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Carex flaviformis Nelmes

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Carex flaviformis Nelmes (1955)
Carex flaviformis Nelmes

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Nelmes
Nelmes
1955
ICN
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
species
Carex flaviformis

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flaviformis

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Carex flaviformis Nelmes

Rather stiff tufts to 30 cm high with almost flat leaves much > stems. Inflorescence of 3-8 yellow-green, sessile, densely crowded spikes forming a head to 3 cm long. Utricles ± inflated. Stigmas 3.

Carex flaviformis Nelmes

Tuffs rather stiff. Culms (5)–10–15–(30) cm. × 1–1.5 mm., smooth, trigonous, lower half us. ensheathed by lvs; basal bracts cream to dark grey, rarely reddish. Lvs much > culms, 2–3 mm. wide, double-folded but almost flat, margins and keel scabrid towards the tip with small, close-set teeth. Infl. of 3–8 yellow-green, sessile, densely crowded spikes forming a head up to 3 cm. long and up to 2.5 cm. diam., occ. all spikes androgynous, or terminal spike male, 1–2 cm. × 1.5–2 mm., lateral spikes female or androgynous, upper more often androgynous, lower more often female, 6–15 × 6–8 mm.; bracts subtending infl. lf-like, often overtopping the foliage lvs. Glumes much < utricles, oblong-ovate, obtuse, membr., white, sts tinged with brown, the centre green, with white midrib not us. excurrent. Utricles 3.5–4.5 × c. 1.5 mm., inflated or subtrigonous, ovoid, rather bright yellow-green, spreading when mature, nerves well-marked; beak 1–1.5 mm. long, very narrow, green, papillose, shortly bifid with scabrid orifice or almost entire; stipe minute or absent. Stigmas 3. Nut c. 1.5 mm. long, trigonous with thickened angles, especially near centre of nut, obovoid, light yellow-brown.

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Carex cataractae sensu New Zealand Botanists
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
Carex oederi var. cataractae sensu New Zealand Botanists
Carex flaviformis Nelmes

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Carex flaviformis Nelmes
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Carex flaviformis Nelmes
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
7 October 2020
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