CHR 666734 – Carex pterocarpa Petrie
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 666734
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
09 May 2025
Database record updated:
09 May 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carex kirkii x C. pterocarpa?
Determiner:
K.A. Ford
Identification date:
2022-12-07 (Verbatim: 7 Dec 2022)
Preferred name:
Carex pterocarpa Petrie
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Determination uncertain:
yes
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
This specimen is possibly a hybrid between C. kirkii and C. pterocarpa, maybe a backcross to C. kirkii?. The glumes are short and wide and the utricles are faintly papillose and not deeply nerved, also the beak is not tapered enough for C. kirkii.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Old Man Range, near Obelisk, at the head of Conroys Creek.
Verbatim locality:
Old Man Range, near Obelisk, at the head of Conroys Creek.
Verbatim collector:
K.A. Ford 1101/22
Standardised collector:
Kerry A. Ford
Collectors reference no.:
1101/22
Verbatim date:
7 Dec 2022
Start date:
2022-12-07
Land District:
Otago Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-45.32029100 169.21506400
New Zealand Transverse Mercator: 1303358.0E 4974496.4N (WGS84 -45.320284 169.215054)
New Zealand Transverse Mercator: 1303358.0E 4974496.4N (WGS84 -45.320284 169.215054)
Abundance:
Occasional
Altitudes:
from 1547m
Habitat:
Flat ground, outwash, below snow bank; growing in fine schist, mostly bare alluvium.
Abundance:
Occasional
Notes:
Compact habit; dense clump of dark glossy green leaves; leaf-blades involute. The male flowers are terminal in the spikes and there are 2 anthers/flower. Carex pterocarpa is not far away on the slope adjacent. Collected mature seed still present; new buds just appearing.
Observed species:
Poa colensoi Hook.f.
Specimen notes
Voucher:
Seed Voucher to UPOS.
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