CHR 666743 – Carex kirkii Petrie
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 666743
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
09 May 2025
Database record updated:
15 May 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carex kirkii Petrie
Determiner:
K.A. Ford
Identification date:
2020-02-12 (Verbatim: 12 Feb 2020)
Preferred name:
Carex kirkii Petrie
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Pisa Range, SE of Lake McKay
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-44.858698 169.211197
Verbatim locality:
Pisa Range, SE of Lake McKay
Verbatim collector:
K.A. Ford KF 720/20
Standardised collector:
Kerry A. Ford
Collectors reference no.:
KF 720/20
Verbatim date:
12 Feb 2020
Start date:
2020-02-12
Land District:
Otago Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-44.858436 169.211467
New Zealand Transverse Mercator: 1300670E 5025790N (WGS84 -44.858428 169.211458)
New Zealand Transverse Mercator: 1300670E 5025790N (WGS84 -44.858428 169.211458)
Abundance:
Frequent
Altitudes:
from 1775m
Habitat:
Alpine fellfield, slope NE facing.
Abundance:
Frequent
Notes:
Immature utricles, these plants seem to be not flowering well, see KF707/21. Male flowers above female. Mostly 3 male flowers per spike, each with 3 yellow anthers. Black rust infection of nuts present. Possibly a hybrid with C. pterocarpa?
Observed species:
Carex pyrenaica var. cephalotes
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