Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
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Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford in Global Carex Group, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 33 (2015)
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Biostatus
Nomenclature
(Colenso) K.A.Ford
Colenso
K.A.Ford
2015
33
ICN
species
Carex horizontalis
Classification
Synonyms
Descriptions
Forming a dense turf. Culms (10)–20–30–(40) cm. × c. 0.5 mm., drooping or nodding, glab., or slightly scabrid just below infl.; basal bracts light brown, not shining. Lvs 4–6–(7) per culm, < mature culms, c. 1.5–2 mm. wide, bright green, soft, channelled, scabrid on margins and upper surface towards tip. Spikes 3–5–(6) cm. × 3–5 mm., occ. bracteate, female fls 5–13–(33), lax towards base of spike with internodes to 6 mm. long, more crowded above with internodes 0.5–1 mm. long. Glumes ± = or us. < utricles, deciduous, ovate, acute or acuminate, hyaline with green midrib or very pale brown. Utricles 4.5–5.5–(6) × 1–1.5 mm., ovate-lanceolate, trigonous, green to greenish brown, us. smooth except for a prominent lateral nerve but occ. with a few less distinct nerves, somewhat spreading when ripe, slightly contracted below to a stipe c. 1–1.5 mm. long, tapering above to a beak of 1–2 mm. long.
Laxly caespitose to shortly rhizomatous. Culms 2–15–(25) cm. long, us. < 1 mm. diam., glab.; basal bracts dull yellow-brown to dark brown. Lvs 7–8 per culm, = or < culms, 1.5–2 mm. wide, channelled, rather rigid, curving downwards, coriac., bright green, shining, scabrid on margins and adaxial surface. Spikes 1.5–3–(5) cm. × 3–4 mm., rarely bracteate, female fls 5–15, rather close-set, internodes 1–2 mm. long. Glumes > utricles, deciduous, ovate, subacute to acuminate, pale brownish green or light brown, membr. Utricles 4.5–5 × c. 1.5 mm., trigonous, ovate, green to grey-brown, dull, smooth, apart from the prominent lateral nerves, slightly contracted below to a stipe c. 1 mm. long, and tapered above to a beak c. 1.5 mm. long.
Taxonomic concepts
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Uncinia caespitosa var. viridis (C.B.Clarke) Hamlin
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Uncinia caespitosa var. viridis (C.B.Clarke) Hamlin
Uncinia caespitosa var. viridis (C.B.Clarke) Hamlin
Uncinia compacta var. caespitiformis Kük.
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Uncinia compacta var. caespitiformis Kük.
Uncinia compacta var. caespitiformis Kük.
Uncinia compacta var. viridis C.B.Clarke
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Uncinia compacta var. viridis C.B.Clarke
Uncinia compacta var. viridis C.B.Clarke
Uncinia horizontalis Colenso
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Uncinia horizontalis Colenso
Uncinia horizontalis Colenso
Uncinia rupestris Raoul
Uncinia rupestris Raoul
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Uncinia viridis (C.B.Clarke) Edgar
Uncinia viridis (C.B.Clarke) Edgar
Uncinia viridis (C.B.Clarke) Edgar
Uncinia viridis (C.B.Clarke) Edgar
Uncinia viridis (C.B.Clarke) Edgar
Uncinia viridis (C.B.Clarke) Edgar
Carex horizontalis (Colenso) K.A.Ford
Uncinia viridis (C.B.Clarke) Edgar
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Notes
editorial
The correct name for this species if the segregate genus is recognized is Uncinia rupestris.
Metadata
b29c412e-4b1a-42f9-8f71-1068e196849f
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19 August 2015
19 August 2015