following Global Carex Group 2015: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 1-42.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Uncinia affinis?
Determiner:
M. Thorsen
Identification date:
2013-12-23 (Verbatim: 23 Dec 2013)
Preferred name:
Carex potens K.A.Ford
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Also some similarities to Uncinia astoni and Uncinia involuta.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Taraponui (hill), Maungaharuru Range
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.133472 176.739237
Verbatim locality:
Taraponui, Maungaharuru Range
Verbatim collector:
M. Thorsen 239/13
Standardised collector:
Mike J. Thorsen
Collectors reference no.:
239/13
Verbatim date:
9 Dec 2012
Start date:
2012-12-09
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Hawke's Bay Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Hineuru
Ngāti Kahungunu
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1923312E 5661144N (WGS84 -39.138882 176.740531)
Abundance:
Rare
Habitat:
Pasture and mixed herbs.
Abundance:
Rare
Keywords:
Crest; Limestone; Moist; Montane; Pasture; Rain
Notes:
♀ flowers = 6. Leaves yellow-green, utricle 6mm long, stipe broad, widely spaced (14 mm at base). Glume > utricle at base, < at tip. Leaves U-shaped with abaxial ridge.Grown on at Macandrew Bay, Dunedin and specimen collected 23 Dec 2013