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BISH 425061Botany
Carex austrocompacta
As recorded: Uncinia compacta var. compacta
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Vink, W.
- Collector number
- 17439
- Date
- August 14, 1966
- Locality
- Mt. Ambua
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
- Coordinates
- -6.0000, 143.0000
- Elevation
- 3,490 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 14, 1966, Vink, W. also collected 5 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Carex austrocompacta. BISH 425061. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956247873. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/425061.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956247873 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
Data-quality notes from GBIF
- Name matched only at a higher rank (e.g. genus)
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