Carex erebus

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| image = The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 (6302947028).jpg

| image_caption = Plate LI (artist: Fitch)

| genus = Carex

| species = erebus

| authority = K.A.Ford

| synonyms = Uncinia hookeri Boott

Uncinia riparia R.Br. var. hookeri (Boott) Kük.

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Carex erebus (common name - Hookers bastard grass) is a member of the sedge family and is found on the Antarctic Islands of Australia and New Zealand.

Distribution

It is found on Macquarie Island (Australia), and in New

Zealand on Stewart Island, Antipodes Island, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island.

Taxonomy

Carex erebus was first described in 1844 by Francis Boott as Uncinia hookeri in Joseph Hooker's Flora Antarctica. In 2015, in order to make the genus Carex monophyletic, the genus, Uncinia, was sunk into Carex. The name, Carex hookeri had already been published in 1837 for another species. Hence a new species epithet was required: erebus was chosen, being the name of the ship (HMS Erebus) on which Hooker sailed on the Antarctic expedition of 1839-1843 when this species was

first collected on the Auckland Islands.

Conservation status

In both 2009 and 2012 it was deemed to be "At Risk - Naturally Uncommon" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, and this New Zealand classification was reaffirmed in 2018 (due to its restricted range) but with a further comment that it is secure overseas.

References

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{{cite journal|title=Making Carex monophyletic (Cyperaceae, tribe Cariceae): a new broader circumscription|author=Global Carex Group|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|date= 2015|volume =179 |page= 1–42|doi=10.1111/boj.12298|hdl=2027.42/113175|doi-access=free|hdl-access=free}}

{{cite journal|author=Hooker, J.D.|title=Uncinia hookeri |journal=The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 :under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross|volume=1|issue=5|page=91|year=1844 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3011429}} [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13448480 Plate LI]

{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77149559-1|title=Carex erebus K.A.Ford {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2020-01-27}}

{{cite book|author=Kunth, C.S. |date=1837| title=Enumeratio plantarum |volume=2|page= 490 |url=https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/11024/?offset=#page=493&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=}}

{{Cite web|url=http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1343|title=Carex erebus {{!}} New Zealand Plant Conservation Network|website=nzpcn.org.nz|access-date=2020-01-30}}

{{Cite journal|last1=de Lange|first1=P.J.|last2=Rolfe|first2=J.R.|last3=Barkla|first3=J.W.|last4=Courtney| first4=S.P.|last5=Champion|first5=P.D.|last6=Perrie|first6=L.R.|last7=Beadel|first7=S.M.|last8=Ford| first8=K.A.|last9=Breitwieser|first9=I. |last10=Schönberger|first10=I.|last11=Hindmarsh-Walls|first11=R.|date=2018-05-01|title=Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs22entire.pdf|journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series|volume=22|pages=41|oclc=1041649797}}

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External links

[https://www.gbif.org/species/9237719 Carex erebus images and occurrence data] from GBIF

erebus

Category:Plants described in 1844

Category:Flora of New Zealand

Category:Flora of Australia

Category:Flora of Macquarie Island