CHR 674516 – Carex testacea Sol. ex Boott
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 674516
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 March 2022
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carex testacea Sol. ex Boott
Determiner:
K.A. Ford
Identification date:
2020-12-08 (Verbatim: 8 Dec 2020)
Preferred name:
Carex testacea Sol. ex Boott
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Carex testacea s.s.?
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Bay of Plenty, Whanarua Bay
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-37.6818 177.793
Verbatim locality:
Bay of Plenty, near Whanarua Bay.
Verbatim collector:
K.A. Ford 839/20
Standardised collector:
Kerry A. Ford
Collectors reference no.:
839/20
Verbatim date:
8 Dec 2020
Start date:
2020-12-08
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Gisborne Land District
Native lands:
Te Whānau a Apanui
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
2020250.0E 5819228.4N (WGS84 -37.67789 177.764425)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): -37.67789460 177.76442350 (WGS84 -37.677895 177.764424)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): -37.67789460 177.76442350 (WGS84 -37.677895 177.764424)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 3m
Habitat:
Behind the foreshore and pebbly beach, at the edge of and in coastal forest in dark sandy-soil.
Abundance:
Local
Notes:
Moderate sized spreading tussock, more robust than orange dune forms further north. Leaf-sheaths shiny brown; leaves channeled and mostly bright light green (exposed plants are orangy however). Culms c. 1 mm wide, longest culm was 320 cm long; culms trailing on the ground; inflorescence bract 50 cm long; spikes dark brown (thicker than dune form and with wider utricles); utricles are barely scabrid on the beak margin. Garden no. 47694. Small populations of about 15 plants which are at an immature fruiting stage.
Observed species:
Rhopalostylis sapida
Corynocarpus laevigatus
Carex dissita
Macropiper excelsum
Metrosideros excelsa
Pseudopanax arboreus
Dactylis glomerata
Oplismenus hirtellus
Paspalum dilatatum
Microlaena avenacea
Corynocarpus laevigatus
Carex dissita
Macropiper excelsum
Metrosideros excelsa
Pseudopanax arboreus
Dactylis glomerata
Oplismenus hirtellus
Paspalum dilatatum
Microlaena avenacea
Specimen notes
Voucher (DNA):
DNA population voucher
Specimen links
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WELT:
Direction:
Sent
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