CHR 639472 – Carex spinirostris Colenso
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 639472
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 November 2020
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carex spinirostris Colenso
Determiner:
K.A. Ford
Identification date:
2018-11-26 (Verbatim: 26 Nov 2018)
Preferred name:
Carex spinirostris Colenso
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Pataua, Te Whangai Head
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-35.713776 174.528871
Verbatim locality:
Pataua, Te Whangai Head
Verbatim collector:
K.A. Ford 596/18
Standardised collector:
Kerry A. Ford
Collectors reference no.:
KF596/18
Verbatim date:
26 Nov 2018
Start date:
2018-11-26
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Native lands:
Ngāpuhi
Ngātiwai
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1738295E 6046720N (WGS84 -35.713767 174.528873)
Abundance:
Common
Altitudes:
from 80m
Habitat:
Under coastal forest canopy, steep slope SW facing.
Abundance:
Common
Notes:
W-folded leaves, spreading tufts; leaf-sheaths dark red esp. margins; inflorescences drooping and trailing, culms trigonous; utricles reddish; male spikes trigonous; female spikes more or less cylindrical. Pollen shed but many utricles not fully mature yet. Flowered earlier than the Carex lambertiana it was associated with.
Observed species:
Carex lambertiana
Entelea arborescens
Macropiper excelsum
Dysoxylum spectabile
Pseudopanax lessonii
Myrsine australis
Oplismenus hirtellus
Carex uncinata
Ageratina adenophora
Microlaena stipoides
Entelea arborescens
Macropiper excelsum
Dysoxylum spectabile
Pseudopanax lessonii
Myrsine australis
Oplismenus hirtellus
Carex uncinata
Ageratina adenophora
Microlaena stipoides
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