CHR 482797 – Carex potens K.A.Ford
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 482797
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carex potens K.A.Ford
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2017-01 (Verbatim: Jan 2017)
Preferred name:
Carex potens K.A.Ford
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Global Carex Group 2015: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 1-42.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Uncinia affinis
Determiner:
H.D. Wilson
Identification date:
1986-12 (Verbatim: Dec 1986)
Preferred name:
Carex potens K.A.Ford
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Canterbury, Banks Peninsula: Ridge crest at head of Te Oka Valley
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.8173 172.801
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Banks Peninsula: Ridge crest at head of Te Oka Valley
Verbatim collector:
H.D. Wilson BP1224
Standardised collector:
Hugh D. Wilson
Verbatim date:
6 Dec 1986
Start date:
1986-12-06
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
N36 940 100 (WGS84 -43.81727 172.800982)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 43°49´ S 172°48´ E (WGS84 -43.816667 172.8)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 43°49´ S 172°48´ E (WGS84 -43.816667 172.8)
Abundance:
Rare
Altitudes:
from 660m
Habitat:
Among shrubs and snow tussock on south-facing rocks
Abundance:
Rare
Keywords:
Montane; Rock; Shrub; Talltussock
Notes:
U. affinis of Hamlin. Small grassy tussock with dark green leaves, bright pink-red sheaths, and culms exceeding leaves. Matches affinis of Hamlin although the red sheaths are said to be characteristic of U. laxiflora.
Observed species:
Chionochloa rigida
shrubs
shrubs
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
