Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Carex ×elatior (Kük.) K.A.Ford, New Zealand J. Bot. 66 (online) (2025)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük. in Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 811 (1906)
Lectotype (selected by Edgar in Moore and Edgar 1970, p. 280): Mount Arthur Plateau, Nelson, alt. 4000 ft., T. F. C., Jan 1886, AK 2485; isolectotype: AK 2486
Description
Plants usually 10–30 cm high. Upper part of stems visible. Inflorescence 1–4 cm long.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3. as Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1906: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Government Printer, Wellington.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [as Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.] [Not threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76. [as Carex kirkii var. elatior Kük.]
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)
