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Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.

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Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük. (1936)
Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Kük.
Kük.
1936
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Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.
subsp.
Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis

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Rhizome short, stout. Stems to 60 cm high, stout, subterete. Leaves reduced to closely appressed, very pale brown basal sheaths. Involucral bracts many, ± equal, to 25 cm × 10 mm, > inflorescence, tips shortly acuminate. Inflorescence a compound umbel; rays many, to 8 cm long. Spikelets in small clusters at tips of rays, ± 4 × 2 mm, ovoid to linear-oblong, compressed, shining. Glumes densely imbricate, ± 2 mm long, ovate, obtuse, hyaline, white to light brown with green keel. Stamens 3. Style-branches 3. Nut ± ⅓ length of glume, trigonous, ovoid-ellipsoid, brown.

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Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.
Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.
Cyperus involucratus Rottb.
Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.

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Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.
Cook Islands
Cyperus alternifolius subsp. flabelliformis Kük.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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13 September 2012
13 September 2012
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