Systematics Collections Data

CHR 509700 – Carex megalepis K.A.Ford

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 509700
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
11 July 1996
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carex megalepis K.A.Ford
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2016-12 (Verbatim: Dec 2016)
Preferred name:
Carex megalepis 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 ferruginea Boott
Determiner:
Julian R. Starr
Identification date:
2001-09 (Verbatim: September 2001)
Preferred name:
Carex megalepis K.A.Ford
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Oxford University Herbaria
Identification
Determined name:
Uncinia ferruginea Boott
Determiner:
Cone AJ
Identification date:
1996-03-29 (Verbatim: 29-MAR-1996)
Preferred name:
Carex megalepis K.A.Ford
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ruahine Ranges, slopes north of Pohangina River, about 0.5km upstream of Centre Creek
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -40.0529  175.998 
Verbatim locality:
Ruahine Ranges, slopes north of Pohangina River, about 0.5km upstream of Centre Creek
Verbatim collector:
Bellingham PJ 786
Standardised collector:
Peter J. Bellingham
Verbatim date:
29-FEB-1996
Start date:
1996-02-29
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Kahungunu
Rangitāne
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:   T23 657 239  (WGS84 -40.051565 175.997531)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  40°3´ S 175°59.8´ E  (WGS84 -40.05 175.996667)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 600m
Habitat:
Occasional tall herb to 0.7m tall in a permanent seepage in a gully head. In a large gap in montane rain forest dominated by Cyathea smithii.
Abundance:
Local
Keywords:
Flush; Greywacke; Gully; Humus; Margin; Montane; Open; Shortforest(2.5-20m)
Notes:
Permanent Plot 66/24. With Carex dissita PJB 785 - CHR 509699.
Observed species:
Carex dissita
Cyathea smithii
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Oxford University Herbaria Sampled for DNA analysis
J.R. Starr, 16 April 1998
Supplementary remarks:
Oxford University Herbaria Achenes sampled for SEM
Julian R. Starr, 2000
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Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice