Carex breviculmis R.Br.

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Name scientific

Carex breviculmis R.Br. (1810)

Preferred name

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Taxonomy reference

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

Linked name

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

R.Br.

Authors

R.Br.

Year published

1810

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Carex breviculmis

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Cyperaceae

Genus

Carex

Species

breviculmis

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

grassland sedge

Descriptions

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Description

2n = c. 64

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

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Description

Bright green, often low-growing, grass-like tufts 3-30 cm high, with short stems hidden among leaves; rhizome short to long. Spikes 2-5, crowded, hidden, very pale green, < 1 cm long. Utricles pubescent all over. Stigmas 3.

Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. 1970: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. II. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Monocotyledones except Gramineae. Botany Division DSIR, Wellington.

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Description

Rhizomatous; tufts often low-growing, close-packed, bright green. Culms hidden among lvs, us. 1–2 cm. long; basal sheaths dull brown. Lvs much > culms, 1.5–2.5–(3) mm. wide, grasslike, recurved, channelled, margins exceedingly finely and closely scabrid almost throughout. Spikes 2–5, approximate, pale green; terminal spike male, us. sessile; remaining spikes female, occ. with a few male fls at the top, 6–9 mm. long, ± pedunculate, clustered round base of male spike; subtending bracts lf-like, very narrow-linear, the uppermost almost filiform, margins finely scabrid. Glumes > utricles, ovate, pale green, almost white, membr., midrib green, stiff, thickened, produced to a stout, finely hispid awn. Utricles c. 2.5 × 1 mm., biconvex or subtrigonous, fusiform, pale yellow-green, faintly many-nerved, pubescent all over; beak slightly narrowed, pale green, c. 0.5 mm. long, orifice ± truncate; stipe c. 0.3 mm. long, often much contracted. Stigmas 3. Nut c. 1.5 mm. long, obtusely trigonous, oblong, obovoid, light brown, surmounted by a minute, persistent, dilated style-base.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Dawson, M.I. (2008)

Carex L.

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

Collections

Determined name

Country

Geographic region

Indicative databased records

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

[Not available]

186

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

[Not available]

Eastern

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

[Not available]

North Otago

Carex breviculmis R.Br.

[Not available]

Volcanic Plateau

Metadata

Record id

4148ed9e-23bd-40b5-96f4-37c7006c082e

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

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