The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Showing Carex erebus
- APC
- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Lilianae(superordo)
- Poales(ordo)
- Cyperaceae(fam.)
- Carex(gen.)
- erebus(sp.)
-
APC Comment: Treated as Uncinia hookeri in Tas. -
APC Dist.: MI
-
Etymology: "Named for the ship HMS Erebus on which Joseph Dalton Hooker sailed on the Voyage to the Antarctic 1839–1843, during which this species was first collected from the Auckland Islands." -
Comment: nom. nov., non Carex hookeri Kunth (1837).