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Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford

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Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford in Global Carex Group, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 32 (2015)
Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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K.A.Ford
K.A.Ford
2015
32
replacement name
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Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford
species
Carex hamlinii
The epithet of the species is adopted to recognize Bruce G. Hamlin (1929–1976) and his important contributions to the flora of New Zealand, where this species is found.

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hamlinii

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Densely caespitose. Culms 20–35–(60) cm. long, < 0.5 mm. diam., glab.; basal bracts light brown. Lvs 3–6 per culm, = or < culms, 1–2 mm. wide, light yellow-green or rarely red, occ. involute, rather wiry, margins finely scabrid. Spikes (4)–6–10 cm. × 3–5 mm., occ. bracteate, female fls c. 10–20, distant in lower third of spike with internodes to 9 mm. long, more crowded above with internodes 2–5 mm. long. Glumes us. = but occ. < or > utricles, deciduous, lanceolate, acute, hyaline, light brown throughout. Utricles (5.5)–6–7 × c. 1 mm., plano-convex or subtrigonous, elliptic-lanceolate, grey-green, membr., nerved, erect or spreading when ripe, distinctly contracted below to a stipe slightly < 1.5 mm. long, gradually tapered above to a beak 1.5–2 mm. long.

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Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford
Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford
Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford
Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford
Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford
Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford
Uncinia astonii Hamlin
Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford

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Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford
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Carex hamlinii K.A.Ford
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Ruahine-Cook

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Etymology
The epithet of the species is adopted to recognize Bruce G. Hamlin (1929–1976) and his important contributions to the flora of New Zealand, where this species is found.

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73b592ce-d309-485f-b7a1-bc3fa572dd36
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Names_Plants
19 August 2015
19 August 2015
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