Carex ophiolithica(Cyperaceae): a new ultramafic endemic from the Surville Cliffs, North Cape, New Zealand
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- biosystematics and-phytogeography
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Botany
- Vol. 35 (4) , 429-436
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825x.1987.10410167
Abstract
A new species, Carex ophiolithica, is described from the Surville Cliffs, North Cape Scientific Reserve, Northland. This bright green sedge, with swollen culm bases, erect culms and spikes is known only from the ultramafic rocks of the Tangihua Complex Ophiolite sequence where it is locally abundant.Keywords
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