''Isolepis aucklandica'' is a species of flowering plant in the
Cyperaceae
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family. It is native to
New Zealand
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,
Australia
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,
Argentina
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,
Peru
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,
Colombia
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,
Ecuador
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,
Macquarie Island, the
French Southern Territories
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of Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands, and
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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.
Description
It is a creeping, bright green, leafy, rhizomatous sedge which forms large patches of turf. The culms (10.0–80.0 by about 0.5 mm) are a bright green above, but red-brown towards the base. There are up to 6 leaves per culm, and the leaves are usually longer than the culms. The sheaths are often streaked with red, and sometimes entirely a dark red-purple. The inflorescence consists 1–2 narrow-oblong spikelets (1.0–4.0 by 0.5–2 mm) which are partly hidden by the base of the subtending bract which is up to 5 times length of spikelet. There are three stamens and three style-branches . The shining nut is 1–2 mm long by about 0.5 mm wide, triangular in cross-section with rounded angles, almost white to yellowish, or grey- to red-brown, and it tapers towards its black tip.
It flowers from October to December and fruits from November to May.
Habitat
It is found on the coast and up to 1300 m altitude, in boggy ground in forests and wetlands and seepages.
Distribution
Within Australia, it is found in
Tasmania
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Victoria and
New South Wales
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Conservation status
This species was classified as "Not Threatened" in 2012 under the
New Zealand Threat Classification System
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The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some ...
.,
and again in 2018.
References
External links
''Isolepis aucklandica'' occurrence data
from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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''Isolepis aucklandica'' occurrence data
from GBIF
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Isolepis, aucklandica
Flora of Tasmania
Flora of New Zealand
Flora of New South Wales
Plants described in 1844
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
Flora of Victoria (state)
Flora of Argentina
Flora of Peru
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