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Carex kirkii Petrie var. kirkii

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Carex kirkii Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 18: 297 (1885 [1886]) var. kirkii
Carex kirkii Petrie var. kirkii
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Petrie
Petrie
1906
ICN
Carex kirkii Petrie
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Carex kirkii var. kirkii

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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 Petrie var. kirkii

Plants usually ± 10 cm high. Stems much < leaves and mostly hidden by leaf-sheaths. Inflorescence 1-1.5 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 Petrie var. kirkii

Culms 1–2–(4) cm. long, much < lvs and hidden for the most part by the lf-sheaths. Lvs 3–12–(20) cm. × c. 0.5 mm., involute. Infl. 1–1.5 cm. × c. 5 mm., us. subtended by a lf-like bract.

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Carex kirkii Petrie var. kirkii
Carex kirkii Petrie var. kirkii
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)
Carex kirkii Petrie var. kirkii
Carex kirkii Petrie var. kirkii
Moore, L.B.; Edgar, E. (1970)

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Carex kirkii Petrie var. kirkii
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Carex kirkii Petrie var. kirkii
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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91f389ff-3498-47c9-bbb9-3d866af49116
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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