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Carex penalpina K.A.Ford

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

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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K.A.Ford
K.A.Ford
2015
35
replacement name
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Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
species
Carex penalpina
The name refers to this species being often found in almost alpine tussock-grassland; from the Latin paene or pene, nearly, and alpinus, alpine.

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penalpina

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Shortly rhizomatous or loosely caespitose. Rhizome woody, 2–3 mm. diam. Culms (8)–12–25–(35) cm. × (0.7)–1–1.5–(2) mm., stiffly erect, scabrid below infl.; basal bracts dull reddish brown or dull dark brown. Lvs 4–7 per culm, < or ± = culms, 1.5–4–(5) mm. wide, rigid, curved, coriac., bright green or yellow-green, margins us. harshly scabrid but occ. almost glab., upper surface towards tip also scabrid. Spikes (2)–3–6–(7.5) cm. × 3–7 mm., linear to subclavate, occ. bracteate, female fls us. 10–15, us. close-set, rarely rather lax, internodes to 6 mm. long at base of spike, 2–3 mm. long above. Glumes slightly >, = or slightly < utricles, persistent, ovate, obtuse or lowermost subacute, coriac., greenish brown, light brown or dull dark brown, rarely bright chestnut-brown, midrib broad, green, margins white, hyaline. Utricles 5–7.5 × 1.5–2 mm., plano-convex or concavo-convex, ovate or obovate, many-nerved, tapered above to a beak 1.5–2 mm. long, slightly narrowed at the base to a stipe 1–2 mm. long.

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Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Uncinia fuscovaginata Kük.
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Uncinia fuscovaginata var. caespitans Hamlin
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Uncinia fuscovaginata Kük. var. fuscovaginata
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
Uncinia purpurata var. fuscovaginata (Kük.) Cheeseman
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford

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Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Carex penalpina K.A.Ford
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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Etymology
The name refers to this species being often found in almost alpine tussock-grassland; from the Latin paene or pene, nearly, and alpinus, alpine.

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Names_Plants
20 August 2015
20 August 2015
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