Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Carex L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Carex pilifolia K.A.Ford, New Zealand J. Bot. 51 (2025)
Synonymy:
Holotype: New Zealand, South Island, Mounds of Misery, Pūkio Stream, Canterbury, 806 m, K.A. Ford 1228/24 & J.L. Gosden, 27 Apr 2024, CHR 666747
Etymology:
From Latin pilus, a hair, and folium, a leaf.
 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Ford, K.A. 2025: A taxonomic revision of New Zealand species of Carex section Inversae Kük. (Carex subgenus Vignea, Cyperaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany: 1–73 (online) DOI: 10.1080/0028825X.2025.2458506. (Published online: 13 Feb 2025)