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Carex parvispica K.A.Ford

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Carex parvispica K.A.Ford in Global Carex Group, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 179: 35 (2015)
Carex parvispica K.A.Ford

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Eastern New Zealand (South Island); also in south-eastern Australia (probably naturalized there).

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K.A.Ford
K.A.Ford
2015
35
replacement name
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Carex parvispica K.A.Ford
species
Carex parvispica

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parvispica

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Shortly rhizomatous, turf-forming, rhizome 1–2 mm. diam. Culms 7–30 cm. × 0.5–1 mm., erect, us. glab., but occ. faintly scabrid just below infl.; basal bracts dull grey-brown. Lvs 6–9 per culm, < or occ. almost = culms, 1.5–3 mm. wide, rather stiff. Spikes 1–2 cm. × 4–7 mm., oblong to obovate, ebracteate, male fls ± inconspicuous, female fls c. 10–15 close-set, internodes ± equal. Glumes = utricles, persistent, ovate, obtuse or subacute, coriac., straw-coloured or light greyish brown with a broad, pale green midrib, the central nerves thickened and conspicuous. Utricles 4.5–6 × 1.5–2 mm., plano-convex, elliptical, coriac., grey-brown to dark brown, nerved below and with a stronger lateral nerve, hispid on margins and both surfaces of upper half, beak and stipe hardly narrowed, c. 0.5 mm. long.

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Carex parvispica K.A.Ford
Australia
New South Wales
Carex parvispica K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Carex parvispica K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Carex parvispica K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Carex parvispica K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Carex parvispica K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Carex parvispica K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Carex parvispica K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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Names_Plants
20 August 2015
20 August 2015
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