CHR 669310 A – Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 669310 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
16 August 2021
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.
Determiner:
C.C. Ogle
Identification date:
2020-12-02 (Verbatim: 2 Dec 2020)
Preferred name:
Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Name from iNaturalist
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Whenuakura River beside State Highway 3 bridge
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.76185 174.545244
Verbatim locality:
Whenuakura River beside State Highway 3 bridge
Verbatim collector:
C.C. Ogle 6781, S. Moore
Standardised collector:
Colin C. Ogle; S. Moore
Verbatim date:
2 Dec 2020
Start date:
2020-12-02
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Taranaki Land District
Native lands:
Ngā Rauru Kītahi
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
39°45´42.66“ S 174°32´42.88“ E (WGS84 -39.76185 174.545244)
Abundance:
Abundant
Altitudes:
from 10m
Habitat:
Along rim of river terrace and downslope to river. Probably damp throughout year. Sunny, exposed.
Microhabitat:
Area planted in native shrubs about 10 years ago, but now mostly swamped by the Cyperus.
Abundance:
Abundant
Keywords:
Humus; Loam; Lowland; Moist; Rain; Reed; Shrub; Silt; Slope; Terrace; Unconsolidated; Waste
Notes:
Local. Flower/ fruit.
Patch ca. 100 m x 20 m - presumed rhizomatous. Culms slightly trigonous, shiny. Heads with green leaf-like rays 200 - 250 mm in same head and 3 - 17 mm wide. Compound umbels, proliferous. Bracts of the subsidiary umbels deep purple at bases with scarious distal ends. Spikelets green, 5 - 7 (-25) flowered, ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 3.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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