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Showing Carex austrocompacta
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Lilianae(superordo)
- Poales(ordo)
- Cyperaceae(fam.)
- Carex(gen.)
- austrocompacta(sp.)
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Etymology: "The first component of the name is from the Latin australis, southern, referring to the Southern Hemisphere occurrence of this species, added to Brown’s original epithet, which presumably refers to the dense inflorescences of this species, to provide a link between the new name and the original name." -
Comment: nom. nov., non Carex compacta Lam. (1779).
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APC Comment: Treated as Uncinia compacta in Tas. -
APC Dist.: NSW, Vic, Tas