New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract

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B97067
Received 19 September 1997; accepted 9 February 1998

Carex impexa (Cyperaceae), a newly described sedge from New Zealand

KERRY A. FORD

Landcare Research
P. O. Box 69
Lincoln, New Zealand

Abstract  Carex impexa is named and described from the Tertiary limestone mountains of the Nelson Region, New Zealand, where it is endemic. This species is most closely related to C. dallii but differs in its broader and more stiffly reflexed leaves, congested spikes, and beakless to scarcely beaked utricles. C. impexa is a calcicole of montane to subalpine shrublands and tussock grasslands.

Keywords  Cyperaceae; Carex; Carex impexa; new species; taxonomy; calcicole; endemic; New Zealand flora

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