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Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.

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Kük.
Kük.
Cheeseman, T.F. 1906: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Government Printer, Wellington.
1906
811
ICN
Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
var.
Carex kirkii var. elatior
Lectotype (selected by Edgar in Moore and Edgar 1970, p. 280): Mount Arthur Plateau, Nelson, alt. 4000 ft., T. F. C., Jan 1886, AK 2485; isolectotype: AK 2486

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Poales
Cyperaceae
Carex
kirkii

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.

Plants usually 10-30 cm high. Upper part of stems visible. Inflorescence 1-4 cm long.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.

Culms 8–21 cm. long, upper part not enclosed by lf-sheaths. Lvs 9–35 cm. × 0.5–1.5 mm., involute or flattened. Infl. 1–4 cm. × c. 5 mm., spikes rather distant, especially the lower ones, the lowest 1–2 spikes each occ. subtended by a lf-like bract.

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Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
Ford, K.A. (2025)
Carex ×elatior (Kük.) K.A.Ford
Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)
Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

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typification
Lectotype (selected by Edgar in Moore and Edgar 1970, p. 280): Mount Arthur Plateau, Nelson, alt. 4000 ft., T. F. C., Jan 1886, AK 2485; isolectotype: AK 2486
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

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2d29d452-d70e-46e2-9976-ba274a2c0f9e
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
23 February 2025
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