Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Carex forsteri
Cyperaceae Juss.
Carex forsteri Wahlenb. , legitimate, scientific
Wahlenberg, G. (1803), Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 24: 154 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "C. debilis FORSTER. C. recurva SCHKUHR Car. n. 100 tab. Nn. fig. 84 Hab, in Nova Zeelandia."
Hooker, J.D. (1864), Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 1: 315 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Also common in Southern Australia and Tasmania."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: A New Zealand taxon, recorded by J.D.Hooker, Handb. New Zealand. Fl. 1: 315 (1864), but not known to occur in Australia.