CAREX-OPHIOLITHICA (CYPERACEAE) - A NEW ULTRAMAFIC ENDEMIC FROM THE SURVILLE-CLIFFS, NORTH CAPE, NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
DELANGE PJ HEENAN PB
Citation
Pj. Delange et Pb. Heenan, CAREX-OPHIOLITHICA (CYPERACEAE) - A NEW ULTRAMAFIC ENDEMIC FROM THE SURVILLE-CLIFFS, NORTH CAPE, NEW-ZEALAND, New Zealand Journal of Botany, 35(4), 1997, pp. 429-436
Citations number
26
Journal title
New Zealand Journal of Botany → ACNP
ISSN journal
0028825X
Volume
35
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
429 - 436
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-825X(1997)35:4<429:C(-ANU>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A new species, Carex ophiolithica, is described from the Surville Clif fs, North Cape Scientific Reserve, Northland. This bright green sedge, with swollen culm bases, erect culms and spikes is known only from th e ultramafic rocks of the Tangihua Complex Ophiolite sequence where it is locally abundant.