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Carex testacea
Orange New Zealand Sedge
As recorded: Carex testacea Sol. ex Boott
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Melville, R.; Hamilton, W.M.W.M. Hamilton →R. Melville →
- Collector number
- 6611
- Date
- March 7, 1962
- Locality
- Te Titoki Point, Little Barrier Island,
- Region
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 6 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 7, 1962, Melville, R.; Hamilton, W.M. also collected 5 other specimens.
Carex testacea observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1962. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 280 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-04.
2026-10-04
Foxton Beach, New Zealand
(c) Lorraine Cook, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-09-18
Paekākāriki, New Zealand
(c) Andy McKay, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-08-20
Stoke, Nelson 7011, New Zealand
(c) harrylurling, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)
2026-08-17
Foxton Beach, New Zealand
(c) Arnim Littek, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-08-07
Tasman Region
no rights reserved
2026-08-06
Muriwai Beach, Auckland, NZ
(c) Braydon Burton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Carex testacea. BISH 435228. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956270505. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/435228.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956270505 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026