. (including Uncinia fuscovaginata var. caespitans), note - TYPE location of Uncinia fuscovaginata var. caespitans in Sealy Range, A.P. Druce 21-Nov-1991). [Sterilised Oct-1973].