Cyperaceae
Isolepis

Isolepis aucklandica Hook.f.

First published in Fl. Antarct.: 88 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New Guinea (Highlands), Amsterdam Island, SE. Australia to New Zealand, Macquarie Islands, Andes. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Antipodean Is., Argentina South, Colombia, Ecuador, Macquarie Is., New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Peru, Tasmania, Victoria

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • George, A.S., Orchard, A.E. & Hewson, H.J. (eds.) (1993). Oceanic islands 2. Flora of Australia 50: 1-606. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mark, A.F. (2021). Above the treeline. A nature guide to alpine New Zealand: 1-433. Potton & Burton.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Mark, A.F. (2021). Above the treeline. A nature guide to alpine New Zealand: 1-433. Potton & Burton.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 1, 1998 Berggren, S. [s.n.] New Zealand K000974013 Type Yes
Mar 1, 1998 Berggren, S. [s.n.] New Zealand K000974015 Isotype Yes
Colenso, W. [s.n.] New Zealand K000974014 Unknown Type Material Yes
Laegaard, S. [13640] Argentina K002369727 Yes
Laegaard, S. [13589] Argentina K002369726 Yes
Blake, S.T. [18396] Australia K002368138 Yes
Wilson, K.L.; Muasya, A. [9492] Australia K002368125 Yes
Jolinon, J.-C. [1171] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001611248 Yes
Kirk, T. [1035] New Zealand K001739142 No
s.coll. [s.n.] New Zealand K002368351 Yes
Zotov, V.D. [117824] K002369739 Yes
Burbidge, N.T. [3291] Australia K002368135 Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Connor, H.E. [6538] New Zealand K002368354 Yes
Petrie, D. [1637a] New Zealand K002368347 Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Simpson, R. [5883] New Zealand K002368343 Yes
Blake, S.T. [7374] Australia K002368129 Yes
Ratkowsky, D.A.; Ratkowsky, A.V. [1220] Australia K002368133 Yes
Taylor, W. [s.n.] K002369738 Yes
s.coll. [31] K002369743 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] New Zealand K000974012 Unknown Type Material Yes
Johns; Moeljono, S.; Jitmau, M.; Warpur, M.; Sagisolo, M. [7939] Indonesia K002367641 Yes
Melville, R. [s.n.] Australia K002368130 Yes
Blake, S.T. [18347] Australia K002368136 Yes
Jolinon, J. C. [968] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001598664 Yes
Jolinon, J. C. [949] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001598660 Yes
Jolinon, J. C. [1113] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001598661 Yes
Jolinon, J. C. [896] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001598663 Yes
Jolinon, J. C. [1009] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001598662 Yes
Segonzac, M. [81] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001572115 Yes
Wilson, K.L. [8305] Australia K002368143 Yes
Blake, S.T. [7251] Australia K002368123 Yes
Blake, S.T. [7383] Australia K002368128 Yes
Pennell, F.; Hazen, T.E. [9955] Colombia K002369654 Yes
Blake, S.T. [13238] Australia K002368121 Yes
Renvoize, S.A.; Laegaard, S.; Vega, I.S. [4839] Peru K002369655 Yes
Blake, S.T. [18360] Australia K002368137 Yes
Kirk, T. [663] New Zealand K002368346 Yes
Gulline, H. [s.n.] Australia K002368139 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] New Zealand K000974249 Syntype Yes
Hemsley, J.H. [6346] Australia K002368142 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [1439] New Zealand K000974011 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] New Zealand K002368352 Yes
Laegaard, S. [12889] Argentina K002369725 Yes
Pickard, J.; Coveny, R.G. [2739] Australia K002368127 Yes
Gibbs, L.S. [6673] Australia K002368141 Yes
Pickard, J.; Coveny, R.G. [2740] Australia K002368126 Yes
Stevens, P.F.; Foreman, D.B. [LAE 55944] Indonesia K002367640 Yes
Veldkamp, J.F.; Obedi, S. [8634] Papua New Guinea K002367639 Yes
Melville, R.; Willis, J.; Curtis, W.; Paton, D. [2305] Australia K002368134 Yes
Hector; Buchanan [7] New Zealand K002368348 Yes
Melville, R.; Melville, E.F.; Connor, H.E. [6544] New Zealand K002368353 Yes
Kirk, J. [931] New Zealand K001739143 Yes
Croft, J.R.; Richardson, M.M. [10151] Australia K002368132 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] New Zealand K002369737 Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] New Zealand K000974010 Type Yes
Given, D.R. [9286] New Zealand K002369740 Yes
Blake, S.T. [7409] Australia K002368122 Yes
Gunn [1427] Australia K002368140 Yes
{E. Aubert de la Rue} [s.n.] K002369741 Yes
Blake, S.T. [7377] Australia K002368124 Yes
Oct 1, 1890 Kirk, T. [1256] New Zealand Scirpus aucklandicus K002368345 No
Oct 1, 1889 Kirk, T. [1037] New Zealand Scirpus aucklandicus K002368344 No
Kirk, T. [1317] New Zealand Scirpus aucklandicus K001739141 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0