Systematics Collections Data

CHR 637136 – Carex megalepis K.A.Ford

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 637136
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 March 2015
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:
J. Rolfe; C.C. Ogle
Identification date:
2014-01-26 (Verbatim: 26 Jan 2014)
Preferred name:
Carex megalepis K.A.Ford
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Wanganui, Kauarapaoa Road, 'Mainui'
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -39.6902  175.032 
Verbatim locality:
Wanganui, Kauarapaoa Road, 'Mainui'
Verbatim collector:
J. Rolfe; C.C. Ogle 6251
Standardised collector:
Jeremy Rolfe; Colin C. Ogle
Verbatim date:
26 Jan 2014
Start date:
2014-01-26
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Whanganui Iwi / Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi
Whanganui Land Settlement (Lower Whanganui)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:   R21 843 663  (WGS84 -39.690674 175.032216)
Abundance:
One seen
Altitudes:
from 80m
Habitat:
Narrow side gully of main valley. Below 'Mainui' house.
Microhabitat:
Melicytus ramiflorus on valley sides - Carex on valley floor - strip 5 x 2 m.
Abundance:
One seen
Keywords:
Clay; Gully; Hill; Humus; Loam; Shortforest(2.5-20m); Silt; Wet; Mudstone
Notes:
Fruit. Note the culms have branches above ground level. Utricle bracts > utricles.
Observed species:
Melicytus ramiflorus
Carex
Uncinia uncinata
Carex aff. geminata
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice