Carex ×tablelandica Z.H.Feng Z.H.Feng

Details

Name scientific

Carex ×tablelandica Z.H.Feng Z.H.Feng, Plant 14: 6 (2026)

Preferred name

Carex ×tablelandica Z.H.Feng Z.H.Feng

Taxonomy reference

Zhen-Hao Feng 2026: Gathering pearls from the Lethe: Nomenclatural novelties for nothotaxa. Plant 14(1): 1–23 (online). (Published online: 27 January 2026)

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Z.H.Feng

Authors

Z.H.Feng

Publication place

Zhen-Hao Feng 2026: Gathering pearls from the Lethe: Nomenclatural novelties for nothotaxa. Plant 14(1): 1–23 (online). (Published online: 27 January 2026)

Year published

2026

Publication page

Nomenclatural status

replacement name

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.

Based on

Carex ×elatior (Kük.) K.A.Ford

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Carex ×tablelandica Z.H.Feng

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Carex

Species

×tablelandica Z.H.Feng

Synonyms

Hybridisation

Hybrid name

Carex ambita K.A.Ford × Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman

Descriptions

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.

Description

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.

Description

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.