| Carex erebus | |
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| Plate LI (artist: Fitch) [1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. erebus |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex erebus | |
| Synonyms [5] [4] | |
Uncinia hookeri Boott Contents | |
Carex erebus (common name - Hookers bastard grass) [5] is a member of the sedge family and is found on the Antarctic Islands of Australia and New Zealand. [3] [5]
It is found on Macquarie Island (Australia), and in New Zealand on Stewart Island, Antipodes Island, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island. [4]
Carex erebus was first described in 1844 by Francis Boott as Uncinia hookeri in Joseph Hooker's Flora Antarctica. [4] [1] In 2015, in order to make the genus Carex monophyletic, the genus, Uncinia , was sunk into Carex. [4] The name, Carex hookeri had already been published in 1837 for another species. [6] Hence a new species epithet was required: erebus was chosen, being the name of the ship (HMS Erebus) on which Hooker sailed on the Antarctic expedition of 1839-1843 when this species was first collected on the Auckland Islands. [4]
In both 2009 and 2012 it was deemed to be "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, [5] and this New Zealand classification was reaffirmed in 2018 (due to its restricted range) but with a further comment that it is secure overseas. [2]
Damnamenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Poa foliosa is a species of tussock grass commonly known as muttonbird poa. It is native to the subantarctic islands of New Zealand and Australia.
Leptinella plumosa is a small flowering plant in the daisy family. It is a circumantarctic species found on many subantarctic islands in the Southern Ocean. The specific epithet comes from the Latin for “feathery”, referring to the form of the leaves.
Chionochloa antarctica is a species of grass, endemic to the Auckland and Campbell Islands.
Anthoxanthum brunonis is a species of grass, native to the South Island of New Zealand and to the Auckland and Campbell Islands.
Gentianella concinna is a flowering plant species, endemic to the Auckland Islands of New Zealand.
The Flora Antarctica, or formally and correctly The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839–1843, under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, is a description of the many plants discovered on the Ross expedition, which visited islands off the coast of the Antarctic continent, with a summary of the expedition itself, written by the British botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker and published in parts between 1844 and 1859 by Reeve Brothers in London. Hooker sailed on HMS Erebus as assistant surgeon.
Ranunculus pinguis is a dark green, fleshy-leaved buttercup with relatively large, short-stalked flowers and narrow stiff yellow petals that grows in tufts. It is an endemic species of New Zealand on the Auckland and Campbell Islands that flowers from December to January and sets seeds between February and April.
Anisotome antipoda is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, which is endemic to the Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands.
Azorella schizeilema is a species of cushion plant in the Apiaceae family, native to the Auckland and Campbell Islands.
Abrotanella rosulata is a plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to the Campbell Islands.
Plantago aucklandica is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to the Auckland Islands.
Gentianella cerina is a plant species in the Gentianaceae family, endemic to the Auckland Islands of New Zealand.
Plantago triantha is an annual plant of the family Plantaginaceae that is found in both Tasmania and the Auckland Islands.
Juncus antarcticus, also known as dwarf rush, is a flowering plant species in the rush family Juncaceae, native to New Zealand and Australia.
Marsippospermum gracile, common name - alpine rush, is a flowering plant species in the rush family Juncaceae which is native to New Zealand.
Oreobolus pectinatus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family that is native to the subantarctic islands, and to the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The specific epithet derives from the Latin, pectin/pectinis,, and refers to the leaves.
Leptinella lanata is a small flowering plant in the daisy family, native to the Antipodean Islands. Its specific epithet, lanata, describes its woolly-haired (lanate) rhizomes.
Cardamine depressa is a plant in the Brassicaceae family, found in the Antipodean Islands.
Geum albiflorum is a plant in the rose family, Rosaceae family, found in the Auckland Islands.
