Carex solandri

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Carex solandri
Carex solandri Boott (AM AK109830).jpg
Auckland Museum specimen (AM AK109830)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. solandri
Binomial name
Carex solandri

Carex solandri is a species of sedge that was first described by Francis Boott in 1853. [1]

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It is endemic to both the North and South Islands of New Zealand. [2]

Taxonomy & naming

This plant was first described in 1853 by Francis Boott. [3] [4] Its specific epithet, solandri (originally Solandri), honours Daniel Solander who (with Joseph Banks) collected one of the specimens used by Boott in describing the species. [4]

Conservation status

In 2017 de Lange and others declared it to be "not threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Carex solandri Boott". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Carex solandri | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Carex solandri". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens.
  4. 1 2 Hooker, J.D. (1853) Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. 1: 284
  5. ↑ de Lange, P.J. et al. "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017" (PDF). 2017. p. 58.


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