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BISH 84249Botany
Carex austrocompacta
As recorded: Uncinia compacta var. compacta
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae
- Collected by
- Stevens, P.F.; Foreman, D.B.Donald Bruce Foreman →Peter F. Stevens →
- Collector number
- LAE 55888
- Date
- August 11, 1972
- Locality
- Summit ridge, Mt. Ialibu
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
- Coordinates
- -6.2500, 144.0670
- Elevation
- 3,410 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 11, 1972, Stevens, P.F.; Foreman, D.B. also collected 5 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Carex austrocompacta. BISH 84249. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956330315. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/84249.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956330315 ↗
- 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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